About Parminder Nagra
Parminder Kaur Nagra is an English actress. She gained prominence through her roles as Jess Bhamra in the film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC medical drama ER (2003–2009). Her other television roles include Meera Malik in the first season of the NBC crime drama The Blacklist (2013–2014) and a recurring role as Ellen Nadeer in season four of the ABC/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017). More recently, Nagra starred as the titular character of the ITV series DI Ray (2022–2024). Nagra's first London theatrical job came in 1994, when she was cast as the Princess in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Her visit to Calcutta to film the final scenes set there was Nagra's first visit to India. She was nominated, and won, several awards, including the FIFA Presidential Award (2002), making her the first woman to have done so. Nagra appeared in "The 6th Wonder of the World: The Kali Tutti Story", in 1994.
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