Amrita Acharia
| Amrita Acharia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
24 December 1990 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Nationality | [Nepalese] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Game of Thrones |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Amrita Acharia (Nepali: अमृता आचार्य, also spelled Acharya) is a Nepalese actress. She is best known for her role as Irri in HBO series Game of Thrones.
Acharia was born in Kathmandu, Nepal to a Nepalese father and Ukrainian mother. Her father Dr. Acharya left the job at Patan Hospital and moved to England when Amrita was just six years old. Now her family is based in Norway where Ganesh Acharya currently works as a Professor (Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology) at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway and leads the Women's Health and Perinatology Research Group. Amrita grew up in Kathmandu, Ukraine, England and Norway. She speaks Nepali, Ukrainian, Russian, English, and Norwegian. After finishing high school in Norway, she moved to England at age 19 to pursue her acting career.
Acharia played the role of the Dothraki handmaiden Irri in the first two seasons of Game of Thrones. Her character was written out of the series during the second season, despite surviving far longer in the books upon which the series is based. In 2011, Acharia starred in the one off BBC Christmas show, Lapland. She also made appearance as a school girl in the biographical film The Devil's Double.
In the 2017 she appears as Dr Ruby Walker in the ITV series The Good Karma Hospital.
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