Amara Karunakaran[2] (born 1 January 1984) is an English actress.

[3] She made her film debut in 2007 as Rita in Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, which premiered Venice Film Festival, and Peaches in St Trinian's.

In 2016, she co-starred on the HBO crime drama mini-series, The Night Of.

[5] Karan went on to study at St Catherine's College, Oxford[6] and while there began acting in amateur plays including Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World at the Burton Taylor Theatre for which she received rave reviews[7] and was also singled out for her performance in When We Are Married at the Old Fire Station theatre.

[9] She began her career as an investment banker (at Hawkpoint and CIBC World Markets) specialising in mergers and acquisitions,[citation needed] before studying for an MA degree in acting[citation needed] at The Arts Educational Schools London.