Alice Amter (born 11 May 1966) Profile, birminghammail.co.uk; accessed 3 July 2015.Alice Amter celebrates her birthday with friends at the Stone Rose..., Contactmusic.com; accessed 18 November 2014. is an English actress, best known for her character Mrs. Koothrappali in the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2015) and Dr. Kapoor on Hot in Cleveland (2013).
Early life and education Born Alice Edwards, she grew up in Handsworth before moving to Edgbaston, Leamington Spa and Rubery. Whilst living in Leamington Spa, she spent time in a children's home in Warwick New Road. Her single German mother later cared for her. Amter attended Milverton Junior and Infant School and she received a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages and international relations from the University of Wolverhampton.
Career She has lived in France, Germany, Japan (where she taught English in the early 1990s), and the United States. She moved to Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. Despite her best-known role as "Mrs. Koothrappali", she has said she has no Indian ancestry.Brummie actress Alice Amter reveals how she made it in Hollywood, sundaymercury.net; accessed 18 November 2014.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2000Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of MistsBar Wench2000Mirror Mirror 4: ReflectionsCountess St. Croix2002The Good GirlBig Haired Woman2002Bad BoyDonna2002Pacino Is MissingSpace Chick2003Hunting of ManHooker2003A Man ApartMarta2003ExorcismKatherine Miller2005Pit FighterPalm Reader2007American ZombieEsperanza McNunn2009PenanceEve2011Infection: The Invasion BeginsHospital Attendant2013The Book of DanielItani2019Smothered by MothersWhitney Roth20201She - Boss2021All for HerAniPost-production
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1998ERDr. Miriam Nagarvala2 episodes1999Frat RatzChloeEpisode: "Real Unreal"2000Strong MedicineMey SaidEpisode: "Second Opinion"2000The PrivateersCapt. Berava GreeTelevision film2001Judging AmyPhilida BoscoEpisode: "8 1/2 Narrow"2002Cedric the Entertainer PresentsIndian WomanEpisode #1.12002–2003Presidio MedAmira4 episodes2007'Til DeathFlower LadyEpisode: "The Italian Affair"2007–2015The Big Bang TheoryMrs. Koothrappali10 episodes2008Skip TracerGypsy WomanTelevision film2009The CleanerAnjali PatelEpisode: "The Projectionist"2010OutsourcedFortune TellerEpisode: "Homesick to My Stomach"2010The Whole TruthTurban WomanEpisode: "Uncanny"2011General HospitalEvelynEpisode #1.123512013The MentalistMartaEpisode: "Red John's Rules"2013Hot in ClevelandDr. KapoorEpisode: "Cleveland Indians"2015Chasing LifeAditiEpisode: "The Big Leagues"2016RosewoodChitra SinghEpisode: "Paralytics and Priorities"2016NCIS: Los AngelesProfessor Lelah MoradiEpisode: "Parallel Resistors"2017ScandalDoctorEpisode: "Dead in the Water"2019Sorry for Your LossTulaEpisode: "Thirty Years"2020Never Have I EverAuntie SunuEpisode: "...felt super Indian"2021Mythic QuestMagdaEpisode: "Peter"
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