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Priyanga Burford

Priyanga Burford

Birthday: 1973-03-01 | Place of Birth: England, UK

Priyanga Burford – British actress, writer, and narrator of Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) heritage, born March 1973 in England. Studied English literature at Keble College, Oxford before training at LAMDA, graduating in 2000. Married to Tom Burford since 1999 with two sons, Danny and Oscar. Her most notable television roles include Amina Chaudury in Press (2018, BBC), Sara Dhadwal in Industry (2020–2027, BBC/HBO), Karen in Innocent (2017–2021, ITV), Deepa Kaur in UKIP: The First 100 Days (2015, Channel 4), Mrs. Stevens in King Charles III (2017), Sita Anwar in Steeltown Murders (2023, BBC), and guest appearances in The Thick of It, W1A, Silent Witness, Avenue 5, and This Time with Alan Partridge. Her film credits include Dr. Symes in No Time to Die (2021), Dr. Emma Hurd in The Other Man (2008), a Reporter in A Long Way Down (2014), and uncredited roles in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Detective Pikachu (2019). On stage she is best known for the premiere of Consent at the National Theatre (2017), Dr. Lorna James in The Effect at the Sheffield Crucible (2015), Eyam at Shakespeare's Globe (2018), and An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York's Theatre (2024), for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She is also set to voice M in the video game

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
A Small and Quiet Light

as    Noor

2026
Escaping Idi Amin

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2026
Escaping Idi Amin

as    Self- Narrator

2025
Second Skin

as    Kate

2023
Why Sharks Attack

as    Narrator

2022
The Carer

as    Lisa

2022
Why Ships Crash

as    Narrator

2021
Lost Treasure Tombs of the Ancient Maya

as    Narrator (Voice)

2021
Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
Lost Films of WWII

as    Narrator (Voice)

2018
Press

as    Amina Chaudury

2018
Innocent

as    Karen Moss

2017
King Charles III

as    Mrs Stevens

2017
2015
UKIP: The First 100 Days

as    Deepa Kaur

2007
Magicians

as    Female Colleague

2005
Heatwave

as    Dr. Abby Granger

2005
Heartless

as    Laura

1999
A Rather English Marriage

as    Dr. Swann