Indira Joshi (born 2 March 1942) is a British actor of Indian ethnicity, whose career has included playing Mariam Ahmed in ''

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'' and Madhuri Kumar in ''

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'', appearing in '' Grumpy Old Women''. and reading children's stories in ''

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''. Her two brothers Joe L. Joshi and Jai Hind Joshi attended Bishop Cotton School (Shimla) in India, while she attended its sister school. She has two sons, Liev Shiva Dominic also known as Thubten his monk name, and Krishna Dylan. She has recorded audiobooks including Madhur Jaffrey ''Climbing the Mango Tree''.

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* * * * 1942 births Living people British actresses of Asian descent British people of Indian descent {{UK-actor-stub