
Rekha Sharma
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-01-24 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Rekha Shanti Sharma is a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of Tory Foster on Battlestar Galactica. Her ancestors are from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, which they left during the British period. Her family resettled in the Fiji Islands and her parents moved to Canada. She has an older brother, Sunil, who is nine years her senior. Their father is a Hindu priest. Sharma started to pursue acting as a career in her 20s. She has stage experience but also appeared in television series like Da Vinci's City Hall, House M.D., The Lone Gunmen, Smallville, Supernatural, John Doe, Dark Angel, The Twilight Zone, Sanctuary, Hellcats, The Listener, and the 2009 re-imagined television series of V. She also appeared in the movies The Core, Tasmanian Devils, and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. For fun, she paints and plays the sarangi, a stringed musical instrument.
Most Known For

Supernatural
as Kaali

House
as Melanie Landon

Smallville
as Dr. Harden

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Convention attendee (uncredited)

Arrow
as Claire Abott

The 100
as Dr. Tsing

Star Trek: Discovery
as Commander Landry

Battlestar Galactica
as Tory Foster

The Outer Limits
as Reese

Yellowjackets
as Jessica Roberts

Nikita
as Nisha Patel

The Twilight Zone
as Kate Danvers

Sanctuary
as Amy Saunders

The Listener
as Lynn Kendall

Dark Angel
as Beverly Hing (Coroner)

Dark Angel
as Dr. Beverly Shankar

V
as Sarita Malik

Another Life
as Ursula Monroe

Transplant
as Neeta Devi

Transplant
as Neeta Davi