What happened to Naveen Andrews, Sayid in 'Lost'?
Of Asian descent and born in London in 1969, Naveen William Sidney Andrews first made his mark in the public's hearts in 1996, when he played Kip, the sapper who falls in love with Juliette Binoche's character, in The English Patient .
International success, without a doubt, would come a few years later, when from 2004 until the end of the series in 2010, he was part of the cast of Lost as Sayid Jarrah, a former Iraqi soldier "with a turbulent past and a noble soul," according to Lostpedia.
His character was one of the few who was in the series from beginning to end and, in those years ('90s-2000) he was also one of the few British actors of Asian origin who managed to break barriers on the screen at that time and stand out in a panorama still lacking in diversity.
Since then, Andrews has stated in several interviews that she always avoids stereotypical roles for actors of Asian descent. She always looks for "stories with depth, roles with emotional impact or political commitment."
Thus, after appearing in titles such as Sense8, by the Wachowski sisters, he returned to the forefront by playing Sunny Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes' partner and romantic partner, in The Dropout, a series based on real events that narrates the rise and fall of the "health technology" entrepreneur and the scams behind her company, Theranos.
On a personal level, the actor has also attracted attention for his romantic relationship with actress Barbara Hershey, the ex-partner of David Carradine, known for Black Swan and Insidious , and twenty-one years Andrews' senior. The two had an on-again, off-again relationship for over a decade.
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