Priyanga Burford
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…
Acting
- 2023Steeltown MurdersSita Anwar4 ep.
- 2021Lost Treasure Tombs of the Ancient MayaNarrator (Voice)2 ep.
- 2021Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power StationSelf - Narrator (voice)2 ep.
- 2020IndustrySara Dhadwal3 ep.
- 2020Avenue 5Lori Hernandez6 ep.
- 2019Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed UsNarrator (Voice)3 ep.
- 2019Lost Films of WWIINarrator (Voice)2 ep.
- 2019Why...?Self - Narrator (voice)2 ep.
- 2019This Time with Alan PartridgeJean Chaudhary1 ep.
- 2018PressAmina Chaudury6 ep.
- 2018InnocentKaren Moss4 ep.
- 2016I Want My Wife BackNereesha5 ep.
- 2015London SpyClinician2 ep.
- 2015No OffenceDr Venkatesan1 ep.
- 2014W1AFaiza Rajah2 ep.
- 2013Life of CrimeHelen Clarke3 ep.
- 2012VeepReporter1 ep.
- 2010Married Single OtherJenna1 ep.
- 2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge1 ep.
- 2005ExtrasGeorge1 ep.
- 2005The Thick of ItBaroness Sureka1 ep.
- 2001Murphy's LawShahana Khan3 ep.
- 1999The ViceFiona1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2022Why...?Self - Narrator (voice)2 ep.
- 2020Avenue 5Lori Hernandez6 ep.
- 2022Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge1 ep.
- 2020IndustrySara Dhadwal3 ep.
- 2019This Time with Alan PartridgeJean Chaudhary1 ep.
- 2017W1AFaiza Rajah2 ep.
- 2016I Want My Wife BackNereesha5 ep.
- 2015London SpyClinician, Clinician (uncredited)2 ep.
- 2015No OffenceDr Venkatesan1 ep.
- 2014LewisKatherine Warwick1 ep.
- 2014VeepReporter1 ep.
- 2012The Thick of ItBaroness Sureka1 ep.
- 2010Married Single OtherJenna1 ep.
- 2007Dalziel and PascoeRebekah Beeton1 ep.
- 2006ExtrasGeorge1 ep.
- 2002The ViceFiona1 ep.
Also known as: Priyanga Elan