Nimmi Harasgama
Nimmi Harasgama was a member of the National Youth Theatre and went on to get a BA in Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College London University. She has also trained at Groundlings Improv School in LA as well as Lesly Kahn and Co Drama School in LA.
Nimmi played the female lead in Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy. Latterly Nimmi is best-known for playing Nurse Mari in The Good Karma Hospital, for which she was nominated for an NTA Award for Drama Performance for her portrayal of Mari Rodriguezl. Recent TV credits include Requiem (Netflix), Unforgotten (ITV), Finders Keepers (Paramount+), Shakespeare & Hathaway (BBC), Things I Should Have Done (BBC), and a recurring role in the final series of ITV’s Grantchester. She recently completed photography on S2 of Rivals, as well as the features Bunker and Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream opposite Tilda Swinton.
Recent theatre credits include Silence, a co-production between the Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre, directed by Abdul Shayek.
Nimmi is also a writer and recently had a commissioned rehearsed reading by Sky of her TV series Brown Girl Panic, where she played the lead.
Silence
Silence at the Donmar Warehouse
Nimmi Harasgama led in Silence, a vital new play commissioned to commemorate 75 years since the partition and end of British rule in India. Silence focuses on communal storytelling, centring the personal stories that witnessed this seismic period of history. A co-production with Tara Theatre and the Donmar Warehouse.