1. Nina Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 and is a British actress.
29 Facts About Nina Wadia
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Nina Wadia is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan, Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy Still Open All Hours and for starring in the BBC Two sketch show Goodness Gracious Me.
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Additionally, Wadia appeared in the Hindi-language romantic comedy Namaste London in 2007.
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Nina Wadia appeared in the series Origin in 2018 and the BBC soap opera Doctors as Binita Prabhu in 2023.
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Nina Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in Bombay, India, to parents who were of Parsi ancestry.
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Nina Wadia has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died.
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When Nina Wadia was nine years old she moved to Hong Kong and was a student at Island School, Hong Kong.
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Nina Wadia took over from her Goodness Gracious Me co-star, Meera Syal, in the role of Rupinder in the sitcom All About Me alongside Jasper Carrott and Natalia Kills.
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In 2007, Nina Wadia was cast as Zainab Masood in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Nina Wadia had a minor role in EastEnders in 1994, playing a nurse named Viv who treated Michelle Fowler when she was hospitalised with a gunshot wound.
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Nina Wadia appears as Zainab in the 2010 spin-off EastEnders: E20.
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Nina Wadia has made several guest appearances in various British comedies and dramas, such as 2point4 Children, The Vicar of Dibley, Thin Ice Chambers, Holby City, Murder in Mind, Doctors and New Tricks.
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Nina Wadia was a regular presenter on the ITV topical chat show, Loose Women.
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Nina Wadia appeared in the E4 teen drama Skins, playing the mother of Anwar Kharral, and, in March 2008, she appeared in the BBC Three drama West 10 LDN.
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Nina Wadia played the wedding caterer in the comedy film Bend It Like Beckham.
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Nina Wadia played a role as the housekeeper in the film I Can't Think Straight, directed by Shamim Sarif.
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The film revolves about two women from Indian and Palestinian upper-class immigrant communities in the UK who fall in love, and Nina Wadia is the housekeeper who rebels at her high-handed Palestinian employer in small ways.
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Nina Wadia has starred alongside Rishi Kapoor playing his wife in a Bollywood film titled Namaste London.
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Nina Wadia had a role in Doctor Who as a doctor in the episode "The Eleventh Hour".
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Since December 2013, Nina Wadia has starred in Still Open All Hours as Mrs Hussein.
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In January 2015, it was announced that Nina Wadia would have a guest role in Holby City, as an established neurosurgeon Annabelle Cooper.
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In 2019, as a last minute casting call, and in "More of a Cameo" as Nina Wadia said, she played the minor part of "Zulla" in the live action remake of Aladdin directed by Guy Ritchie.
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From September 2021, Nina Wadia was a contestant for the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Neil Jones.
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In February 2023, Nina Wadia appeared in an episode of BBC Four's Spring Walks, exploring Swaledale in North Yorkshire.
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In 2001, Nina Wadia voiced the role of Ariel in a BBC Radio 3 production of The Tempest.
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Nina Wadia was involved in the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show, at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005.
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Nina Wadia has been involved in campaigning for Save the Children and for increased organ donation from Asians in Britain.
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Nina Wadia won Best Comedy Performance at the 2009 British Soap Awards, as well as Best On-Screen Partnership at the same awards ceremony for her on-screen relationship with Nitin Ganatra.
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Nina Wadia was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to entertainment and charity.