Amara Karan (born 1984) is an Sri Lankan-English
actress who made her
film début as the love interest in
Wes Anderson's
The Darjeeling Limited. The film premièred at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. Her character was described in
The Hollywood Reporter as "the train's attractive Indian stewardess" while
Time called her 'lovely' and
Variety called her character the "comely train stewardess Rita", stating that "newcomer Karan makes a strong impression as the sexy 'sweet lime' girl". Karan's second film role was as schoolgirl Peaches in the 2007 film
St Trinian's.