Archie Panjabi Quotes


There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes, it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them, but this was my mother saying, 'I'm going to introduce you to so-and-so - If you don't like them, fair enough.'


Citations

Panjabi, Archie. Interview by Elizabeth Grice. "Archie Panjabi: 'I never actually felt fat until I started going for castings'." The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 31 Aug. 2010.

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Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi
  • Born: May 31, 1972
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Actress

Archana "Archie" Panjabi is an English actress. She has had various roles in both UK and US television including as Maya Roy in Life on Mars and Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife. Her work in the latter earned her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and an NAACP Image Award in 2012, as well as two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. Panjabi is the first Asian actor to win a Primetime Emmy for acting. Additional notable roles include Meenah Khan in East Is East (1999), Pinky Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Yasmin Husseini in Yasmin (2004), and Asra Nomani in A Mighty Heart (2007).