Sunetra Sarker was born on 25 June 1973 and is an English actress and presenter, known for her roles as Nisha Batra in Brookside, Anji Mittel in No Angels, Zoe Hanna in Casualty and Kaneez Paracha in Ackley Bridge.
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Sunetra Sarker's father is a retired doctor, and her mother Bisakha taught Indian classical dance, for which she was awarded an MBE in December 2013.
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Sunetra Sarker's great-grandfather was the lawyer, novelist and political activist Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta.
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Sunetra Sarker has played a wide variety of roles in her career.
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In 2007, Sunetra Sarker was a contestant on the celebrity cooking series Celebrity MasterChef.
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Subsequently, Sunetra Sarker played the role of Dr Zoe Hanna in the BBC medical drama Casualty from December 2007 until May 2016.
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Sunetra Sarker later reprised the role for another guest stint, with her return set to air in 2024.
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From 2017 to 2022, Sunetra Sarker starred in the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge as Kaneez Paracha, for which she received the award for Best TV Character at the Asian Media Awards.
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On 23 July 2021, it was confirmed that Sunetra Sarker would become a panellist on Loose Women.
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Sunetra Sarker learned about her family's involvement in the struggle for independence in India and one of her ancestors' connection to Gandhi.
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Sunetra Sarker married Nick Corfield in 2003 and they have a son, Noah, born in 2001.
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In November 2018 Sunetra Sarker married Scott Carey, whom she has known since 1991.