Rekha Sharma
- Acting
- January 24, 1970 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Rekha Shanti Sharma is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Tory Foster on Battlestar Galactica. Her ancestors are from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which they left during the British period. Her family resettled in the Fiji Islands and her parents moved to Canada. She has an older brother, Sunil, who is nine years her senior. Their father is a Hindu priest. Sharma started to pursue acting as a career in her 20s. She has stage experience but also appeared in television series like Da Vinci's City Hall, House M.D., The Lone Gunmen, Smallville, Supernatural, John Doe, Dark Angel, The Twilight Zone, Sanctuary, Hellcats, The Listener, and the 2009 re-imagined television series of V. She also appeared in the movies The Core, Tasmanian Devils, and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. For fun, she paints and plays the sarangi, a stringed musical instrument.
Known for
Filmography
- Carrie · Another Parent
- Bidet · Nirmala
- Avatar: The Last Airbender · Amita
- Make Me a Match · Raina
- The Imperfects · Dr. Dominique Crain
- Baking Spirits Bright · Mira Varma
- Yellowjackets · Jessica Roberts
- United States of Al · Dr. Lewis
- Traces · Emily
- Transplant · Neeta Devi
- My Father, My Kidnapper · Detective Webb
- When the Train Stops · Chief Deputy Karen Blake
- Another Life · Ursula Monroe
- Mystery 101: Playing Dead · Bella Brightman
- To Have and to Hold · Gina
- Stood Up · Mya
- Roswell, New Mexico · Shivani
- Star Trek: Discovery · Commander Landry
- After Trek
- Her Dark Past · Dr. Karen Mathur
- Dark Harvest · Coroner
- No Men Beyond This Point · Ajala Bhatt
- The 100 · Dr. Tsing
- Til Death Do Us Part · Det. Ruthers
- Once Upon a Time in Wonderland · Willima
- Tasmanian Devils · Lisbon
- Arrow · Claire Abott
- Nikita · Nisha Patel
- The Cult · Nisha
- The Cult · Nisha
- V · Sarita Malik
- Battlestar Galactica: The Plan · Tory Foster
- Love Happens · Nose-Ring
- The Listener · Lynn Kendall
- Sanctuary · Amy Saunders
- Gym Teacher: The Movie · Reporter #1
- Aliens vs Predator: Requiem · Nurse Helen
- Whisper · Mora
- Memory · Becka
- Fierce People · Social Worker (uncredited)
- Supernatural · Kaali
- Edison · Prosecutor
- Ladies Night · Account Manager
- House · Melanie Landon
- Battlestar Galactica · Tory Foster
- The Invitation · Wife
- The Core · Danni
- The Stranger Beside Me · Dr. Thurston
- John Doe · Stella
- The Twilight Zone · Kate Danvers
- Liberty Stands Still · Usherette
- Smallville · Dr. Harden
- The Lone Gunmen
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Convention attendee (uncredited)
- Dark Angel · Beverly Hing (Coroner), Dr. Beverly Shankar
- The Outer Limits · Reese