Amita Dhiri
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Personal life
Dhiri was born to a French mother, Antonia and Ugandan-Indian accountant father, Vinod Dhiri.[2] She has two younger brothers and speaks fluent French and Hindi.[3]
She married Bradley Carroll in 1994[4] and has two daughters.[2]
Career
Dhiri has said that she was very shy when she was little and that this led her into acting.[2] 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. In 2003, 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] Then 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.[2] 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]
She played Deputy Commissioner Vanita in Ragdoll in 2021, and Mrs Khanna in season 3 of Bridgerton in 2024.
Film
She appeared in the film 24 Hours in London, released in 2000.[12]
Credits
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996Template: Template: Template: Template: Template: Template:  | Casualty | Julia Kaash | Episode: "Vital Signs" | BBC Television |
| 1996–97 | This Life | Milly Naseem | 32 episodes. | BBC Television |
| 1998 | McCallum | Delia Vine | Two episodes.[7] | STV Productions |
| 1998 | Script error: No such module "Sort".[4] | Jandra Nixon | 6 episodes. | Granada Television |
| 1998 | Macbeth - Shakespeare Shorts | First Witch | BBC Television | |
| 1999 | Dalziel And Pascoe | Shaz Kendall | Episode: "A Sweeter Lazarus" | BBC Television |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "Sort".[6] | Helen Galloway | ITV | |
| 2002 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Yumna Malik | Episode: "Deception on His Mind" | BBC Television |
| 2002 | Holby City | Jenny Stephens | Episode: "Time to Kill". | BBC Television |
| 2002 | Happiness | Neela | BBC Television | |
| 2002 | Grease Monkeys | Mina | BBC Television | |
| 2002 | Being April | Nikshita[13] | 6 episodes. | BBC Television |
| 2002 | 2nd Generation | Rina | Channel 4 | |
| 2003–05 | Judge John Deed | Rachel Crawcheck | Episodes: "Judicial Review", "Conspiracy", "Economic Imperative" and "In Defence of Others" | BBC Television |
| 2004 | Silent Witness | Diana Baker | Episode: "Body 21" | BBC Television |
| 2006 | This Life + 10 | Milly Naseem | BBC Television | |
| 2006 | Holby City | Camilla | Two episodes: "The Bitterest Pill"; "It's Been a Long Day" | BBC Television. |
| 2010 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Grace Dasari | 95 episodes.[14] | Talkback Thames |
| 2013 | Talking to the Dead | Mrs Rattigan | Sky TV |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Crucible | Elizabeth | Leicester Haymarket Theatre[5] |
| 2001 | Feelgood | Aasha | Hampstead/Garrick Theatre[15] |
| 2002 | After the Gods | Sandi | Hampstead Theatre[16] |
| 2005 | Whose Life Is It Anyway | Helen Hill | Comedy Theatre |
| 2012 | Pack | Nasreen | Finborough Theatre - Papatango Festival[17] |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Devices And Desires[6] | Caroline Amphlette | BBC Radio |
| 2013 | When Greed Becomes Hunger | Sunita[18] | BBC Radio 4 Drama |
| 2013 | The Aeneid | Anna[19] | BBC Radio 4 Drama |
| 2013 | Skios | Annuka Vos[20] | BBC Radio 4 Drama |
| 2013 | Invasion - Dangerous Visions | Jenna[21] | BBC Radio 4 Drama |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Indian Tales | Lead | Student film written and directed by Asif Kapadia, Oscar winning director of Amy (2015)[22] |
| 1998 | 24 Hours in London | Helen Lucas | |
| 2006 | Acts of God | DI Mansfield |
Voiceover
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Canterbury Tales/The Squire’s Tale | Canacee | Animated film |
| 2001 | Dream | Sarah | |
| 2002 | John Adams: A Portrait and a Concert of American Music | Narrator[23] |
References
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- ↑ a b c d Mum was so strict .. When I started in acting she was convinced it was the first step to porn! Daily Mirror, 20 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2019
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- ↑ Television: Interview - Amita Dhiri: Life Affirming James Rampton, The Independent, 3 April 1999. Retrieved 30 June 2019
- ↑ Being April BBC, 17 June 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2019
- ↑ This Life + 10 - interviews with the cast BBC Press Office, 28 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ↑ TV Review: Drama Matters: Talking to the Dead, Sky Living Ellen E. Jones, The Independent, 16 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2019
- ↑ 24 Hours in London bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2019
- ↑ Being April BBC, 17 June 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2019
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- ↑ The Pen - DJ Britton - When Greed Becomes Hunger www.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ↑ The Aenid www.bbc.co.uk Media Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2019
- ↑ Skios www.bbc.co.uk Media Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2019
- ↑ Invasion - Dangerous Visions www.bbc.co.uk Media Centre. Retrieved 19 July 2019
- ↑ Indian Tales British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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