Ayesha Dharker has appeared in Outsourced and The Mistress of Spices, television series such as Arabian Nights, and the West End and Broadway musical Bombay Dreams.
11 Facts About Ayesha Dharker
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Ayesha Dharker is the daughter of Imtiaz Dharker, a poet, artist and documentary film-maker, and Anil Dharker, a columnist and an ex-editor of the Indian men's magazine Debonair.
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Ayesha Dharker's father is from India and her mother, born in Lahore, was raised in the United Kingdom.
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Ayesha Dharker made her screen debut in the 1989 Francois Villiers film Manika, une vie plus tard.
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Ayesha Dharker subsequently went on to star in many American, French and Indian films.
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Ayesha Dharker has had many television roles in the UK, particularly in Cutting It and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, in which she co-starred with Meera Syal.
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Ayesha Dharker starred in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Bombay Dreams, both in London's West End and on Broadway.
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Ayesha Dharker has appeared in the episode "Planet of the Ood" of the long-running BBC sci-fi television series, Doctor Who as Solana Mercurio.
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In 2017, Ayesha Dharker began playing Nina Karnik in a returning role on the long-running BBC drama Holby City.
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On 16 January 2022, Ayesha Dharker appeared in Vera in the episode "As the Crow Flies" in the role of Anika Naidu.
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Ayesha Dharker was the narrator for the audiobook version of Brick Lane by Monica Ali.