Amrita Acharia

Amrita Acharia
Born	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality	Norwegian
Ethnicity	Nepalese, Ukrainian
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 Norwegian actress. She is best known for her role as Irri in HBO series Game of Thrones.

Early life

Acharia was born in Kathmandu, Nepal to a Nepalese father and Ukrainian mother. Her father is Dr. Ganesh Acharya, youngest son of late pundit Homakanta Acharya, from Dubara village located in ward no 9 of Sandhikharka Municipality which was previously Khanchikot VDC. 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.

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.

She is also set as lead actress in the British Short film "weird love".

Selected filmography

• I Am Yours (2013)
• Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (2014)
• Game of Thrones (2011–2012)

External links

• Amrita Acharia at the Internet Movie Database

• Norske Amrita (23) i ny HBO-satsing (Norwegian)