Mina Anwar
Mina Anwar | |
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Born | Church, Lancashire, England | 20 September 1969
Occupation | Actress |
Mina Mumtaz Anwar (born 20 September 1969) is a British actress.
Early life
Anwar was educated at Accrington Moorhead High School, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Accrington and Rossendale College in 1988 before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
Acting career
She played Police Constable Maggie Habib in the situation comedy The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC 1 from 1995 through to 1996.
Other roles include the recurring part of Sandra Malik in The Bill in 2003, Sister Zita Khan in Doctors and Nurses and Selena Sharp in Scoop. She also performed as the storyteller in Razzledazzle on the CBeebies channel.
Anwar appeared in the Channel 4 drama Shameless. She also appeared as a supporting character in children's sci-fi drama The Sarah Jane Adventures,[1] in which she played Gita Chandra, the mother of character Rani Chandra between its second and fifth series.[1] She was also in the BBC drama show The Invisibles. Anwar appeared in Coronation Street as the ex-wife of Dev Alahan the corner shop owner. In addition, she has made an appearance in No Angels.
She has also starred in The Infidel as the woman in the black burqa. She also plays Trudy Rehmann in the Nickelodeon series House of Anubis. Recently she has appeared in a number of in BBC dramas and sitcoms, such as The Wright Way in which she plays the only female health and safety officer, Malika Maha.[2] and in an episode of Upstart Crow where she portrayed one of the three witches from Macbeth. She also appeared in the 2014 dramas Happy Valley and In the Club and the ghost tale Remember Me. In 2014 she portrayed Lauren in The Beneficiary, episode 5 of series six of the BBC's series of 45-minute stand-alone dramas Moving On.
In 2017 she originated the role of ‘Ray’ in the new musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and continued her role for the West End transfer.[3]
Mina also appeared in Series 10 of Doctor Who in 2017.
In 2018, Mina appeared as Miss Marigold Mould in Series 2 of The Worst Witch.
Other activities
Anwar is a trained mezzo-soprano. She was also the founder and director of a now-defunct underwear company called Aware International, which promoted safe sex by producing clothing with secret pockets for storing condoms.[4]
Filmography
Film roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Maybe Baby | Yasmin | |
2010 | The Infidel | Muna | |
2015 | Sleeping Lions | Mrs. Ghosh | Short film |
2018 | An Admin Worker at the End of the World | Brenda | Short film |
2020 | Farewell, Sarah Jane | Gita Chandra | Short film |
The Understudy | Donna | ||
Stuart and Dumplings | Khadija | Short film |
Television roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | 99-1 | Dr. Resdale | Episode: "Stone" |
1995 - 1996 | The Thin Blue Line | W.P.C. Maggie Habib | 14 episodes |
1997 | Flight | Shikha | TV film |
1999 | Barbara | Midwife | Episode: "Scattering" |
The Flint Street Nativity | Shamima / Angel | TV film | |
2000 | A Christmas Carol | Julie | TV film |
2001 | I Love the 1980's | Herself | TV Series documentary; 5 episodes |
I Love the 1990s | Herself | TV Series documentary; 2 episodes | |
Always and Everyone | Meera Kapoor | Episode: #3.13 | |
2002 | TV to Go | Various Roles | Episode: #2.1 |
Casualty | Shelley | Episode: "Dominoes" | |
Birthday Girl | Nina Kapoor | TV film | |
Doctors | Maria | Episode: "Labour Day" | |
2003 | The Bill | Dr. Sandra Malik | 4 episodes |
2004 | Doctors and Nurses | Sister Zita Khan | 6 episodes |
Best Friends | Miss Mancer | 4 episodes | |
2005 | Razzledazzle | Presenter | 11 episodes |
ShakespeaRe-Told | Flute | Episode: " A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
2005 - 2006 | Coronation Street | Ravinder Kalirai | 6 episodes |
2005, 2016 | Holby City | Saima 'Sam' Ahmed / Fay Michaels | 2 episodes |
2006 | The Gil Mayo Mysteries | Tina Beaverstock | Episode: "A Species of Revenge" |
No Angels | Jeena | 2 episodes | |
2008 | Shameless | Auntie Shaza | Episode: "Old Friends, New Enemies" |
Love Soup | Antonia | Episode: "Sophisticated Lady" | |
The Invisibles | Helen Huthwaite | 6 episodes | |
2008 - 2011 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Gita Chandra | 18 episodes |
2009 - 2011 | Scoop | Selena Sharp / Prosecutor | 9 episodes |
2010 | A Passionate Woman | Mrs Patel | Episode: #1.2 |
2011 - 2013 | House of Anubis | Trudy Rehman | 106 episodes |
2013 | Anubis Unlocked | Herself | Episode: #2.7 |
The Wright Way | Malika Maha | 6 episodes | |
The Slammer | Lydia | Episode: "Come Lie with Me" | |
2014 | Happy Valley | Mrs. Mukherjee | 3 episodes |
Rocket's Island | Kim Khalol | 5 episodes | |
Scott & Bailey | Eleanor Goodhead | 2 episodes | |
Moving On | Lauren | Episode: "The Beneficiary" | |
Remember Me | Roshana Salim | 2 episodes | |
2014 - 2016 | In the Club | Amita | 6 episodes |
2015 | Marley's Ghosts | Tina Jarvis | 3 episodes |
Cuffs | Leila Kamal | Episode: #1.6 | |
2016 | The A Word | Dr. Waite | Episode: "Diagnosis" |
Upstart Crow | Weird Sister | Episode: "What Bloody Man Is That?" | |
Damned | Catilin | Episode: #1.6 | |
2016, 2019 | Pointless Celebrities | Herself | 2 episodes |
2017 | Doctor Who | Goodthing | Episode: "Smile" |
2018 | The Worst Witch | Miss Mould | 10 episodes |
2020 | Terms & Conditions | Captain Rules | 9 episodes |
When It Rains | Spa Owner | Episode: "Helpline" |
References
- ^ a b "Untitled section". Doctor Who Magazine (395). Panini Comics: 12. 28 May 2008.
- ^ "The Wright Way - Production Details". The British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Full cast announced for Everybody's Talking About Jamie". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Knickers with pockets and sexual secrets Northern Echo, 5 April 2003