Indira Varma is one of those actors we will watch in everything she appears in. From playing the fierce Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones, to Mayra Cavendish in the recent series of The Night Manager, and as news reporter Khadija Khan in The Capture, Varma always steals the scene. And if you’ve been looking for your next must-watch starring Varma then we need to put you onto Paranoid.
Debuting in 2016, Paranoid is a gritty police drama that has got a similar feel to Broadchurch, and stars Varma as DS Nina Suresh, who along with a team of detectives investigates the death of a local GP who is found dead in a playground.
Intrigued? Here’s what to know about Paranoid.
What is Paranoid about?
Paranoid is an eight-part drama that first aired on ITV in 2016. A local doctor Angela Benton is well liked in her local community of Woodmere, however, when she’s found stabbed to death in the park, it sends shockwaves through the town.
Varma stars as DS Nina Suresh who along with her team investigate the death of Angela, and they soon find themselves working on an international case, as the murder appears to have links with a German pharmaceutical company and the detectives link up with the German police force.
Who stars in Paranoid?
Paranoid is led by Indira Varma as DS Nina Suresh. Also in detective force is Robert Glenister as DC Bobby Day, Dino Fetscher as DC Alec Wayfield, and Neil Stuke as DI Michael Niles.
Here’s who is also in the cast of Paranoid:
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Christiane Paul as Detective Linda Felber, a member of the German police force
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Dominik Tiefenthaler as Detective Walti Merian, another German detective
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Lesley Sharp as Lucy Cannonbury, the chief witness of Angela’s murder
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Michael Maloney as Chris Crowley, a psychiatrist
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Kevin Doyle as The Ghost Detective
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Polly Walker as Monica Wayfield, Alex’s mother
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Anjli Mohindra as Police Constable Megan Waters
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Danny Huston as Nick Waingrow, the Director of External Affairs at Rustin Wade Pharmaceuticals
Where can I watch Paranoid?
All eight episodes of Paranoid are available to watch on Netflix now. Each episode is around 45 minutes long and so it should last you for a couple of evenings.
Paranoid is available on Netflix now.
