- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 24, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Rekha Sharma
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.
Filmography
movieBidet
2025 · Nirmala
tvAvatar: The Last Airbender
2024 · Amita
movieMake Me a Match
2023 · Raina
tvThe Imperfects
2022 · Dr. Dominique Crain
movieBaking Spirits Bright
2021 · Mira Varma
tvYellowjackets
2021 · Jessica Roberts
tvUnited States of Al
2021 · Dr. Lewis
movieTraces
2021 · Emily
tvTransplant
2020 · Neeta Devi, Neeta Davi
movieMy Father, My Kidnapper
2019 · Detective Webb
movieWhen the Train Stops
2019 · Chief Deputy Karen Blake
tvAnother Life
2019 · Ursula Monroe
movieMystery 101: Playing Dead
2019 · Bella Brightman
movieTo Have and to Hold
2019 · Gina
movieStood Up
2019 · Mya
tvRoswell, New Mexico
2019 · Shivani
tvStar Trek: Discovery
2017 · Commander Landry
tvAfter Trek
2017
movieHer Dark Past
2016 · Dr. Karen Mathur
movieDark Harvest
2016 · Coroner
movieNo Men Beyond This Point
2015 · Ajala Bhatt
tvThe 100
2014 · Dr. Tsing
movieTil Death Do Us Part
2014 · Det. Ruthers
tvOnce Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013 · Willima
movieTasmanian Devils
2013 · Lisbon
tvArrow
2012 · Claire Abott
tvNikita
2010 · Nisha Patel
movieThe Cult
2010 · Nisha
The Cult
2010 · Nisha
tvV
2009 · Sarita Malik
movieBattlestar Galactica: The Plan
2009 · Tory Foster
movieLove Happens
2009 · Nose-Ring
tvThe Listener
2009 · Lynn Kendall
tvSanctuary
2008 · Amy Saunders
movieGym Teacher: The Movie
2008 · Reporter #1
movieAliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007 · Nurse Helen
movieWhisper
2007 · Mora
movieMemory
2006 · Becka
movieFierce People
2006 · Social Worker (uncredited)
tvSupernatural
2005 · Kaali
movieEdison
2005 · Prosecutor
movieLadies Night
2005 · Account Manager
tvHouse
2004 · Melanie Landon
tvBattlestar Galactica
2004 · Tory Foster
movieThe Invitation
2003 · Wife
movieThe Core
2003 · Danni
movieThe Stranger Beside Me
2003 · Dr. Thurston
tvJohn Doe
2002 · Stella
tvThe Twilight Zone
2002 · Kate Danvers
movieLiberty Stands Still
2002 · Usherette
tvSmallville
2001 · Dr. Harden
tvThe Lone Gunmen
2001
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Convention attendee (uncredited)
tvDark Angel
2000 · Beverly Hing (Coroner), Dr. Beverly Shankar
tvThe Outer Limits
1995 · Reese