§ Screen & stage
Acting
Training
- Drama Studio London — Classical Acting PGDip
- Mountview Academy — Foundation Musical Theatre
Further training with Tamasha, Che Walker, RADA, Mick Barnfather, Bob McAndrew (NYC), Soho Theatre, and Gillyanne Kayes (singing).
Career highlight
My career highlight is obviously playing a glazed ham in a Walkers Christmas Crisps commercial in 2018.
Commercial
She then became the global face of Tena Lady for three years, saying the immortal line "there's no shame in a little bit of wee". Feel free to cast her in something equally embarrassing — or hammy — for big money buyouts.
Screen roles
I played a recovering alcoholic in a relationship with a younger man on BBC Doctors (RIP), a French waitress, a stalker, and an egg obsessive in independent films.
In addition to Arab roles, I also play
Unfashionable information
She twice got down to the final two for jobs at Shakespeare's Globe, once to play Mark Rylance's wife. It's unfashionable information, but she's given it to you anyway.
I've worked with
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BBC
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Box of Tricks
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Stephen Joseph Theatre
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Shubbak Festival
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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
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The Carriageworks (Leeds)
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Gate Theatre
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Et Cetera Theater
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Unity Theatre (Liverpool)
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Old Red Lion
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Charing Cross
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Cockpit