- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 9, 1981
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. She has received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and half-sister of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones, she has released 7 solo studio albums since 1998.
Filmography
movieGorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026 · Self - Sitar, Songs
tvA Suitable Boy
2020 · Original Music Composer
movieAn Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile
2019 · Original Music Composer
Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?
2016 · Self
movieAnoushka Shankar: Traveller
2012 · Sitar
tvOye! It's Friday!
2008 · Herself
movieMission Istaanbul
2008 · Playback Singer
movieDance Like a Man
2004 · Lata Parekh
movieConcert for George
2003 · Self
movieRavi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
2001 · Sitar
The Beatles Revolution
2000 · Self
tvGaia Symphony
1992 · Self
tvBBC Young Musician
1978 · Judge
movieShiraz: A Romance of India
1928 · Orchestrator
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
— · Self