Madhur Jaffrey (née le 13 août 1933 à Delhi) est une actrice indienne. Elle a reçu l'Ours d'argent de la meilleure actrice à la Berlinale de 1965 pour son rôle dans Shakespeare Wallah.

Elle est aussi connue pour ses recettes culinaires qu'elle présente sur BBC. Elle a publié des livres culinaires qui sont devenus de véritables classiques.

Biographie

She was born Madhur Bahadur in Delhi, British India, and was educated at Miranda House (of the University of Delhi). After college, she worked for All India Radio. She then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from which she graduated with honors in 1957. She then met and married Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey and moved to New York City. She and Saeed divorced in 1965. They have three daughters, Meera, Zia and Sakina Jaffrey. In 1969, she married Sanford Allen, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. She is the aunt of the British journalist Rohit Jaggi and his sister the literary critic Maya Jaggi (their mother Lalit being one of Madhur's older sisters).