Kalinda Sharma

Kalinda Sharma is a character from the CBS television series The Good Wife, portrayed by Archie Panjabi for the first six seasons of the show's run. For her performance, Panjabi received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning in 2010 and received one Golden Globe nomination. 2Background Kalinda previously worked for Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) for three years. He fired her after accusing her of working two jobs. After becoming good friends, Peter's wife Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) finds out Kalinda had a one-night stand with Peter before she knew Alicia, damaging their friendship; but over time, the two start to reconcile. In season four, it is revealed that Kalinda has an estranged abusive husband, Nick Saverese (played by Marc Warren). Kalinda also grows romantically close with Cary Agos (Matt Czuchry). In season six, she desperately tries to save Cary from a malicious prosecution on drug-related charges while Alicia is busy running for office, and at a point of desperation, fakes a Brady violation through computer hacking to have Cary's charges dropped. Later, when her deception is caught, she is forced to surrender drug dealer Lemond Bishop (Mike Colter) to the state's attorney's office in order to spare Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) from prosecution; Diane had unknowingly used the fake evidence in court. In order not to be found by Bishop for turning him over to the state's attorney office, Kalinda disappears for her own safet