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| name = Nina Wadia
| name = Nina Wadia
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}}
| image = Nina Wadia.jpg
| caption = Nina Wadia in 2012
| image = Nina Wadia.jpg
| birth_name = Nina Wadia
| caption = Wadia in 2012
| birth_date =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1968|12|18}}
| years_active = 1991–present
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[comedienne]]
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Raiomond Mirza|4 July 1998}}
| children = 2
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Raiomond Mirza|4 July 1998}}
| television = ''[[EastEnders]]''<br>''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]''<br>''[[EastEnders: E20]]''<br>''
| relations =
| children = 2
| family = [[Wadia family]]
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'''Nina Wadia''' (born 18 December 1968<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a191094/enders-wadia-plans-double-celebration |title='Enders Wadia plans double celebration |last=Rollo |first=Sarah |date=12 December 2009 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite web |date=10 October 2008 |title=My secret life: Nina Wadia, actress, 39 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-nina-wadia-actress-39-955323.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-nina-wadia-actress-39-955323.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |access-date=29 July 2014 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/nina-wadia-eastenders-bosses-told-1020442 |title=Nina Wadia: EastEnders bosses told me I could be the new Pauline Fowler |date=29 April 2009 |work=Daily Record |location=Scotland |access-date=19 January 2015}}</ref>) is a British actress. 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 (TV series)|Goodness Gracious Me]]''.
'''Nina Wadia''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] actress, best known for playing [[Zainab Masood]] in the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]''.


Additionally, Wadia appeared in the [[Hindi]]-language romantic comedy ''[[Namastey London|Namaste London]]'' in 2007. She also appeared in the series ''[[Origin (TV series)|Origin]]'' in 2018 and the BBC soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' as [[Binita Prabhu]] in 2023.
==Career==


==Early life==
Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, to parents who were of [[Parsi]] ancestry. She has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died. When Wadia was nine years old she moved to [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] and was a student at [[Island School]], Hong Kong.<ref>''[[The TV That Made Me]]'' s2 e4, 10 March 2016.</ref>

==Career==
===Television and film===
===Television and film===
Wadia first came to prominence in [[BBC]] sketch show ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'', playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of The Competitive Mothers. She took over from her ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'' co-star, [[Meera Syal]], in the role of Rupinder in the sitcom ''[[All About Me]]'' alongside [[Jasper Carrott]] and [[Natalia Kills]]. In 2007, Wadia was cast as [[Zainab Masood]] in the long-running [[BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]''. Her last appearance as Zainab in Eastenders was on 8 February 2013. She also had a minor role in Eastenders in 1994, playing a nurse named Viv who treated [[Michelle Fowler]] ([[Susan Tully]]) when she was hospitalised with a gunshot wound. She also appears as Zainab in the 2010 spin-off ''[[EastEnders: E20]]''.
Wadia first came to prominence in [[BBC]] sketch show ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-25/goodness-gracious-me-is-still-pushing-the-boundaries-after-nearly-20-years |title=Goodness Gracious Me: why was the Meera Syal, Nina Wadia and Sanjeev Bhaskar comedy so groundbreaking? |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=25 August 2015 |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of ''The Competitive Mothers''. She took over from her ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'' co-star, [[Meera Syal]], in the role of Rupinder in the sitcom ''[[All About Me]]'' alongside [[Jasper Carrott]] and [[Natalia Kills]]. In 2007, Wadia was cast as [[Zainab Masood]] in the long-running [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/1628 |title=New Asian family for Eastenders |publisher=asiansinmedia.org |access-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523061335/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/1628 |archive-date=23 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her last appearance as Zainab in ''EastEnders'' was on 8 February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-29/eastenders-nina-wadia-on-zainabs-exit---its-very-sad-we-had-the-crew-in-tears |title=EastEnders: Nina Wadia on Zainab's exit – "It's very sad. We had the crew in tears" |last=Brown |first=David |date=29 January 2013 |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=8 January 2017}}</ref> She also had a minor role in ''EastEnders'' in 1994, playing a nurse named Viv who treated [[Michelle Fowler]] ([[Susan Tully]]) when she was hospitalised with a gunshot wound. She also appears as Zainab in the 2010 spin-off ''[[EastEnders: E20]]''.


Wadia has also made several guest appearances in various British comedies and dramas, such as ''[[2point4 children]]'', ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', ''[[Thin Ice (TV series)|Thin Ice]]'' ''[[Chambers (sitcom)|Chambers]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]'' and ''[[Doctors (soap opera)|Doctors]]''. She was a regular presenter on the [[ITV Network|ITV]] topical chat show, ''[[Loose Women]]'' (2005–2006). Wadia has most recently appeared in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] teen drama ''[[Skins (TV series)|Skins]]'', playing the mother of [[Anwar Kharral]], and, in March 2008, she appeared in the [[BBC Three]] drama ''[[West 10 LDN]]'', she also appeared in [[New Tricks]] once. In 2011 Wadia appeared in [[Would I Lie To You (TV series)|Would I Lie to You?]]. Wadia played the wedding caterer in the comedy film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''. She played a scene-stealing role as the housekeeper in the film ''[[I Can't Think Straight]]'', directed by [[Shamim Sarif]]. The film revolves about two women from Indian and Palestinian upper-class immigrant communities in the UK who fall in love, and Wadia is the housekeeper who rebels at her high handed Palestinian employer in small ways. She also had a minor part in the film ''[[Code 46]]'' (2003). She starred in a BFI/BBC film ''[[Sixth Happiness]]'' along with [[Firdaus Kanga]] in 1997. The film explores sexuality, disability and the [[Parsees]], a small westernised minority in India, of which Wadia herself is a member. She has also starred alongside [[Rishi Kapoor]] playing his wife in a [[Bollywood]] film titled ''[[Namaste London]]''.
Wadia has also made several guest appearances in various British comedies and dramas, such as ''[[2point4 Children]]'', ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', ''[[Thin Ice (2006 TV series)|Thin Ice]]'' ''[[Chambers (series)|Chambers]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'', ''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]'', ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' and ''[[New Tricks]]''. She was a regular presenter on the [[ITV Network|ITV]] topical chat show, ''[[Loose Women]]'' (2005–2006). Wadia also appeared in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] teen drama ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]'', playing the mother of [[Anwar Kharral]], and, in March 2008, she appeared in the [[BBC Three]] drama ''[[West 10 LDN]]''. Wadia played the wedding caterer in the comedy film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a620513/bend-it-like-beckham-where-are-the-cast-of-the-2002-box-office-hit-now/ |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=22 March 2015 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |title=Bend It Like Beckham: Where are the cast of the 2002 box office hit now? |first=Kate |last=Goodacre}}</ref>


She played a role as the housekeeper in the film ''[[I Can't Think Straight]]'', directed by [[Shamim Sarif]]. The film revolves about two women from Indian and Palestinian upper-class immigrant communities in the UK who fall in love, and Wadia is the housekeeper who rebels at her high-handed Palestinian employer in small ways. She also had a minor part in the film ''[[Code 46]]'' (2003). She starred in a BFI/BBC film ''[[Sixth Happiness]]'' along with [[Firdaus Kanga]] in 1997. The film explores sexuality, disability and the [[Parsees]], a small westernised minority in India, of which Wadia herself is a member. She has also starred alongside [[Rishi Kapoor]] playing his wife in a [[Bollywood]] film titled ''[[Namaste London]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent-360.com/presenters/nina-wadia/ |title=Nina Wadia -Independent Talent |work=Independent Talent Group}}</ref> She voices the title role in ''Ethelbert the Tiger'' – a children's programme. She also had a role in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as a doctor in the episode "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Neil |last=Wilkes |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a211889/nina-wadia-talks-doctor-who-cameo.html |title=Nina Wadia talks 'Doctor Who' cameo |work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Nat Mags]] |date=2 April 2010 |access-date=12 February 2012}}</ref>
She also voices the title role in ''[[Ethelbert the Tiger]]'' - a children's programme.
She also had a role in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as a doctor in the episode "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]", the first episode of the reinvented 5th season of the long-running science fiction cult TV show. Her Goodness Gracious Me co-star, Meera Syal, would also appear in the series in the two-parter "[[The Hungry Earth]]" and "[[Cold Blood (Doctor Who)|Cold Blood]]"


In July 2013, Wadia appeared in ''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]''.<ref name="ITV press centre">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep11week31/all-star-mr-mrs |title=All Star Mr & Mrs Episode 11 |publisher=[[ITV Network|ITV]] |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> In September 2013, she appeared in ITV's ''[[Big Star's Little Star]]''. Since December 2013, Wadia has starred in ''[[Still Open All Hours]]'' as Mrs Hussein.<ref name="BBC Production">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/arkwrights-is-still-open-all-hours |title=BBC Production starts on Still Open All Hours for BBC One |date=16 September 2014 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> In January 2015, it was announced that Wadia would have a guest role in ''[[Holby City]]'', as an established neurosurgeon Annabelle Cooper. The role will be for five episodes.<ref name="Holby">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s19/holby-city/news/a626688/holby-city-casts-eastenders-star-nina-wadia-as-neurosurgeon.html#~p4iAgYs4LRVciv |title=Holby City casts EastEnders star Nina Wadia as neurosurgeon |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=4 February 2015 |access-date=14 February 2015 |author=Kilkelly, Daniel}}</ref> In April 2017, she appeared as Khadija in ''[[Finding Fatimah]]'', a British romantic comedy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Fatimah official website |url=http://www.findingfatimah.com |access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> In 2019, as a last minute casting call, and in "More of a Cameo" as Wadia said, she played the minor part of "Zulla" in the live action remake of ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' directed by [[Guy Ritchie]]. In 2020, she appeared in the role of Anna Masani in the ninth season of the popular BBC drama series ''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''. Also in 2020, she had a small part in the fifteen minute drama ''[[Isolation Stories]]'' alongside [[Sheridan Smith]] which was filmed via [[webcam]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]].
In July 2013 she appeared in ''[[All Star Mr & Mrs]]''.<ref name="ITV press centre">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep11week31/all-star-mr-mrs|title=All Star Mr &amp; Mrs Episode 11 |work=[[ITV Network|ITV]]|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref>


From September 2021, Wadia was a contestant for the [[Strictly Come Dancing series 19|nineteenth series]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', paired with professional dancer [[Neil Jones (dancer)|Neil Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/44QMr9YnbdJ9zqKFKr3vT3w/nina-wadia |title=BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Nina Wadia |publisher=BBC}}</ref> The couple were the first to be eliminated, in the second week.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-left-strictly-nina-wadia-b1931410.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-left-strictly-nina-wadia-b1931410.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Strictly Come Dancing 2021 has eliminated its first contestant of the series |date=3 October 2021 |website=The Independent}}</ref> In February 2023, Wadia appeared in an episode of [[BBC Four]]'s ''[[Spring Walks]]'', exploring [[Swaledale]] in North Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Spring Walks, Series 1, Nina Wadia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hys1 |access-date=15 February 2023|website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> Then in April 2023, she appeared as [[List of Doctors characters (2023)#Binita Prabhu|Binita Prabhu]] in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: Nina Wadia guests as WHOSE family relative? |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-nina-wadia-guests-as-whose-family-relative |access-date=28 March 2023 |work=[[What to Watch]] |publisher=([[Future plc]])}}</ref>
In September 2013 she appeared in ITV [[Big Star's Little Star ]]


===Stage and radio===
===Stage and radio===
Apart from the radio version of ''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV & radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]]'', her other radio work includes guesting on ''[[Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections]]'', as well as regular appearances in the [[BBC World Service]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Westway (1997 radio series)|Westway]]'' as the [[pharmacist]] Namita ul-Haq. In 2001, Wadia voiced he role of Ariel in a [[BBC Radio 3]] production of ''[[The Tempest]]''. In 2002, Wadia was due to star in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s production of ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', based on [[Salman Rushdie]]'s novel, but she quit only weeks before rehearsals were due to begin. There were rumours that her departure was prompted by offers of more lucrative and less demanding television work, although her agent denied this.<ref name="RSC">"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20021118/ai_n12031182 Goodness Gracious Me star Nina walks out on the RSC]", ''Evening Standard''. URL last accessed on 2007-03-31.</ref>
Apart from the original radio version of ''Goodness Gracious Me'', Wadia's other radio work includes guesting on ''[[Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections]]'', as well as regular appearances in the [[BBC World Service]] soap opera ''[[Westway (1997 radio series)|Westway]]'' as the [[pharmacist]] Namita ul-Haq. In 2001, Wadia voiced the role of Ariel in a [[BBC Radio 3]] production of ''[[The Tempest]]''. In 2002, she was due to star in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s production of ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', based on [[Salman Rushdie]]'s novel, but she quit only weeks before rehearsals were due to begin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-18/news-interviews/27306971_1_asian-actors-project-indian-tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090300/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-11-18/news-interviews/27306971_1_asian-actors-project-indian-tv |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2014 |title=Nina Wadia walks out of Midnight's Children project |date=18 November 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> In December 2023 - January 2024, for Christmas and New Year, she made her [[pantomime]] debut playing Fairy Sugarsnap in [[Jack and the Beanstalk]] at the [[York Theatre Royal]] from Fri 8th Dec 2023 - Sun 7th Jan 2024.


===Awards ===
==Personal life==
Wadia is married to the composer Raiomond Mirza. The couple first met in Canada and married there in July 1998. They live in [[Surrey]]. Like Wadia, Mirza is a [[Parsi]] and the couple had a traditional Parsi wedding. She is a member of the [[Wadia family]].<ref name="parsi">"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010715/ai_n14535764 Question time – Nina Wadia: Goodness, gracious me; Nina Wadia is]", ''Sunday Mirror''. URL. Retrieved 31 March 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/strictly-star-nina-wadias-talented-25066796|accessdate=15 January 2024|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Reach plc]]|title=Strictly star Nina Wadia's talented husband, role play and bedroom secrets|first=Paige|last=Holland|date=25 September 2021}}</ref>
Wadia won 'Best Comedy Performance' at the 2009 [[British Soap Awards]]. Additionally she won 'Best Onscreen Partnership' at the same awards ceremony for her onscreen relationship with [[Nitin Ganatra]]. In 2004 she won the Chairman's Award at the Asian Women awards.


===Charity===
In April 2013 she was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement in Television Award at [[The Asian Awards]].<ref>[http://bollyspice.com/57703/asian-awards-winners-night-event Winners at the Asian Awards]</ref>
Wadia was involved in the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show, at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in 2005. She has also been involved in campaigning for [[Save the Children]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/41_5303.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012100430/http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/41_5303.htm |url-status=dead |title=EastEnders star Nina Wadia swaps the postroom for the classroom in world record breaking attempt |archivedate=12 October 2008}}</ref> and for increased [[organ donation]] from Asians in Britain.<ref>[http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/health/news2004/organ_donation1.htm Nina Wadia Pleads for More Asian Organ Donors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010170539/http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/health/news2004/organ_donation1.htm|date=10 October 2008}}</ref>
She is a JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Ambassador.


==Honours and awards==
== Personal life ==
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]]. In 2004, she won the chairman's Award at the Asian Women awards.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2004/05/28/asianwomen/ |title=EastEnders stars help Fete Asian Women Achievers |journal=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |date=28 May 2004 |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
Wadia is married to the composer Raiomond Mirza. She met him in [[Canada]] and married him there in July 1998. They live in [[Staines]], [[Surrey]]. Like Wadia, Mirza is also a [[Parsi]] and they had a traditional Parsi wedding.<ref name="parsi">"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010715/ai_n14535764 Question time - Nina Wadia: Goodness, gracious me; Nina Wadia is]", ''Sunday Mirror''. URL last accessed on 2007-03-31.</ref> The couple have two children, Tia and Aidan.


In April 2013, she was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement in Television Award at [[The Asian Awards]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
She was a student at [[Island School]], [[Hong Kong]]. Wadia was involved in the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show, at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005. She has also been involved in campaigning for [[Save the Children]]<ref>[https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/41_5303.htm EastEnders star Nina Wadia swaps the postroom for the classroom in world record breaking attempt]</ref> and for increased [[organ donation]] from Asians in Britain.<ref>[http://www.redhotcurry.com/archive/health/news2004/organ_donation1.htm Nina Wadia Pleads for More Asian Organ Donors]</ref>

Wadia was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2021 New Year Honours]] for services to entertainment and charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63218|supp=y|page=N14|date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1997
|''[[Sixth Happiness]]''
|Dolly Kotwal
|
|-
|1998
|''Such a Long Story''
|
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Offending Angels]]''
|Baggy's Ex 2
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|''Another Day''
|Meena
|Short film
|-
|''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''
|Wedding Caterer
|
|-
|''Cup and Lip''
|
|Short film
|-
|2003
|''[[Code 46]]''
|Hospital Receptionist
|
|-
|2006
|''The Goodbye Girls''
|Nadia
|Short film
|-
|2007
|''[[Namastey London]]''
|Bebo M. Malhotra
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|''[[I Can't Think Straight]]''
|Rani, The Housekeeper
|
|-
|''Munãfiq''
|Aisha
|Short film
|-
|2009
|''Vincent''
|Cheryl
|Short film
|-
|2010
|''Race for Life: Girls Just Want to Have Fun''
|
|Short film
|-
|2012
|''[[Keith Lemon: The Film]]''
|Pat
|
|-
|2014
|''Puja Nights''
|Mrs. Shah
|Short film
|-
|2015
|''[[Amar Akbar & Tony]]''
|Seema
|
|-
|2016
|''[[A Street Cat Named Bob (film)|A Street Cat Named Bob]]''
|Bus Conductress
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Finding Fatimah]]''
|Khadija
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2018
|''[[Together (2018 film)|Together]]''
|Mrs. Justice Reid
|
|-
|''[[Strangeways Here We Come (film)|Strangeways Here We Come]]''
|Lucy
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2019
|''[[The Queen's Corgi]]''
|Patmore (voice)
|
|-
|''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]''
|[[List of Disney's Aladdin characters#Zulla|Zulla]]
|
|-
|''[[Corner Shop Show|Corner Shop Show: Thank You, Come Again]]''
|Faizal's mother
|
|-
|2020
|''[[A Gift from Bob]]''
|Anika
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2021
|''[[Followers (2021 film)|Followers]]''
|Becky Dubar
|
|-
|''Repeat''
|Megan
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2022
|''Devi''
|Devi
|Short film
|-
|''A Stranger in Our Bed''
|Mrs. Tanner
|
|-
|''[[Kaur (short film)|Kaur]]''
|Lakhwinder
|Short film
|-
|rowspan=3|2023
|''The Dandies of Albertopolis''
|Royal Crown Broadcaster
|Short film
|-
|''[[Bonus Track (film)|Bonus Track]]''
|Headmistress
|
|-
|''Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story''
|Mum
|Short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1991
|''[[2point4 Children]]''
|Sharma
|Episode: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping"
|-
|1994
|''What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny''
|herself
|[[Gurinder Chadha]]'s short documentary focusing on Wadia, Parminder Chadha, [[Shobna Gulati]] and Syreeta Kumar
|-
|1994
|''[[EastEnders]]''
|Nurse Viv
|3 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|''Flight''
|Sumita
|Television film
|-
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
|Veena
|Episode: "Counting the Cost"
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|''[[Kiss Me Kate (TV series)|Kiss Me Kate]]''
|Applicant
|Episode: "Secretaries"
|-
|''[[The Bill]]''
|Mina Kavia
|Episode: "The Whip Hand"
|-
|1998–2000, 2014–2015
|''[[Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)|Goodness Gracious Me]]''
|Various characters
|21 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|''The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story''
|Vanessa Robinson / Veena Rabindranath
|Television Special
|-
|''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
|Miss Carr
|Episode: "Spring"
|-
|rowspan=4|2000
|''[[The Strangerers]]''
|Waitress
|Episode: "The Getawaying"
|-
|''The Way It Is''
|Various characters
|Television film
|-
|''Single Voices''
|Sita / Gita
|Episode: "Sita Gita"
|-
|''[[Holby City]]''
|Rita Dennish
|Episode: "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
|-
|2000–2001
|''[[Perfect World (sitcom)|Perfect World]]''
|Maggie
|13 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|''We Know Where You Live, Live!''
|
|Television film
|-
|''[[Chambers (series)|Chambers]]''
|Alex Kahn
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[Weakest Link]]''
|Herself - Contestant
|Episode: "Comedians Special"
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|''An Angel for May''
|Science Teacher
|Television film
|-
|''[[White Teeth (TV serial)|White Teeth]]''
|Neena
|Mini-Series, 3 episodes
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|2003–2004
|''[[All About Me]]''
|Rupinder
|16 episodes
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|2003
|''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]''
|Meena Patel
|Episode: "Cornershop"
|-
|2004
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
|DS Coombs
|Episode: "Catchy Monkey"
|-
|rowspan=4|2005
|''Ethelbert the Tiger''
|Ethelbert (voice)
|Episode: "Ethelbert and the Polar Bear"
|-
|''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking The Dead]]''
|Roshni Mehta
|2 episodes: "Towers of Silence: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
|''[[Casualty@Holby City]]''
|Jean
|Episode: "Interactive: Something We Can Do"
|-
|''[[New Tricks]]''
|Mughda Das
|Episode: Family Business"
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|''[[The Bill]]''
|Defence Counsel
|Episode: "A Satisfying Day's Work"
|-
|''[[Thin Ice (2006 TV series)|Thin Ice]]''
|Karen
|Mini-series
|-
|2007
|''The Lift''
|Sunita
|Television film
|-
|2007, 2008
|''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''
|Bibi, [[Anwar Kharral|Anwar]]'s Mum
|2 episodes: "Finale" and "Everyone"
|-
|2007–2013
|''[[EastEnders]]''
|[[Zainab Masood]] / Zainab Khan
|463 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[West 10 LDN]]''
|Job Centre Clerk
|TelevisionWoul film
|-
|2010
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|Dr. Ramsden
|Episode: "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]"
|-
|2010, 2011
|''[[EastEnders: E20]]''
|Zainab Masood
|2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|''[[Mongrels (TV series)|Mongrels]]''
|Nita (voice)
|Episode: "Vince and the Helpful Horse"
|-
|''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]''
|Herself - Panellist
|1 episode
|-
|2013–2018
|''[[Still Open All Hours]]''
|Mrs. Hussein
|22 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[Citizen Khan]]''
|Aunty Noor
|Episode: "Aunty Noor"
|-
|2015
|''[[Holby City]]''
|Annabelle Cooper
|5 episodes
|-
|rowspan=4|2016
|''[[Hank Zipzer (TV series)|Hank Zipzer]]''
|Inspector
|2 episodes: "Hank's Good Turn" and "The Crunchy Pickle"
|-
|''Kiva Can Do''
|Nanni
|2 episodes: "Jurassic Lark" and "Party Island"
|-
|''[[The Last Dragonslayer#Adaptation|The Last Dragonslayer]]''
|Mother Xenobia
|Television film
|-
|''Square Roots''
|Bina Desai
|Television film
|-
|rowspan=4|2017
|''[[Zapped (TV series)|Zapped]]''
|Judge
|Episode: "The Trial"
|-
|''Coconut''
|Saira
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[Hetty Feather (TV series)|Hetty Feather]]''
|Mrs. Penhaligon
|2 episodes: "New Beginnings" and "The Past Returns"
|-
|''[[Murder on the Blackpool Express]]''
|Moira
|Television film
|-
|rowspan=2|2018
|''[[Trollied]]''
|Meg
|3 episodes
|-
|''[[Origin (TV series)|Origin]]''
|Venisha Gupta
|5 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|''Danny & Mick''
|Joy Stickler
|20 episodes
|-
|''Doctor Who: Time War''
|Deepa (voice)
|Episode: "State of Bliss"
|-
|rowspan=5|2020
|''[[Death in Paradise (TV series)|Death in Paradise]]''
|Anna Masani
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[Isolation Stories]]''
|Yasmine
|Episode: "Mel"
|-
|''[[Rhyme Time Town]]''
|Molly (voice)
|Episode: "Super Kitten and Power Pupster/What's the Time, Hickory?"
|-
|''[[Maxxx (TV series)|Maxxx]]''
|Death
|2 episodes: "Death" and "Music Video"
|-
|''[[The Crystal Maze]]''
|Herself - Contestant
|1 episode
|-
|rowspan=4|2021
|''[[Too Close (TV series)|Too Close]]''
|Dr. Anita Rhys Evans
|Mini-series, 3 episodes
|-
|''Hitmen''
|Siobhan Burman
|Episode: "Soft Launch"
|-
|''Can I Improve My Memory?''
|Herself - Participant<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/celebrity-line-revealed-brand-new-series-channel-4s-can-i-improve-my-memory |title=Channel 4's Can I Improve My Memory? (2021)}}</ref>
|Mini-series
|-
|''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''
|Herself - Contestant
|5 episodes
|-
|2021–2022
|''[[The Outlaws (2021 TV series)|The Outlaws]]''
|Shanthi Rekowski
|10 episodes
|-
|rowspan=3|2022
|''[[Newark, Newark]]''
|Heather
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[The Sandman (TV series)|The Sandman]]''
|[[List of The Sandman characters#Three|Fate Mother]]
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''
|Mimi / Valtrassi / Tenth Drax (voice)
|Episode: "Here Lies Drax"
|-
|rowspan=4|2023
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
|[[List of Doctors characters (2023)#Binita Prabhu|Binita Prabhu]]
|2 episodes: "Trapped in Time" and "Where Am I?"
|-
|''B&B by the Sea''
|Herself
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|-
|''[[Count Abdulla]]''
|Bushra Khan
|6 episodes
|-
|''Tweedy & Fluff''
|Narrator
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
|Medora Salt
|Episode: "The Blacktrees Prophecy"
|}


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Latest revision as of 23:12, 16 December 2024

Nina Wadia
OBE
Wadia in 2012
Born (1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 56)
Bombay, India
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Raiomond Mirza
​
(m. 1998)​
Children2
FamilyWadia family

Nina Wadia (born 18 December 1968[1][2][3]) is a British actress. 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.

Early life

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Wadia was born on 18 December 1968 in Bombay, India, to parents who were of Parsi ancestry. She has an older brother and older sister; both of her parents have died. When Wadia was nine years old she moved to Hong Kong and was a student at Island School, Hong Kong.[4]

Career

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Television and film

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Wadia first came to prominence in BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me,[5] playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of The Competitive Mothers. She 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. In 2007, Wadia was cast as Zainab Masood in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders.[6] Her last appearance as Zainab in EastEnders was on 8 February 2013.[7] She also had a minor role in EastEnders in 1994, playing a nurse named Viv who treated Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) when she was hospitalised with a gunshot wound. She also appears as Zainab in the 2010 spin-off EastEnders: E20.

Wadia has also 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. She was a regular presenter on the ITV topical chat show, Loose Women (2005–2006). Wadia also 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. Wadia played the wedding caterer in the comedy film Bend It Like Beckham.[8]

She played a role as the housekeeper in the film I Can't Think Straight, directed by Shamim Sarif. The film revolves about two women from Indian and Palestinian upper-class immigrant communities in the UK who fall in love, and Wadia is the housekeeper who rebels at her high-handed Palestinian employer in small ways. She also had a minor part in the film Code 46 (2003). She starred in a BFI/BBC film Sixth Happiness along with Firdaus Kanga in 1997. The film explores sexuality, disability and the Parsees, a small westernised minority in India, of which Wadia herself is a member. She has also starred alongside Rishi Kapoor playing his wife in a Bollywood film titled Namaste London.[9] She voices the title role in Ethelbert the Tiger – a children's programme. She also had a role in Doctor Who as a doctor in the episode "The Eleventh Hour".[10]

In July 2013, Wadia appeared in All Star Mr & Mrs.[11] In September 2013, she appeared in ITV's Big Star's Little Star. Since December 2013, Wadia has starred in Still Open All Hours as Mrs Hussein.[12] In January 2015, it was announced that Wadia would have a guest role in Holby City, as an established neurosurgeon Annabelle Cooper. The role will be for five episodes.[13] In April 2017, she appeared as Khadija in Finding Fatimah, a British romantic comedy.[14] In 2019, as a last minute casting call, and in "More of a Cameo" as Wadia said, she played the minor part of "Zulla" in the live action remake of Aladdin directed by Guy Ritchie. In 2020, she appeared in the role of Anna Masani in the ninth season of the popular BBC drama series Death in Paradise. Also in 2020, she had a small part in the fifteen minute drama Isolation Stories alongside Sheridan Smith which was filmed via webcam due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

From September 2021, Wadia was a contestant for the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Neil Jones.[15] The couple were the first to be eliminated, in the second week.[16] In February 2023, Wadia appeared in an episode of BBC Four's Spring Walks, exploring Swaledale in North Yorkshire.[17] Then in April 2023, she appeared as Binita Prabhu in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[18]

Stage and radio

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Apart from the original radio version of Goodness Gracious Me, Wadia's other radio work includes guesting on Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections, as well as regular appearances in the BBC World Service soap opera Westway as the pharmacist Namita ul-Haq. In 2001, Wadia voiced the role of Ariel in a BBC Radio 3 production of The Tempest. In 2002, she was due to star in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Midnight's Children, based on Salman Rushdie's novel, but she quit only weeks before rehearsals were due to begin.[19] In December 2023 - January 2024, for Christmas and New Year, she made her pantomime debut playing Fairy Sugarsnap in Jack and the Beanstalk at the York Theatre Royal from Fri 8th Dec 2023 - Sun 7th Jan 2024.

Personal life

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Wadia is married to the composer Raiomond Mirza. The couple first met in Canada and married there in July 1998. They live in Surrey. Like Wadia, Mirza is a Parsi and the couple had a traditional Parsi wedding. She is a member of the Wadia family.[20][21]

Charity

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Wadia was involved in the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show, at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005. She has also been involved in campaigning for Save the Children[22] and for increased organ donation from Asians in Britain.[23] She is a JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Ambassador.

Honours and awards

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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. In 2004, she won the chairman's Award at the Asian Women awards.[24]

In April 2013, she was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement in Television Award at The Asian Awards.[citation needed]

Wadia was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to entertainment and charity.[25]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Sixth Happiness Dolly Kotwal
1998 Such a Long Story
2000 Offending Angels Baggy's Ex 2
2002 Another Day Meena Short film
Bend It Like Beckham Wedding Caterer
Cup and Lip Short film
2003 Code 46 Hospital Receptionist
2006 The Goodbye Girls Nadia Short film
2007 Namastey London Bebo M. Malhotra
2008 I Can't Think Straight Rani, The Housekeeper
Munãfiq Aisha Short film
2009 Vincent Cheryl Short film
2010 Race for Life: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Short film
2012 Keith Lemon: The Film Pat
2014 Puja Nights Mrs. Shah Short film
2015 Amar Akbar & Tony Seema
2016 A Street Cat Named Bob Bus Conductress
2017 Finding Fatimah Khadija
2018 Together Mrs. Justice Reid
Strangeways Here We Come Lucy
2019 The Queen's Corgi Patmore (voice)
Aladdin Zulla
Corner Shop Show: Thank You, Come Again Faizal's mother
2020 A Gift from Bob Anika
2021 Followers Becky Dubar
Repeat Megan
2022 Devi Devi Short film
A Stranger in Our Bed Mrs. Tanner
Kaur Lakhwinder Short film
2023 The Dandies of Albertopolis Royal Crown Broadcaster Short film
Bonus Track Headmistress
Bad Indian - The Villain Origin Story Mum Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 2point4 Children Sharma Episode: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping"
1994 What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny herself Gurinder Chadha's short documentary focusing on Wadia, Parminder Chadha, Shobna Gulati and Syreeta Kumar
1994 EastEnders Nurse Viv 3 episodes
1997 Flight Sumita Television film
Casualty Veena Episode: "Counting the Cost"
1998 Kiss Me Kate Applicant Episode: "Secretaries"
The Bill Mina Kavia Episode: "The Whip Hand"
1998–2000, 2014–2015 Goodness Gracious Me Various characters 21 episodes
1999 The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story Vanessa Robinson / Veena Rabindranath Television Special
The Vicar of Dibley Miss Carr Episode: "Spring"
2000 The Strangerers Waitress Episode: "The Getawaying"
The Way It Is Various characters Television film
Single Voices Sita / Gita Episode: "Sita Gita"
Holby City Rita Dennish Episode: "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
2000–2001 Perfect World Maggie 13 episodes
2001 We Know Where You Live, Live! Television film
Chambers Alex Kahn 6 episodes
Weakest Link Herself - Contestant Episode: "Comedians Special"
2002 An Angel for May Science Teacher Television film
White Teeth Neena Mini-Series, 3 episodes
2003–2004 All About Me Rupinder 16 episodes
2003 Murder in Mind Meena Patel Episode: "Cornershop"
2004 Doctors DS Coombs Episode: "Catchy Monkey"
2005 Ethelbert the Tiger Ethelbert (voice) Episode: "Ethelbert and the Polar Bear"
Waking The Dead Roshni Mehta 2 episodes: "Towers of Silence: Parts 1 & 2"
Casualty@Holby City Jean Episode: "Interactive: Something We Can Do"
New Tricks Mughda Das Episode: Family Business"
2006 The Bill Defence Counsel Episode: "A Satisfying Day's Work"
Thin Ice Karen Mini-series
2007 The Lift Sunita Television film
2007, 2008 Skins Bibi, Anwar's Mum 2 episodes: "Finale" and "Everyone"
2007–2013 EastEnders Zainab Masood / Zainab Khan 463 episodes
2008 West 10 LDN Job Centre Clerk TelevisionWoul film
2010 Doctor Who Dr. Ramsden Episode: "The Eleventh Hour"
2010, 2011 EastEnders: E20 Zainab Masood 2 episodes
2011 Mongrels Nita (voice) Episode: "Vince and the Helpful Horse"
Would I Lie to You? Herself - Panellist 1 episode
2013–2018 Still Open All Hours Mrs. Hussein 22 episodes
2014 Citizen Khan Aunty Noor Episode: "Aunty Noor"
2015 Holby City Annabelle Cooper 5 episodes
2016 Hank Zipzer Inspector 2 episodes: "Hank's Good Turn" and "The Crunchy Pickle"
Kiva Can Do Nanni 2 episodes: "Jurassic Lark" and "Party Island"
The Last Dragonslayer Mother Xenobia Television film
Square Roots Bina Desai Television film
2017 Zapped Judge Episode: "The Trial"
Coconut Saira 4 episodes
Hetty Feather Mrs. Penhaligon 2 episodes: "New Beginnings" and "The Past Returns"
Murder on the Blackpool Express Moira Television film
2018 Trollied Meg 3 episodes
Origin Venisha Gupta 5 episodes
2019 Danny & Mick Joy Stickler 20 episodes
Doctor Who: Time War Deepa (voice) Episode: "State of Bliss"
2020 Death in Paradise Anna Masani 4 episodes
Isolation Stories Yasmine Episode: "Mel"
Rhyme Time Town Molly (voice) Episode: "Super Kitten and Power Pupster/What's the Time, Hickory?"
Maxxx Death 2 episodes: "Death" and "Music Video"
The Crystal Maze Herself - Contestant 1 episode
2021 Too Close Dr. Anita Rhys Evans Mini-series, 3 episodes
Hitmen Siobhan Burman Episode: "Soft Launch"
Can I Improve My Memory? Herself - Participant[26] Mini-series
Strictly Come Dancing Herself - Contestant 5 episodes
2021–2022 The Outlaws Shanthi Rekowski 10 episodes
2022 Newark, Newark Heather 2 episodes
The Sandman Fate Mother 4 episodes
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures Mimi / Valtrassi / Tenth Drax (voice) Episode: "Here Lies Drax"
2023 Doctors Binita Prabhu 2 episodes: "Trapped in Time" and "Where Am I?"
B&B by the Sea Herself 1 episode[27]
Count Abdulla Bushra Khan 6 episodes
Tweedy & Fluff Narrator
2024 Midsomer Murders Medora Salt Episode: "The Blacktrees Prophecy"

References

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  1. ^ Rollo, Sarah (12 December 2009). "'Enders Wadia plans double celebration". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ "My secret life: Nina Wadia, actress, 39". The Independent. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Nina Wadia: EastEnders bosses told me I could be the new Pauline Fowler". Daily Record. Scotland. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ The TV That Made Me s2 e4, 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ Dowell, Ben (25 August 2015). "Goodness Gracious Me: why was the Meera Syal, Nina Wadia and Sanjeev Bhaskar comedy so groundbreaking?". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. ^ "New Asian family for Eastenders". asiansinmedia.org. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  7. ^ Brown, David (29 January 2013). "EastEnders: Nina Wadia on Zainab's exit – "It's very sad. We had the crew in tears"". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  8. ^ Goodacre, Kate (22 March 2015). "Bend It Like Beckham: Where are the cast of the 2002 box office hit now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Nina Wadia -Independent Talent". Independent Talent Group.
  10. ^ Wilkes, Neil (2 April 2010). "Nina Wadia talks 'Doctor Who' cameo". Digital Spy. Nat Mags. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  11. ^ "All Star Mr & Mrs Episode 11". ITV. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  12. ^ "BBC Production starts on Still Open All Hours for BBC One". BBC. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  13. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (4 February 2015). "Holby City casts EastEnders star Nina Wadia as neurosurgeon". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Finding Fatimah official website". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  15. ^ "BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing - Nina Wadia". BBC.
  16. ^ "Strictly Come Dancing 2021 has eliminated its first contestant of the series". The Independent. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
  17. ^ "BBC Four - Spring Walks, Series 1, Nina Wadia". BBC. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  18. ^ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Nina Wadia guests as WHOSE family relative?". What to Watch. (Future plc). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Nina Wadia walks out of Midnight's Children project". The Times of India. 18 November 2002. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  20. ^ "Question time – Nina Wadia: Goodness, gracious me; Nina Wadia is", Sunday Mirror. URL. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
  21. ^ Holland, Paige (25 September 2021). "Strictly star Nina Wadia's talented husband, role play and bedroom secrets". Daily Mirror. Reach plc. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  22. ^ "EastEnders star Nina Wadia swaps the postroom for the classroom in world record breaking attempt". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
  23. ^ Nina Wadia Pleads for More Asian Organ Donors Archived 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ "EastEnders stars help Fete Asian Women Achievers". Hello!. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  25. ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N14.
  26. ^ "Channel 4's Can I Improve My Memory? (2021)".
  27. ^ "B&B by the Sea". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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