Amrita Acharia
Amrita Acharia (also spelled Acharya) is a Norwegian actress of Ukrainian and Nepalese background. Acharia was born in Nepal to a Nepalese father and Ukrainian mother. She grew up in Kathmandu, Ukraine, England and Tromsø. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English, in addition to learning Norwegian when she moved to Norway at age thirteen. After finishing high school in Norway, she moved to England at age nineteen 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.
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
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| 2020 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Merit - Honorary Award (David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Ramin Djawadi, Michele Clapton, Amrita Acharia, Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Josef Altin, Jacob Anderson, Pilou Asbæk, Luke Barnes, Sean Bean, Ian Beattie, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, David Bradley, John Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown, Dominic Carter, Oona Chaplin, Dean-Charles Chapman, Gwendoline Christie, Emilia Clarke, Michael Condron, James Cosmo, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ben Crompton, Mackenzie Crook, Liam Cunningham, Charles Dance, Joe Dempsie, Stephen Dillane, Peter Dinklage, Ron Donachie, Natalie Dormer, Richard Dormer, Nathalie Emmanuel, Michelle Fairley, Tara Fitzgerald, Jerome Flynn, Brian Fortune, Joel Fry, Elyes Gabel, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Julian Glover, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Conleth Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Kristofer Hivju, Tom Hopper, Michiel Huisman, Paul Kaye, Sibel Kekilli, Rose Leslie, Anton Lesser, Richard Madden, Faye Marsay, Jason Momoa, Rory McCann, Michael McElhatton, Ian McElhinney, Philip McGinley, Roxanne McKee, Hannah Murray, Staz Nair, Brenock O'Connor, Pedro Pascal, Daniel Portman, Jonathan Pryce, Bella Ramsey, Iwan Rheon, Diana Rigg, Richard Rycroft, Dar Salim, Mark Stanley, Donald Sumpter, Owen Teale, Sophie Turner, Carice van Houten, Rupert Vansittart, Max von Sydow, Gemma Whelan, Maisie Williams, Tom Wlaschiha) | Game of Thrones |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
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| 2012 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Nominee Actor | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (Amrita Acharia, Mark Addy, Alfie Allen, Josef Altin, Sean Bean, Susan Brown, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Ron Donachie, Michelle Fairley, Jerome Flynn, Elyes Gabel, Aidan Gillen, Jack Gleeson, Iain Glen, Julian Glover, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Conleth Hill, Richard Madden, Jason Momoa, Rory McCann, Ian McElhinney, Luke Barnes, Roxanne McKee, Dar Salim, Mark Stanley, Donald Sumpter, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams) | Game of Thrones |
