Never Have I Ever and 9 other Hollywood films and shows starring Poorna Jagganathan 

Dhwani Desai

June 7, 2023

Never Have I Ever

Poorna Jagganathan's most prominent role is as Dr. Nalini Vishwakumar in Mindy Kaling's comedy-drama 

Gypsy

She was Larin Inamdar, a divorced therapist, in Netflix's Gypsy, which also stars Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup 

Growing Up Smith

Poorna was Nalini Bhatnagar, the mother of the protagonist, in the 2017 American comedy-drama film

Defending Jacob 

The actress was Elizabeth Vogel in Apple TV+'s crime drama Defending Jacob, with Chris Evans and  Michelle Dockery

Big Little Lies

Poorna was Katie Richmond in the drama series that also stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley

Mile 22

The actress played Dorothy Brady in the espionage action thriller film, with Mark Wahlberg in the lead role

Better Call Saul

She was seen as Dr. Maureen Bruckner in the legal crime drama starring Bob Odenkirk

The Blacklist

Poorna appeared in one episode of James Spader's hit show as Nirah Ahmad

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The actress was Maya Samra in Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay's crime drama 

The Night Of

She played Safar Khan in the eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of Criminal Justice