Get to Know Poorna Jagannathan

Full Episode description

This season, we invited our credit readers to interview our storytellers. Today, you’ll hear from Poorna Jagannathan who narrated the previous episode about the life of Mary Kom. Poorna reveals how her own parents found out about her acting career, her role of a lifetime and where she’s happiest.

About Poorna:

Poorna Jagannathan is an award-winning actress and producer. Critically acclaimed for her performance on HBO’s “The Night Of,” Jagannathan will soon be seen in season 2 of HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” and on Hulu’s two most anticipated shows of 2019: “The Act” and “Ramy.” Her past work on HBO’s “Room 104″ and AMC’s Better Call Saul” garnered critical attention and some of her recent film credits include A24’s “Share,” directed by Pippa Bianco, Peter Berg’s “Mile 22,” and Aamir Kahn’s trailblazing Bollywood comedy, “Delhi Belly,” for which she won a Stardust and a L’Oreal Femina award for best supporting actress. Jagannathan is the winner of the 2013 Amnesty International Award for the play “Nirbhaya” by Yael Farber, which she initiated, produced and acted in. The play was called by The Telegraph as “One of the most powerful pieces of theater you’ll ever see.”

Credits:

This episode of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is produced by Elena Favilli, Joy Fowlkes, and Meg Murnane. Sound design and original theme music by Elettra Bargiacchi. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer.