Souad Adel Faress was born on 25 March 1948 and is a stage, radio, television and film actress based in United Kingdom.
12 Facts About Souad Faress
Souad Faress is best known for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Souad Faress grew up in Southport, Lancashire, studied drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and lives in London.
Souad Faress has been exploring playwriting as a medium since before 2004.
Souad Faress completed a writing course at City Literary Institute adult education college.
Souad Faress appeared in two episodes of the BBC serial I, Claudius as a slave girl and as a dancer who at Messalina's marriage party realises troops are coming to arrest them.
Since then, Souad Faress has had substantial roles in films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and Sixth Happiness, as well as much stage work around the UK.
Souad Faress appeared as the Old Rani in The Sarah Jane Adventures serial The Mad Woman in the Attic in October 2009.
Souad Faress appeared in an episode of popular nursing drama No Angels as lead character, Anji Mittel's aunt Di.
Souad Faress appeared briefly as a hospital doctor in "The Dead of Jericho", the first episode of Inspector Morse.
Souad Faress appeared in ITV drama Brief Encounters, "a loose adaptation of Ann Summers CEO Jacqueline Gold's memoirs, Good Vibrations".
In 2018, Souad Faress appeared in Clare Holman's short film Only the Lonely.