• UK, December 28: Nagra chosen best female TV actor
  
• Parminder Nagra is to join the cast of ER (4_)
•  UK:  Parminder Nagra- bends the rules for 'Beckham': low-budget movie about an Indian girl living in Britain who just wants to play soccer has grossed an impressive $31.9 million worldwide (3_)

Parminder Nagra. Born in Leicester in 1975 and from a Punjabi family. "Bend It Like Beckham" marks Parminder Nagra's feature film debut. Television credits amongst other's include series regular in "Holby City" (BBC); "Goodness Gracious Me" (BBC); "Small Potatoes" (ITV); and "Casualty" (BBC). Also played the lead role in the play "The Square Circle" at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Parminder, who went to Rushey Mead School, got her first taste of acting when she first trod the boards, as a very shy young thing, at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. She left the theatre in 1995 and went to London to follow a career in acting. She returned to Leicester in October, 1997, to perform in "Tainted Dawn" with the London-based Tamasha Theatre Company. Her big break came when she was offered a lead role in the 2002 film "Bend it Like Beckham," opposite fellow Brit starlet Keira Knightly. The film, in which Parminder played an aspiring footballer, received international acclaim. Her performance caught the eye of ER producers who then offered her the role of Dr Neela Rasgotra, the first Asian character in this award-winning show . On January 21st, 2004, British viewers got the chance to see this Belgrave-born actress in this top-rated US medical