1. Feryna Wazheir began her acting career in amateur theatre and made her break in the industry after she was discovered by Indian photographer Farrokh Chothia.
12 Facts About Feryna Wazheir
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Feryna Wazheir played the character of "Tasneem" in the 2016 film Airlift alongside Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur.
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Feryna Wazheir recently acted in a short British film titled as A Secret Heart by director Cary Sawhney.
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Feryna Wazheir was born into an Indian family in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Feryna Wazheir took part in amateur theatre and voice-overs and performed in the play The Vagina Monologues by playwright Eve Ensler.
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Feryna Wazheir has since trained and worked under Satyadev Dubey and Alyque Padamsee, as well as at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts [RADA] in London.
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Feryna Wazheir then acted in Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya, which won the Audience Award at London Indian Film Festival in 2011 before it was released in 2014.
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Feryna Wazheir reprised her role as the face of LIFF in 2013.
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In 2012, Feryna Wazheir did a short British film Khaana directed by LIFF's creative director Cary Sawhney.
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The film explores the boundaries between home and the outside world and Feryna Wazheir plays a young orthodox Muslim woman who loves the British dish of fish and chips.
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In 2016 Feryna Wazheir appeared in film Airlift as Tasneem alongside Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, set in Kuwait 1990 when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
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Feryna Wazheir acted in a short British film titled as A Secret Heart by director Cary Shawney.