Karen David is an Indo-Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter, best known for portraying Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia in ABC's fairytale-themed musical-comedy television series Galavant, as well as the Head of Spanish, Cesca Montoya, in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, and Layla in the American action film The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. She starred as Angela in the ITV television series Cold Feet, and played Princess Jasmine/Shirin in the sixth season of Once Upon a Time. She had a recurring role on The CW's Legacies as Emma, a guidance counselor and witch, and played regular character Grace Mukherjee in Fear the Walking Dead. She has had a recurring role as former MI6 agent Rose Dinshaw on NBC's The Irrational.
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We Were Liars (2025)
Guest starring as Maya Patil
- Episode 1x06: When Lies Gives You Lemons (Jun 18, 2025)
The Irrational (2023)
Guest starring as Rose Dinshaw
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x18: The Exchange (Mar 25, 2025)
- Episode 2x17: Suddenly Alec (Mar 18, 2025)
- Episode 2x14: The Milgram Experiment (Feb 18, 2025)
- Episode 2x10: Now You Don't (Jan 21, 2025)
- Episode 2x08: Lost Souls (Jan 7, 2025)
- Episode 2x07: Stan by Me (Dec 3, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: Bad Blood (Oct 22, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Collateral Damage (Oct 8, 2024)
- Episode 1x11: Reciprocity (Feb 19, 2024)
- Episode 1x07: The Real Deal (Nov 6, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Zero Sum (Oct 16, 2023)
Pantheon (2022)
Guest starring as Justine's Mom
- Episode 1x04: The Gods Will Not Be Chained (Sep 15, 2022) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Receptionist
- Episode 1x04: The Gods Will Not Be Chained (Sep 15, 2022) [Co-Star]
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
Guest starring as Diya Laghari
- Episode 3x19: A Diplomatic Solution (Apr 27, 2023)
Mira, Royal Detective (2020)
Guest starring as Shilpa
- Episode 1x22: The Case of the Moving Day Meddler (Jun 12, 2020)
Legacies (2018)
Guest starring as Emma Tig
(13 episodes)
- Episode 4x05: I Thought You'd Be Happier to See Me (Nov 11, 2021)
- Episode 3x15: A New Hope (Jun 17, 2021)
- Episode 2x14: There's a Place Where the Lost Things Go (Mar 12, 2020)
- Episode 2x11: What Cupid Problem? (Jan 30, 2020)
- Episode 2x10: This is Why We Don't Entrust Plans to Muppet Babies (Jan 23, 2020)
- Episode 1x15: I'll Tell You a Story (Mar 21, 2019)
- Episode 1x13: The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do (Mar 7, 2019)
- Episode 1x12: There's a Mummy on Main Street (Feb 28, 2019)
- Episode 1x11: We're Gonna Need a Spotlight (Feb 21, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Mombie Dearest (Dec 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Malivore (Nov 29, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: We're Being Punked, Pedro (Nov 8, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn (Nov 1, 2018)
The Rookie (2018)
Guest starring as Detective Emma Calderon
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x17: Control (Apr 12, 2020)
- Episode 2x09: Breaking Point (Dec 1, 2019)
Barry (2018)
Guest starring as Sharon Lucado
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: candy asses (Jun 5, 2022)
- Episode 3x06: 710N (May 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going (May 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter Five: Do Your Job (Apr 22, 2018)
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* (2017)
Guest starring as Priya
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: The Rye Chromosome (Jan 30, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x04: I'm Sorry, She "Class" Passed (Jan 30, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x08: Eight Is the New Se7en (Oct 25, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x05: Hungry for Justice (Oct 25, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Joel McHale Is: Ryan Hansen (Oct 25, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x02: Jane D'Oh! (Oct 25, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
Timeless (2016)
Guest starring as Young Denise Christopher
- Episode 2x08: The Day Reagan Was Shot (May 6, 2018)
The Saturday Show (2015)
Guest starring as Karen David
- Episode 1x47: Ferne McCann, Charlie Condou, Cher Lloyd, Marcus Bean (Sep 17, 2016)
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Starring as Grace Mukherjee
(27 episodes)
- Episode 8x05: More Time Than You Know (Jun 8, 2023)
- Episode 8x04: King County (Jun 1, 2023)
- Episode 8x01: Remember What They Took From You (May 11, 2023)
- Episode 7x15: Amina (May 22, 2022)
- Episode 7x14: Divine Providence (May 15, 2022)
- Episode 7x12: Sonny Boy (May 1, 2022)
- Episode 7x10: Mourning Cloak (Apr 17, 2022)
- Episode 7x09: Follow Me (Apr 17, 2022)
- Episode 7x07: The Portrait (Nov 21, 2021)
- Episode 7x06: Reclamation (Nov 14, 2021)
- Episode 7x02: Six Hours (Oct 17, 2021)
- Episode 6x16: The Beginning (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 6x15: USS Pennsylvania (Jun 6, 2021)
- Episode 6x12: In Dreams (May 9, 2021)
- Episode 6x10: Handle with Care (Apr 25, 2021)
- Episode 6x09: Things Left to Do (Apr 18, 2021)
- Episode 6x08: The Door (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 6x07: Damage from the Inside (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 5x16: End of the Line (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: Channel 5 (Sep 22, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Today and Tomorrow (Sep 15, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: 210 Words Per Minute (Aug 18, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Channel 4 (Aug 11, 2019)
- Episode 5x08: Is Anybody Out There? (Jul 21, 2019)
- Episode 5x07: Still Standing (Jul 14, 2019)
- Episode 5x06: The Little Prince (Jul 7, 2019)
- Episode 5x02: The Hurt That Will Happen (Jun 9, 2019)
Galavant (2015)
Starring as Isabella
(18 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: The One True King (To Unite Them All) (Jan 31, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: Battle of the Three Armies (Jan 31, 2016)
- Episode 2x08: Do the D'Dew (Jan 24, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: Love and Death (Jan 24, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: About Last Knight (Jan 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Giants vs. Dwarves (Jan 17, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Bewitched, Bothered, and Belittled (Jan 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Aw, Hell, the King (Jan 10, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: World's Best Kiss (Jan 3, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: A New Season (aka Suck It Cancellation Bear) (Jan 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: It's All in the Executions (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: My Cousin Izzy (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Dungeons and Dragon Lady (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Completely Mad...Alena (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Comedy Gold (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Two Balls (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Joust Friends (Jan 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 4, 2015)
Touch (2012)
Guest starring as Kayla Graham
- Episode 1x01: Pilot: Tales of the Red Thread (Jan 25, 2012)
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Guest starring as Jasmine / Shireen
(9 episodes)
- Episode 6x22: The Final Battle, Part 2 (May 14, 2017)
- Episode 6x21: The Final Battle, Part 1 (May 14, 2017)
- Episode 6x15: A Wondrous Place (Apr 2, 2017)
- Episode 6x10: Wish You Were Here (Dec 4, 2016)
- Episode 6x09: Changelings (Nov 27, 2016)
- Episode 6x08: I'll Be Your Mirror (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 6x06: Dark Waters (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 6x05: Street Rats (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 6x04: Strange Case (Oct 16, 2016)
Talking Dead (2011)
Guest starring as Karen David
(3 episodes)
- Episode 9x29: Home Edition: The Beginning (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 8x20: End of the Line (Sep 29, 2019)
- Episode 8x19: Channel 4 (Aug 11, 2019)
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008)
Starring as Liessa
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: The Light Fantastic (Mar 24, 2008)
- Episode 1x01: The Colour of Magic (Mar 23, 2008)
Waterloo Road (2006)
Starring as Francesca Montoya
(20 episodes)
- Episode 6x20: Episode 20 (Apr 6, 2011)
- Episode 6x19: Episode 19 (Mar 30, 2011)
- Episode 6x18: Episode 18 (Mar 23, 2011)
- Episode 6x17: Episode 17 (Mar 16, 2011)
- Episode 6x16: Episode 16 (Mar 9, 2011)
- Episode 6x15: Episode 15 (Mar 2, 2011)
- Episode 6x14: Episode 14 (Feb 23, 2011)
- Episode 6x13: Episode 13 (Feb 16, 2011)
- Episode 6x12: Episode 12 (Feb 9, 2011)
- Episode 6x11: Episode 11 (Feb 2, 2011)
- Episode 6x10: Episode 10 (Oct 27, 2010)
- Episode 6x09: Episode 9 (Oct 20, 2010)
- Episode 6x08: Episode 8 (Oct 13, 2010)
- Episode 6x07: Episode 7 (Oct 6, 2010)
- Episode 6x06: Episode 6 (Sep 29, 2010)
- Episode 6x05: Episode 5 (Sep 22, 2010)
- Episode 6x04: Episode 4 (Sep 15, 2010)
- Episode 6x03: Episode 3 (Sep 8, 2010)
- Episode 6x02: Episode 2 (Sep 2, 2010)
- Episode 6x01: Episode 1 (Sep 1, 2010)