Despite her credentials, Nagra still regularly finds herself in smaller roles with little room to explore, roles that occasionally border on pigeonholing. Sheâs played numerous doctors, including one in Bird Box, the postapocalyptic horror film starring Sandra Bullock. Nagra was asked to deliver her lines with an Indian accent. âWhy did they make Parminder Nagra have an accent?â asked a journalist on Twitter. âThey let the murdering white guy keep his British accent. Sheâs British too.â Nagra replied: âAsk the powers that be.â She has mixed feelings about Bird Box, which was directed by Susanne Bier, whose most recent drama was The Undoing, starring Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman. âI wasnât thrilled about playing the doctor again,â says Nagra. âBut itâs an amazing piece of work with an amazing director, and itâs Sandra Bullock. Iâd rather not have done the accent. Itâs hard. There are times when doctor roles come up and you want to say no, but you want to work.â