In December 2017 Panjabi commented in "The Daily Telegraph" on the improvement for offers of parts for actors from ethnic groups "I think there's definitely been an acknowledgement of there being a lack of diversity..." In an interview with "The Guardian" in February 2018, subsequent to her "The Good Wife" success, Panjabi ruefully recalled "An agent told me an Indian woman could never have a Hollywood career." She also starred as Reece Shearsmith's third love interest, in the ITV drama "The Widower", first aired in August 2019.