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Deli Boys (2025)
Guest starring as Seema
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Confetti Boys (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 1x09: Shaadi Boys (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 1x07: Delivery Boys (Mar 6, 2025)
Before (2024)
Guest starring as Gail
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Fever Dream (Nov 22, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: The Liar (Nov 1, 2024)
- Episode 1x02: The Scientist (Oct 25, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: The Imposter (Oct 25, 2024)
Goosebumps (2023)
Guest starring as Dr. Ramona Pamani
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Invasion of the Body Squeezers (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x07: Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x06: The Girl Next Door (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x05: The Boy Who Cried Monster (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x04: Monster Blood (Jan 10, 2025)
- Episode 2x01: Stay Out of the Basement, Part I (Jan 10, 2025)
Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
Guest starring as Leticia Marks
- Episode 3x09: Home on the Range (Jul 28, 2024)
Ghosts (2021)
Guest starring as Champa
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x09: A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 2 (Dec 19, 2024)
- Episode 4x08: A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 1 (Dec 19, 2024)
Little Voice (2020)
Guest starring as Vilina
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Sing What I Can't Say (Aug 21, 2020)
- Episode 1x08: Sea Change (Aug 14, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Ghost Light (Aug 7, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Love Hurts (Jul 17, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Dear Hope (Jul 10, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: I Don't Know (Jul 10, 2020)
Snowpiercer (2020)
Guest starring as Mrs. Headwood
(23 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Last Stop (Sep 22, 2024)
- Episode 4x09: Dominant Traits (Sep 15, 2024)
- Episode 4x08: By Weeping Cross (Sep 8, 2024)
- Episode 4x07: A Moth to a Flame (Sep 1, 2024)
- Episode 4x06: Bell the Cat (Aug 25, 2024)
- Episode 4x05: The Engineer (Aug 18, 2024)
- Episode 4x01: Snakes in the Garden (Jul 21, 2024)
- Episode 3x10: The Original Sinners (Mar 28, 2022)
- Episode 3x09: A Beacon for Us All (Mar 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x08: Setting Itself Right (Mar 14, 2022)
- Episode 3x07: Ouroboros (Mar 7, 2022)
- Episode 3x05: A New Life (Feb 21, 2022)
- Episode 3x04: Bound by One Track (Feb 14, 2022)
- Episode 3x02: The Last to Go (Jan 31, 2022)
- Episode 3x01: The Tortoise and the Hare (Jan 24, 2022)
- Episode 2x10: Into the White (Mar 29, 2021)
- Episode 2x09: The Show Must Go On (Mar 29, 2021)
- Episode 2x08: The Eternal Engineer (Mar 15, 2021)
- Episode 2x05: Keep Hope Alive (Feb 22, 2021)
- Episode 2x04: A Single Trade (Feb 15, 2021)
- Episode 2x03: A Great Odyssey (Feb 8, 2021)
- Episode 2x02: Smolder to Life (Feb 1, 2021)
- Episode 2x01: The Time of Two Engines (Jan 25, 2021)
Defending Jacob (2020)
Starring as Lynn Canavan
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: After (May 29, 2020)
- Episode 1x07: Job (May 22, 2020)
- Episode 1x06: Wishful Thinking (May 15, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: Damage Control (May 1, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: Poker Faces (Apr 24, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: Everything Is Cool (Apr 24, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Apr 24, 2020)
Mira, Royal Detective (2020)
Guest starring as Mrs. Kapadia
- Episode 1x42: Mystery on the Waterfront (Dec 4, 2020)
Lost in Space (2018)
Guest starring as Captain Kamal
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Ninety-Seven (Dec 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Unknown (Dec 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Evolution (Dec 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Severed (Dec 24, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Shipwrecked (Dec 24, 2019)
American Gods (2017)
Guest starring as Mama-Ji
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Treasure of the Sun (Apr 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: The Greatest Story Ever Told (Mar 31, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: The Beguiling Man (Mar 17, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: House on the Rock (Mar 10, 2019)
Timeless (2016)
Starring as Agent Denise Christopher
(28 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: The Miracle of Christmas Part II (Dec 20, 2018)
- Episode 2x11: The Miracle of Christmas Part I (Dec 20, 2018)
- Episode 2x10: Chinatown (May 13, 2018)
- Episode 2x09: The General (May 13, 2018)
- Episode 2x08: The Day Reagan Was Shot (May 6, 2018)
- Episode 2x07: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (Apr 29, 2018)
- Episode 2x06: The King of the Delta Blues (Apr 22, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: The Kennedy Curse (Apr 15, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: The Salem Witch Hunt (Apr 8, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Hollywoodland (Mar 25, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: The Darlington 500 (Mar 18, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: The War to End All Wars (Mar 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x16: The Red Scare (Feb 20, 2017)
- Episode 1x15: Public Enemy No. 1 (Feb 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x14: The Lost Generation (Feb 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x13: Karma Chameleon (Jan 30, 2017)
- Episode 1x12: The Murder of Jesse James (Jan 23, 2017)
- Episode 1x11: The World's Columbian Exposition (Jan 16, 2017)
- Episode 1x10: The Capture of Benedict Arnold (Dec 12, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde (Dec 5, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Space Race (Nov 28, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Stranded (Nov 21, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: The Watergate Tape (Nov 14, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: The Alamo (Oct 31, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Party at Castle Varlar (Oct 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Atomic City (Oct 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Oct 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 3, 2016)
Billions (2016)
Starring as Daevisha 'Dave' Mahar
(20 episodes)
- Episode 7x12: Admirals Fund (Oct 27, 2023)
- Episode 7x11: Axe Global (Oct 20, 2023)
- Episode 7x10: Enemies List (Oct 13, 2023)
- Episode 7x09: Game Theory Optimal (Oct 6, 2023)
- Episode 7x08: The Owl (Sep 29, 2023)
- Episode 7x07: DMV (Sep 22, 2023)
- Episode 7x06: The Man in the Olive Drab T-Shirt (Sep 15, 2023)
- Episode 7x05: The Gulag Archipelago (Sep 8, 2023)
- Episode 7x04: Hurricane Rosie (Sep 1, 2023)
- Episode 7x03: Winston Dick Energy (Aug 25, 2023)
- Episode 7x02: Original Sin (Aug 18, 2023)
- Episode 7x01: Tower of London (Aug 11, 2023)
- Episode 6x12: Cold Storage (Apr 10, 2022)
- Episode 6x11: Succession (Apr 3, 2022)
- Episode 6x10: Johnny Favorite (Mar 27, 2022)
- Episode 6x09: Hindenburg (Mar 20, 2022)
- Episode 6x08: The Big Ugly (Mar 13, 2022)
- Episode 6x07: Napoleon's Hat (Mar 6, 2022)
- Episode 6x06: Hostis Humani Generis (Feb 27, 2022)
- Episode 6x05: Rock of Eye (Feb 20, 2022)
Blindspot (2015)
Guest starring as Dr. Susan Albright
- Episode 1x11: Cease Forcing Enemy (Feb 29, 2016)
Mr. Robot (2015)
Guest starring as Antara Nayar
(7 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: eps3.5_kill-pr0cess.inc (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z (Sep 14, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: eps2.2_init1.asec (Jul 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc (Jul 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt (Aug 19, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: eps1.6_v1ew-s0urce.flv (Aug 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: eps1.5_br4ve-trave1er.asf (Jul 29, 2015)
Madam Secretary (2014)
Guest starring as Foreign Minister Chondita Samant
- Episode 1x07: Passage (Nov 2, 2014)
Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Guest starring as Sheriff Leena Reyes
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Pittura Infamante (Jan 19, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Mama (Nov 17, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Deliverance (Nov 3, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Root of All Evil (Oct 6, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: The Kindred (Sep 29, 2014)
House of Cards (2013)
Starring as Linda Vasquez
(18 episodes)
- Episode 6x04: Chapter 69 (Nov 2, 2018)
- Episode 2x13: Chapter 26 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Chapter 20 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Chapter 19 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter 16 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Chapter 15 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Chapter 14 (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: Chapter 13 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: Chapter 12 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x11: Chapter 11 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Chapter 10 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Chapter 9 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 6 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 3 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2 (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1 (Feb 1, 2013)
The Mindy Project (2012)
Guest starring as Sonu Lahiri
(6 episodes)
- Episode 6x03: May Divorce Be With You (Sep 26, 2017)
- Episode 5x06: Concord (Nov 8, 2016)
- Episode 5x02: Nurses' Strike (Oct 11, 2016)
- Episode 4x18: Bernardo & Anita (May 10, 2016)
- Episode 4x11: The Lahiris and the Castellanos (Nov 24, 2015)
- Episode 4x01: While I Was Sleeping (Sep 15, 2015)
Homeland (2011)
Guest starring as Dr. Meyer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 7x10: Clarity (Apr 15, 2018)
- Episode 7x03: Standoff (Feb 25, 2018)
- Episode 7x02: Rebel Rebel (Feb 18, 2018)
Heroes (2006)
Guest starring as Mrs. Suresh
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Homecoming (Nov 20, 2006)
- Episode 1x08: Seven Minutes to Midnight (Nov 13, 2006)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Geeta Chanoor
- Episode 8x12: Outsider (Jan 16, 2007)