Anjana Vasan
Actor · Born January 31, 1987 (39) · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body
Anjana Vasan (born January 31, 1987) is an Indian-born Singaporean actress and singer-songwriter based in London. She is known for her stage work, winning a Laurence Olivier Award, and her role in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts, for which she was nominated a British Academy Television Award. She starred in the Black Mirror episode "Demon 79" in 2023.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 31, 1987 (39)
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Anjana Vasan's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas Nida Huq in Black Mirror (2011)
- Tricksteras Shazia in Ill Behaviour (2017)
- Heroas Amina Hussein in We Are Lady Parts (2021)
- Allyas Gladys Moss in Wicked Little Letters (2023)
- Heraldas Mary Aldin in Towards Zero (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Anjana Vasan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (5).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Anjana Vasan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
True Love and Wormholes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Towards Zero(2025)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Wicked Little Letters(2023)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Cyrano(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Princess & Peppernose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
We Are Lady Parts(2021)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: Dara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Mogul Mowgli(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
A Doll's House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Sex Education(2019)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Lady Parts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Hang Ups (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Children Act(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Killing Eve(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Pls Like (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Ill Behaviour(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Cinderella(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
National Theatre Live: Macbeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Call the Midwife(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Black Mirror(2011)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Fresh Meat(2011)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all showsAmri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Leftover Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 24 of them dated from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Film career
Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2015Screen debut· Cinderella
- 2021BAFTA Award nomination· We Are Lady Parts
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
4 major nominations and no wins, 2022–2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Female Performance in a Comedy
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actress
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Anjana Vasan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 83/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 89, detractors 63. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Anjana Vasan's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Anjana Vasan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Anjana Vasan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aiysha Hart shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Aiysha HartShared titles: We Are Lady Parts (2021), Mogul Mowgli (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Aiysha Hart
- Monica DolanShared titles: Cyrano (2021), Black Mirror (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Monica Dolan
Composers
- Isobel Waller-BridgeShared titles: Towards Zero (2025), Wicked Little Letters (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Isobel Waller-Bridge
