Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat is an American actress of Indian and German descent,
was born on June 5, 1977 in Malibu, California. Her father, a
Rajput from India and her mother is German. She was very interested
in writing and intended to pursue at New York University. Her
interest started in drama and later graduated as a double major
with a degree in drama, English and American literature.
After graduation, she moved back to Los Angeles to pursue acting
full-time. Within few months:
- She got several jobs, including a recurring role on the first
season of “24” (2001- ) and as Ben Kingsley and
Shoreh Agdashloo’s daughter in the critically acclaimed
theatrical feature “House of Sand and Fog” (2003).
- She act first starring role in the little-seen science-fiction
thriller, “Thoughtcrimes.”
- She appeared in the Project Greenlight film Feast (2005) and
the indie romantic comedy Loveless in Los Angeles (2006)
- 2005 proved to be the highest profile year in Rawat’s
career.
In television, she is best known for her role as Theresa Diaz
on the hit drama The O.C. and Amita Ramanujan on Numb3rs. Rawat
displayed both cool intelligence and vulnerability as Amita Ramanujan,
a brilliant mathematics and astrophysics professor who assisted
Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) in pursuing criminals for the
FBI. Amita also carried a torch for Charlie, but his awkwardness
with personal relationships – to say nothing of her desire
to further her career, led to several bumps on their rocky road
to romance.
She has also had many smaller roles including playing Dana, a
psychotic vampire slayer, on the Buffy spinoff, Angel.
Navi Rawat says, "You seduce a man with your gestures and
It's the way you look at him with your eyes." From the way
the 24-year-old actress is tempting the camera, she knows of what
she speaks. Playing with her wavy, dark brown hair, she pouts
and parts her lips, moves her voluptuous curves into a sexy pose,
and slowly lifts the hem of her dress.
This is all a bit out of character, since Rawat doesn't usually
flaunt her physical assets. "Being sexy didn't get you A's,"
she says.
Filmography
- Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds (2008) (post-production) .... Heroine
- "Numb3rs" .... Amita Ramanujan (64 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Ocean of Pearls (2008) .... Smita Sethi
- Loveless in Los Angeles (2007) .... Gwen
- Undead or Alive (2007) .... Sue
- Feast (2005) .... Heroine
- The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend
(2005) .... Exotic Ethnic Woman
- Tom 51 (2005) .... Chandi Azu
- "Without a Trace" .... Ms. Tompkeller (1 episode,
2004)
- The O.C. (2003-04, 2006) - Theresa Diaz
- House of Sand and Fog (2003) .... Soraya
- Thoughtcrimes (2003) .... Freya McAllister
- The Street Lawyer (2003) (TV) .... Sofia
- "Fastlane" .... Natalie 'Nat' Raiden (1 episode,
2003)
- Roswell (2002) Third Season Episode: Samuel Rising - Shelby
- Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002) (TV) .... Jennifer
- The Princess & the Marine (2001) (TV) .... Sabika
- Jack the Dog (2001) .... Ruby
- "Popular" .... Teen Girl #5 (1 episode, 2000)
- "Project Greenlight 3" (2005) TV series .... Herself
(unknown episodes)
- "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" .... Herself (1 episode,
2004)
Numb3rs
on CBS