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Nina Wadia

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Nina Wadia
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Born in Chingford Essex United Kingdom, and not India as published, the actor is English of Parsi ancestry not an Indian citizen. She subsequently moved at age 9 . The family later returned to the UK where she completed her education.with her parents to Hong Kong while it was still under British control
BornDecember 18, 1968
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BornDecember 18, 1968
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra in Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
    Bend It Like Beckham
    6.7
    • Wedding Guest
    • 2002
    EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Zainab
    • Zainab Masood
    • Zainab Khan
    • Nurse Viv
    Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Numan Acar, Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Mena Massoud, Adam Alzoubi, and Nathaniel Ellul in Aladdin (2019)
    Aladdin
    6.9
    • Zulla
    • 2019
    All About Me (2002)
    All About Me
    4.4
    TV Series
    • Rupinder

    Credits

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    Actress

    • The Sunshine Murders
      • Barbara Boxhall
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Touché
      • Bhajan
      • Post-production
    • Bunnyhood (2024)
      Bunnyhood
      7.1
      Short
      • Bobby's Mum
      • 2024
    • Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story (2023)
      Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story
      6.6
      Short
      • Mum
      • 2023
    • Tweedy & Fluff (2023)
      Tweedy & Fluff
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • 2023
    • Bonus Track (2023)
      Bonus Track
      6.6
      • Headmistress
      • 2023
    • Nina Wadia, Jaime Winstone, and Arian Nik in Count Abdulla (2023)
      Count Abdulla
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Bushra
      • 2023
    • The Dandies of Albertopolis (2023)
      The Dandies of Albertopolis
      Short
      • Royal Crown Broadcaster
      • 2023
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Binita Prabhu
      • DS Coombs
      • 2004–2023
    • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
      Midsomer Murders
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Medora Salt
      • 2022
    • Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2003)
      Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures
      7.4
      Podcast Series
      • Mimi
      • Valtrassi
      • Tenth Drax (voice)
      • 2022
    • Stephen Fry, Tom Sturridge, Kyo Ra, Jenna Coleman, Boyd Holbrook, Donna Preston, Gwendoline Christie, Mason Alexander Park, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Vivienne Acheampong in The Sandman (2022)
      The Sandman
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Fate Mother
      • 2022
    • Parvinder Shergill in Kaur (2022)
      Kaur
      4.9
      Short
      • Lakhwinder
      • 2022
    • Samantha Bond, Terri Dwyer, Joseph Marcell, Nina Wadia, Dean Fisher, Paul Casar, Giles Alderson, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Richard Swingle, Bart Edwards, and Emily Berrington in The Stranger in Our Bed (2022)
      The Stranger in Our Bed
      4.6
      • Mrs. Tanner
      • 2022
    • Darren Boyd, Stephen Merchant, Clare Perkins, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica Gunning, and Rhianne Barreto in The Outlaws (2021)
      The Outlaws
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Shanthi
      • Shanthi Rekowski
      • 2021–2022
    • Devi (2022)
      Devi
      Short
      • Devi
      • 2022
    • Newark, Newark (2022)
      Newark, Newark
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Heather
      • 2022

    Additional Crew

    • Goodness Gracious Me (1998)
      Goodness Gracious Me
      8.3
      TV Series
      • choreographer
      • 2014–2015

    Writer

    • Goodness Gracious Me (1998)
      Goodness Gracious Me
      8.3
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 1998
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos11

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    Trailer 1:40
    Official Trailer
    I Can't Think Straight: Trailer
    Trailer 2:25
    I Can't Think Straight: Trailer
    Followers
    Trailer 1:38
    Followers
    The Stranger in Our Bed
    Trailer 1:53
    The Stranger in Our Bed

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • At Get Close and Personal: Video Calls & Messages
      • memmo.me
    • Alternative name
      • Nina Wadia OBE
    • Height
      • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
    • Born
      • December 18, 1968
      • Bombay, Maharashtra, India
    • Spouse
      • Raiomond MirzaJuly 4, 1998 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Performed in the stage production of "Collective Rage" as Betty #4, alongside Sara Stewart, Lucy McCormick, Beatriz Romilly and Genesis Lynea, at Southwark Playhouse.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview

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      Lived with her family in a 1-bedroom flat in Mumbai from birth, before living in a 2-bedroom flat in Hong Kong from the age of 9 onwards.

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