Nina Wadia

Nina Wadia is an Indian-born British actress who is popular for her role in Hindi comedy movie Namaste London (2007). Wadia was born in Mumbai, in 1968 to a Parsi family. She had one elder brother and elder sister. Her parents are no longer alive. She is married to Raiomond Mirza Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , in 1998 and has two children.  Their marriage was held in Persian tradition. The couple now lives in Staines, Surrey.

To western audiences, she is popular for appearing in the role of Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Also, she  appeared in a British Sitcom, 'Still Open All Hours' which was aired on BBC channel. In this sitcom, she played the role of Mrs. Hussein along with top actors like David Jason. Lynda Baron and Stephanie Cole.

After the popularity of this BBC’s sitcom, she appeared in another BBC  English-language sketch comedy show, 'Goodness Gracious Me'. She plays the role of one among the two teenage chav girls ( another role played by co-star, Meera Syal Meera Syal was born on 27 June 1961. She is a come >> Read More... ) who complain about unwanted male attention and shout out rude comments at the men who walk past them.

After this series, she even took over Meera Syal in the role of  Rupinder in the sitcom, ‘All About Me’ which was aired on  BBC-One, from 2002 to 2004.

Wadia was the recipient of the 'Best Comedy Performance' at the 2009 British Soap Awards. She shared a trophy of ‘Best Onscreen Partnership’ with Nitin Ganatra Nitin Ganatra is an actor who has worked in variou >> Read More... . She bagged the Chairman’s award at the Asian Woman Awards and in the year 2013, Wadia was the recipient of ‘Outstanding Achievement in Television Award ‘at The Asian Awards.

She also got to play guest roles in many TV series such as The Vicar of Dibley, Thin Ice Chambers, Holby City, Murder in Mind and Doctors. She was also the presenter on the ITV topical chat show and Loose Women (2005–2006).

She had a part in many major hit TV series in BBC and other channels but her most popular role was in the film ‘I Can't Think Straight’, directed by Shamim Sarif where she played the role of a housekeeper. She is indeed an Indian Farida Jalal, in BBC sitcoms.