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Madhur Jaffrey

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Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

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Madhur Jaffrey CBE is an actress, cookbook and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Photos 8

Filmography 30

Wolf1994 · ★ 6.1
Prime2005 · ★ 6.0
Six Degrees of Separation1993 · ★ 6.4
Flawless1999 · ★ 6.2
A Late Quartet2012 · ★ 6.7
Phoebe in Wonderland2008 · ★ 7.2
Vanya on 42nd Street1994 · ★ 6.6
The Glorias2020 · ★ 6.4
Heat and Dust1983
Partition2007
Chutney Popcorn2001
Saagar1985
Shakespeare-Wallah1965
Jadoo2013
Autobiography of a Princess1975
The Perfect Murder1988
Cotton Mary1999
The Guru1969
Parable1964
ABCD1999
The Peacock Spring1996
The Assam Garden1985
Cosmopolitan2003
The Wandering Company1984
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant2005
Beyond the Next Mountain1981
Hiding Divya2006
Antkeeper1966
Love Match1986
James Beard: America's First Foodie2017

45 credits on file

Television 12

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001
Psych2006
New Girl2011
Doom Patrol2019
And Just Like That…2021
Wogan1982
Pantheon2022
I Feel Bad2018
In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs1995
The Mushroom Picker1993
MasterChef USA2000

Awards 1

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

In their orbit 4

Connected to Madhur 5

Actors from India 1

About this person

Madhur Jaffrey CBE is an actress, cookbook and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973), which was inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame in 2006. She has written over a dozen cookbooks and appeared on several related television programmes, the most notable of which was Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery, which premiered in the UK in 1982. She was the food consultant at the now-closed Dawat, which was considered by many food critics to be among the best Indian restaurants in New York City.

Country
India
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1933 · age 93
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26 languages

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