• Rajesh Nihalani is a bespoke tailor with a net worth of over $500,000
• He is married to Archie Panjabi, an actress with a net worth of $3 million
• He is a bespoke tailor who creates clothing based on the buyer's specifications
• Rajesh and Archie had an arranged marriage by their parents
• He has no strong online presence and was arrested in 2010 for allegedly stealing from an electronics store
Known for movies
The Good Wife (2009-2015)
as Kalinda Sharma
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
as Pinky Bhamra
San Andreas (2015)
as Serena Johnson
The Constant Gardener (2005)
as Ghita Pearson
Short Info
| Date Of Birth | May 31, 1972 |
| Spouse | Rajesh Nihalani |
| Fact | For her role on The Good Wife (2009), she was named one of the "Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art", in the cover story of The New York Times Magazine (9/11/11). Also named as one of the Top 10 Faces on TV to Watch. (Variety, 2009). |
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Who is Rajesh Nihalani
Rajesh Nihalani was born in India, and is a designer as well as a bespoke tailor, but perhaps best known for being the husband of actress Archie Panjabi, who became famous for her role as Kalinda Sharma in the show “The Good Wife”. Aside from that role, other notable projects she’s worked on include “Bend it Like Beckham”, and “Yasmin”.
The Riches of Rajesh Nihalani
How rich is Rajesh Nihalani? As of mid-2019, sources inform us of a net worth that is over $500,000, earned through a successful career in tailoring. His wealth is also potentially elevated thanks to the success of his wife, who has a net worth estimated to be over $3 million. As he continues his endeavors, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Early Life and Career
There is almost no information available about Rajesh, as he’s managed to keep his life out of the spotlight. There are no details regarding his family, childhood, and education. It is known that he would later become a bespoke tailor which is a specific type of tailor who creates clothing based on the buyer’s specifications.
It is the opposite of ready-to-wear clothing which is very popular in present times. It usually begins with a pattern created for scratch and then a cloth made to fit a person exactly would be designed. Due to the nature of bespoke clothing being rarer in today’s times, it is more expensive to have a tailor work on a customer specifically and it usually means a high amount of quality within the work. New technologies have also made it possible to create clothes using digital patterning and lean manufacturing. The word bespoke means “made to order”, and was popular within the English language during the peak of this type of clothing.
Wife – Archie Panjabi
Nihalani’s wife was born in London, England on 31 May 1972, after both of her parents emigrated from India. She didn’t initially pursue a career in acting, having completed a management studies degree while also training in ballet at a young age. It was 1999 when she started to appear on television and in films, mostly in local productions. Some of her earlier projects include “East is East” and “Life on Mars”, and one of her first notable roles came a few years later in the comedy “Bend it Like Beckham”, which would lead to more high profile projects.
She then appeared in the romantic comedy “A Good Year” alongside Russell Crowe, playing the character Gemma who is an office colleague in the film. In 2007, she worked with Angelina Jolie in the film “A Mighty Heart, based on the book of the same name by Mariane Pearl. She’s also done voice acting work, and has voiced several characters in British children’s animation. She worked on “Postman Pat”, and even for the video game “Dead Space: Extraction.” She continued contributing to film hits such as “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “The Loves of Others”.
The Good Wife and Archie’s Recent Projects
In 2009, Panjabi became one of the cast members of the television series “The Good Wife”. The show is a legal and political series following a wife of the Cook County State’s Attorney who returns to her career after her husband gets involved in a public corruption and sex scandal. She gained considerable fame for her role, which led to several awards, however, she left the show after several seasons realizing that the role was starting to affect her personal life. Her next project would be the series “The Fall”, in which she played a pathologist. She also made a guest appearance in the show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”.
In 2016, she worked on the pilot for the show “The Jury”, and then joined the cast of the NBC show “Blindspot”, which focuses on a mysterious tattooed woman who has no recollection of her identity or her past, so the FBI try to decipher her tattoos which contain clues to crimes. Aside from her acting work, she’s been noted for being outspoken about diversity in Hollywood, stating that an agent even told her once that an Indian woman like her could never have a Hollywood career.
Personal Life and Social Media
For her personal life, it is known that Rajesh married Archie in 1998, an arranged marriage set up by their parents, but they didn’t disagree as it is still a tradition for most Indian families to marry in this manner. The two have stayed married since then, indicating that they’ve had a successful relationship – they haven’t any children, and will not likely have any due to their respective ages.
Will Mona come to regret her actions? ? #NextOfKin Tonight @ 9pm on @ITV pic.twitter.com/wmjv8zyhTD
— Archie Panjabi (@archiepanjabi) January 22, 2018
One of the reasons why there is very limited information about Rajesh is due to the lack of any strong online presence. He does not have accounts on any of the major social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In 2010, he made news when he was arrested for allegedly stealing from an electronics store. He used his credit card to pay for electronics and then later declared his card to be stolen. There wasn’t anything negative to have come out from the arrest. as there have been no subsequent news reports. According to the report, the business he runs is called Imperial Tailoring.
General Info
| Full Name | Archie Panjabi |
| Date Of Birth | May 31, 1972 |
| Height | 1.6 m |
| Profession | Voice Actor |
| Education | Brunel University London |
| Nationality | British |
Family
| Spouse | Rajesh Nihalani |
| Parents | Padma Panjabi, Govind Panjabi |
| Siblings | Ashwin Panjabi |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Satellite Award for B... |
| Movies | San Andreas, A Mighty Heart, East Is East, Bend It Like Beckham, The Constant Gardener, A Good Year, I Origins, Yasmin, Traitor, The Infidel, Espion(s), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him, The Happiness Salesman, Love Triangle, The Secret, My World, Be G... |
| TV Shows | The Fall, The Good Wife, Postman Pat, Personal Affairs, Sea of Souls, Blindspot, Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show, Grease Monkeys |
Social profile links
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much. |
| 2 | You have this impression from England that New Yorkers can be quite aggressive, but certainly the people that I've bumped into and the friends I've made here don't seem that way. Just walking down the street and asking for directions, people seem to be very helpful and happy to help. |
| 3 | I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy... I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy. |
| 4 | I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces. |
| 5 | The generation that migrated to the West in the 1970s or 1960s has now lived more in the West than India, and India has changed so much. My parents fall into that category. |
| 6 | My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.' |
| 7 | I'd love to say I made the smart decision of picking projects that became hits, but with 'The Good Wife,' I read the script and something inside me said, 'I love this, I want to do this.' |
| 8 | Coming to New York is like a big hug, everyone is so welcoming. There's something about here, everyone makes you feel so at home. I miss my family of course, but I don't miss London that much. I was worried, but I feel really at home. Everyone says that who comes here from London, but I didn't believe them. |
| 9 | I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American. |
| 10 | I have always let the lack of Indian actors in the industry drive me, not hold me back. I remember an agent in L.A. telling me a few years ago that an Indian actor wouldn't ever make it in Hollywood, but my ethnicity has helped me. |
| 11 | I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do. |
| 12 | Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first. |
| 13 | I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it. |
| 14 | I love roles where I have to transform myself. |
| 15 | I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.' |
| 16 | I like to do new things, so I always take on roles that I feel will keep me on my toes. I never want to pigeon myself, so I always like to surprise myself. I believe in versatility and so I would play anything as long as it was a challenge. |
| 17 | I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.' |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Both of her parents were schoolteachers. |
| 2 | For her role on The Good Wife (2009), she was named one of the "Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art", in the cover story of The New York Times Magazine (9/11/11). Also named as one of the Top 10 Faces on TV to Watch. (Variety, 2009). |
| 3 | Won Best Actress for her role in Yasmin (2004) at the Reims Festival in 2006. |
| 4 | Awarded the Shooting Star Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2005 for Yasmin (2004). She was selected from hundreds of actors to represent the UK. |
| 5 | She spent part of her childhood in Mumbai (Bombay), which is why she considers herself "Part Bombayite, part British." She based the character Gemma/Jessminder in Ridley Scott's A Good Year (2006) on someone she knew in Mumbai. |
Pictures
Movies
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Wife | 2009-2015 | TV Series | Kalinda Sharma |
| The Fall | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Reed Smith |
| The Widower | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Simone Banerjee |
| I Origins | 2014 | Priya Varma | |
| Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service | 2008-2013 | TV Series | Meera Bains / Nisha Bains / Meera Baines / ... |
| The Happiness Salesman | 2010 | Short | Karen |
| The Infidel | 2010 | Saamiya Nasir | |
| Be Good | 2009 | Short | Animal Adoption Officer |
| Personal Affairs | 2009 | TV Series | Jane Lesser |
| Dead Space: Extraction | 2009 | Video Game | Catherine 'Karen' Howel / Additional Voices (voice) |
| Espion(s) | 2009 | Anna | |
| My World | 2008/I | Short | Teacher |
| Traitor | 2008 | Chandra Dawkin | |
| Love Triangle | 2007 | TV Short | Friend (voice) |
| Silent Witness | 2007 | TV Series | Amita Joshi |
| A Mighty Heart | 2007 | Asra | |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman | 2007 | Casting Girl | |
| Life on Mars | 2006-2007 | TV Series | Maya Roy |
| Lezioni di volo | 2007 | Sharmila | |
| Postman Pat | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Meera Baines Nisha Baines Meera Bains ... |
| A Good Year | 2006 | Gemma | |
| A Very Social Secretary | 2005 | TV Movie | Ashley |
| The Constant Gardener | 2005 | Ghita Pearson | |
| Chromophobia | 2005 | Sarita | |
| Grease Monkeys | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Rita Dhillon |
| Yasmin | 2004 | Yasmin Husseini | |
| Sea of Souls | 2004 | TV Series | Megan Sharma |
| Cross My Heart | 2003 | Sumi | |
| Canterbury Tales | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Clare |
| Code 46 | 2003 | Check In | |
| Final Demand | 2003 | TV Movie | Farida |
| This Little Life | 2003 | TV Movie | Niala |
| Arranged Marriage | 2002 | Short | Shashi |
| White Teeth | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Alsana |
| My Family | 2002 | TV Series | Dental Assistant |
| Tough Love | 2002 | TV Movie | Chandra (Mr Jones) |
| Holby City | 2002 | TV Series | Ali Saffron |
| The Secret | 2002 | TV Series | Nadia's Probation Officer |
| Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | Pinky Bhamra | |
| Black Nor White | 2002 | Short | Sangeeta |
| Single Voices | 2002 | TV Series | |
| Ivor the Invisible | 2001 | TV Movie | Leila (voice) |
| Delilah | 2001 | Short | Adult Pim |
| The Bill | 2001 | TV Series | Shanaz Azad / Shanaz Arad |
| Murder in Mind | 2001 | TV Series | WPC Jill Evans |
| A Mind to Kill | 2001 | TV Series | Lamisa Khan |
| Brand Spanking New Show | 2000 | TV Series | Various roles |
| In the Beginning | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Basya, Pharaoh's Daughter |
| East Is East | 1999 | Meenah Khan | |
| Escape to Somerset | 1998 | Short | Samina |
| Dad | 1997 | TV Series | |
| The Thin Blue Line | 1996 | TV Series | Nazia Habib |
| Under the Moon | 1995 | TV Movie | Heena (as Archie Panabi) |
| Bideshi | 1995 | Short | Joyoti |
| Siren Spirits | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Joyoti |
| London's Burning | 1993 | TV Series | Yasmin |
| Blindspot | 2016-2017 | TV Series | Nas Kamal |
| Power Monkeys | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Preeya |
| Shetland | 2016 | TV Series | Asha Israni |
| The Jury | 2016 | TV Movie | Kim |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 2015 | TV Series | Lieutenant Singh |
| San Andreas | 2015 | Serena Johnson |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bend It Like Beckham | 2002 | performer: "Hot Hot Hot" 1983 |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 2017 | TV Series | Herself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The View | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 45th NAACP Image Awards | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Behind the Seams: An Insider's Look at Costume Design | 2013 | TV Short | Herself |
| 44th NAACP Image Awards | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| 70th Golden Globe Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| CBS This Morning | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Rachael Ray | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| 43rd NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself |
| VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul | 2011 | TV Movie | Herself |
| America in Primetime | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Kalinda Sharma, The Good Wife |
| The Education of Alicia Florrick: Making Season One | 2010 | Video documentary | Herself |
| The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| Britain's First Suicide Bombers | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Tahira Tabassum |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| How TV Changed Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Maya Roy |
| My Family | 2004 | TV Series | Dental Assistant |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2007 | Chopard Trophy | Cannes Film Festival | Female Revelation | |
| 2006 | Best Actress | Reims International Television Days | Yasmin (2004) | |
| 2005 | EFP Shooting Star | Berlin International Film Festival | United Kingdom. | |
| 2005 | Prix Ciné Femme | Mons International Festival of Love Films | Best Actress | Yasmin (2004) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2013 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2013 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2012 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2012 | Dagger | Crime Thriller Awards, UK | Best Supporting Actress | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2012 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2012 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2011 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2011 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Drama Supporting Actress | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2011 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2011 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2010 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | The Good Wife (2009) |
| 2010 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Good Wife (2009) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
