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Amita Emmanuelle Dhiri (born 1965 in Brighton, England)[1] is a British actress.

Amita Dhiri
Born	1965 (age 56–57) [1] Brighton, England[1]
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Bradley Carroll[2]
Children	2

Personal life

Dhiri was born to a French mother, Antonia and Ugandan-Indian accountant father, Vinod Dhiri. Dhiri is a sub caste of the Sood community of Punjab, India. [3] She has two younger brothers, and speaks fluent French and Hindi.[2]

She married Bradley Carroll in 1994[4] and has two daughters.[3]

Career

Dhiri has said that she was very shy when she was little and that this led her into acting.[3] Her first experience of acting came about when a friend of hers who was at film school had a friend who was doing a film for their degree, and asked Dhiri to be in it.[5]

Before going to drama school, Dhiri sang in a touring cabaret group for about 18 months, doing Tina Turner and Janet Jackson impressions[6][7]

Television

In 1996 she played the role of Djamila "Milly" Nassim in the acclaimed BBC Two drama series This Life, three years after leaving drama college.[4] Milly was a sensible legal high-flyer who had been in a relationship with Egg (played by Andrew Lincoln), since university.[8] One of her notable scenes was in the last episode, when her character punched her colleague Rachel in the jaw.[4]

She has subsequently had many other appearances on British television, including roles in Absolute Power, The Last Train, Dalziel and Pascoe, Holby City wherein she undertook the role of the raging former partner of General Surgical Consultant Daniel Clifford (played by Peter Wingfield), Silent Witness, Being April[9] and McCallum. More recently, she had a recurring role as Rachel Crawchek in Judge John Deed.

In early 2007, she reunited with original cast members of This Life in a reunion special called This Life +10.[10]

On 14 June 2007, Dhiri joined the long-running British police drama The Bill as DC Grace Dasari. In preparation for the role, she spent time with Kennington police in South London, and had a lesson in driving a police patrol car.[3] She remained in the show until its final episode, broadcast on 31 August 2010.

In 2013 she played Mrs Rattigan in Sky TV's Talking To The Dead[11]

Film

She appeared in the film 24 Hours in London, released in 2000.[12]

Credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Talking to the Dead	Mrs Rattigan	Sky TV
2010	The Bill	Grace Dasari	95 episodes.[13] Talkback Thames
2006	Holby City	Camilla	Two episodes: The Bitterest Pill; It's Been a Long Day. BBC Television.
2006	This Life + 10	Milly Naseem	BBC Television
2004	Judge John Deed	Rachel Crawcheck	BBC Television
2004	Silent Witness	Diana Baker	BBC Television
2003	Judge John Deed	Rachel Crawcheck	BBC Television
2002	2nd Generation	Rina	Channel 4
2002	Being April	Nikshita[14]	6 episodes. BBC Television
2002	Grease Monkeys	Mina	BBC Television
2002	Happiness	Neela	BBC Television
2002	Holby City	Jenny Stephens	Episode: Time to Kill. BBC Television
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Yumna Malik	BBC Television
2000	The Law[6]	Helen Galloway	ITV
1999	Dalziel And Pascoe	Shaz Kendall	BBC Television
1998	Macbeth - Shakespeare Shorts	First Witch	BBC Television
1998	The Last Train[4]	Jandra Nixon	6 episodes. Granada Television
1998	McCallum	Delia Vine	Two episodes.[7] STV Productions
1996-97	This Life	Milly Naseem	32 episodes. BBC Television
1996	Casualty	Julia Kaash	Episode: Vital Signs. BBC Television

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Pack	Nasreen	Finborough Theatre - Papatango Festival[15]
2005	Whose Life Is It Anyway	Helen Hill	Comedy Theatre
2002	After the Gods	Sandi	Hampstead Theatre[16]
2001	Feelgood	Aasha	Hampstead/Garrick Theatre[17]
2000	The Crucible	Elizabeth	Leicester Haymarket Theatre[5]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Invasion - Dangerous Visions	Jenna[18]	BBC Radio 4 Drama
2013	Skios	Annuka Vos[19]	BBC Radio 4 Drama
2013	The Aeneid	Anna[20]	BBC Radio 4 Drama
2013	When Greed Becomes Hunger	Sunita[21]	BBC Radio 4 Drama
1997	Devices And Desires[6]	Caroline Amphlette	BBC Radio

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Acts of God	DI Mansfield
1998	24 Hours in London	Helen Lucas
1994	Indian Tales	Lead	Student film written and directed by Asif Kapadia, Oscar winning director of Amy (2015)[22]

Voiceover

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	John Adams: A Portrait and a Concert of American Music	Narrator[23]
2001	Dream	Sarah
1999	The Canterbury Tales/The Squire’s Tale	Canacee	Animated film

References

External links

• Amita Dhiri at IMDb

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