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Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as
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in the television series '' Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as winning a Screen Actors Guild Award along with the cast. He has also appeared in films such as ''
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'' (1996), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998), '' Rollerball'' (2002), '' Bride and Prejudice'' (2004), ''
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'' (2007), '' The Brave One'' (2007), and '' Diana'' (2013). In 2022, he starred in the miniseries ''
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''.


Early life

Andrews was born in Lambeth,
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, to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from
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,
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. He was brought up in
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as a
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, and attended Earlsfield Junior School on Tranmere Road. Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive"."Naveen Andrews finds himself in L.A"
CTV.ca; 10 April 2006. At 16, while at Emanuel School, he started a relationship with his 30-year-old mathematics teacher, Geraldine Feakins, whom he moved in with to escape his abusive home; their son, Jaisal, was born seven years later, in 1992. Andrews was shunned by his parents after this and they died before a reconciliation. He has said that he has forgiven them.


Career

Andrews auditioned for drama school and was accepted at London's
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with
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and
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. His studies paid off when he won a role in Hanif Kureshi's film '' London Kills Me'' (1991). Andrews starred in the 1993
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miniseries '' Buddha of Suburbia''. He portrayed Kip Singh in ''
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'' (1996) and
Sayid Jarrah Sayid Hassan Jarrah ( ar, سَعِيد حَسَّان جَرَّاح, ''Sa‘īd Ḥassān Jarrāḥ'') is a fictional character from the ABC show '' Lost'' portrayed by Naveen Andrews. Appearances Prior to the crash Sayid originally served as ...
in the popular television series '' Lost'' (2004–10). In 2006, he was voted one of ''
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'' magazine's World's Most Beautiful People. He starred in '' Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998), '' Bride and Prejudice'' (2004), and as Jafar in the American fantasy drama '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' (2013–14). In 2014, he provided the voice of Sabal in the video game ''
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''. From 2015 to 2017, he starred in the series ''
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'' (created by
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and J. Michael Straczynski) as Jonas. From 2018 to 2019, he co-starred as ex-MI6 and CIA officer Julian Cousins in the series '' Instinct'', starring Alan Cumming and
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. In 2022 Andrews co-starred with
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as Theranos COO Sunny Balwani in the hulu limited series ''
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''.


Personal life

Andrews's relationship with Geraldine Feakins lasted from 1985 to 1991. Their son, Jaisal Andrews, was born in 1992. He was later in a relationship with actress
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in
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, starting in 1998. The couple separated briefly in 2005 and, during that time, Andrews had a son with
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-French actress Elena Eustache. He and Hershey later reconciled, but in 2010, they announced that they had separated. Andrews was in a long custody dispute with Eustache over their son, and on 7 January 2009, he was granted sole legal and physical custody. Andrews has spoken about his
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and his two-year
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to heroin in the mid-'90s. He has described an incident in which he collapsed on set and was treated by emergency services. He plays guitar and sings, while
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to his own tune as a hobby. He became a naturalised U.S. citizen on 27 May 2010.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Naveen Living people Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male actors of Indian descent British male actors of Indian descent English emigrants to the United States English male actors of South Asian descent English people of Indian descent English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors American people of Malayali descent People educated at Emanuel School People from Wandsworth English Methodists 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 1969 births