British actress

Archie Panjabi

Archana Panjabi is an English actress. On television, she is known for her roles as Maya Roy in the BBC One series Life on Mars (2006–2007), Kalinda Sharma in the CBS series The Good Wife (2009–2015), Nas Kamal in the NBC series Blindspot, Kendra Malley in the Global series Departure (2019–2023), and The Rani in Doctor Who (2025). Her work in The Good Wife earned her a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 and an NAACP Image Award in 2012, as well as two further Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination, and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations shared with the cast. Panjabi is the first Asian actor to win a Primetime Emmy for acting.

Born

1972

May 31

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1972 Born

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455 Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
1215 Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1293 Mongols depart Java after the failed Mongol invasion against King Kertanegara of Singhasari.

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The world in 1972

When Archie arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 31

Bernard Goldberg 1945– American journalist and author Chien-Shiung Wu 1912–1997 Chinese-American physicist and academic (born 1912) Dave Roberts 1972– American baseball player and coach Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) John Ringling 1866–1936 American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866) Laurent Gbagbo 1945– Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521) 1469– Norman Vincent Peale 1898–1993 American minister and author (born 1898) Phil Keoghan 1967– New Zealand television host and producer

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Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor Dave Roberts 1972– American baseball player and coach

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