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Nina Wadia

Actress / Comedian / Film Actress | * 12/18/1968 (55) | Mumbai / Bombay (India)
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Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968) is an English actress and comedian. She 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. Additionally, Wadia appeared in the Hindi-language romantic comedy Namaste London in 2007. She also appeared in the series Origin in 2018 and the BBC soap opera Doctors as Binita Prabhu in 2023. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Mystery

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A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the p ...

Aladdin

PG

2019 | 3.6/5 | 2h 8min
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance / Love, Kids & Family
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Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by ...

Bend It Like Beckham

PG-13

2002 | 3.2/5 | 1h 52min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. ...

EastEnders

TV-PG

1985- | 2.0/5 | 30min per episode
Soap / Telenovela, Drama, Crime
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All About Me is a British television sitcom starring Jasper Carrott about a multicultural family living in Birmingham. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2002 to 2004. All About Me was created by Steve ...

All About Me

Certification unknown

2002 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Nina Wadia as Actress(24)

as Headmistress2023 Bonus Track
as herself2023 Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as herself2023 Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
as Becky Dubar2022 Followers
as Mrs. Tanner2022 The Stranger in Our Bed
as herself2022 'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter
as Megan2021 Repeat
as Anika2020 A Christmas Gift from Bob
as Zulla2019 Aladdin
as Patmore / Mrs Kapoor (voice)2019 The Queen's Corgi
2018 Together
as Lucy2018 Strangeways Here We Come
as Moira2017 Murder on the Blackpool Express
as Mother Xenobia2016 The Last Dragonslayer
as Bus Conductress2016 A Street Cat Named Bob
as Seema2015 Amar Akbar & Tony
as Pat2012 Keith Lemon: The Film
as Job Centre Clerk2008 West 10 LDN
as Housekeeper2008 I Can't Think Straight
as Bebo M. Malhotra2007 Namastey London
as Hospital Receptionist2003 Code 46
as Neena2002 White Teeth
as Dolly Kotwal1997 Sixth Happiness
as herself1994 What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

TV Shows/Series with Nina Wadia as Actress(30)

as Bushra Khan2023 Count Abdulla
as Dr Anita Rhys Evans2021 Too Close
as herself2021 This Is My House
as Self - Contestant2021 Sitting on a Fortune
2020 Between the Covers
as Yasmine2020 Isolation Stories
as herself2019 Catchpoint
as Lubna2018 Champions
as Mrs. Hussein2014 Still Open All Hours
2013 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013 Catchphrase
as Meg2011 Trollied
as Anna Masani2011 Death in Paradise
as (voice)2010 Mongrels
as herself2007 The Big Questions
2007 Skins
as herself2007 Would I Lie to You?
as herself2006 The One Show
as Dr Ramsden2005 Doctor Who
2004 Strictly Come Dancing
2002 All About Me
2000 Chambers
2000 The Strangerers
as Roshni Mehta2000 Waking the Dead
2000 Perfect World
as Medora Salt1997 Midsomer Murders
1996 Goodness Gracious Me
as Sharma1991 2Point4 Children
as herself1988 This Morning
as Zainab Masood1985 EastEnders

Full Name: Nina Wadia
Citizenship: India
Born: Wednesday, 12/18 1968 (December) in Mumbai / Bombay (India) (current age: 55 years + 124 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: Island School, Notting Hill and Ealing High School
Nina Wadia frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Bill Bailey (9x, Actor)
Meera Syal (9x, Actress)
Ruth Bratt (9x, Actress)
John Barrowman (8x, Actor)
Neil Morrissey (8x, Actor)
Dan Starkey (8x, Actor)
David Walliams (7x, Actor)
Raj Awasti (7x, Actor)
Scott Mills (7x, Actor)
Josh O'Connor (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:273475, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024