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Shaheen Khan (British actress)

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Shaheen Khan
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Alma materKingston University[1]
Occupation(s)Actress and playwright
Years active1976–present[1]
ChildrenSophie Khan Levy

Shaheen Khan (born 1960 in Moshi, Tanganyika)[1] is a British film, television and stage actress and playwright of Indian descent,[2] based in London.[3]

Career

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Film and television

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Khan is best known for her role as Mrs Bhamra in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham.[2] Other films in which she has performed include Bhaji on the Beach (1993)[4] and It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010).[5] On television, she has had a recurring role in Casualty[1] and a guest role in the Doctor Who episode Demons of the Punjab.[6]

Theatre

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As a playwright, Khan has written several performances for BBC Radio 4 with Sudha Bhuchar, the most successful of which was Girlies (1997).[1] Also with Bhuchar, she wrote the stage play Balti Kings, which debuted in 1999 and was produced by Tamasha Theatre Company.[7] Balti Kings was also rewritten by both for its appearance in Sydney, Australia, where it was renamed to The Curry Kings of Parrammatta.[8] Another production involving Tamasha and Bhuchar was A Tainted Dawn, which covered sketches relaying real accounts of the 1947 Partition of India and its impact on communities, which Khan starred in for two separate sketches.[9] A co-written screenplay with Bhuchar, The House across the Street, was created as a part of a new writer's initiative at the BBC and aired on BBC4.[10] In 2015 she played Lady Macbeth in a contemporary Asian production of Macbeth produced by multicultural theatre production company Tara Arts.[11][12]

Awards and honours

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For her role in Bend It Like Beckham, Khan earned a 2003 nomination for a Satellite Award for best Supporting Actress.[13] As a British Indian, she has been recognized for her contributions to the arts with an Asian Women of Achievement Award.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 Love Match Rehana TV film [14]
1987 Boon Dr. Hamill Episode: "Wheels of Fortune" [1]
1987 Partition
1987 Tandoori Nights Neelam Episode: "Holy Deadlock" [14]
1988 London's Burning Samina Episode #1.2 [1]
1988 Screen Two Naseem Episode: "Love Birds" [14]
1988 Casualty Kiran Joghill 10 episodes [1]
1990 Screen Two Zelda Episode: "Old Flames" [14]
1990 The Bill Ruth Davdra Episode: "Interpretations" [14]
1991 Family Pride Shoba Kilmar [14]
1992 Screen Two Maryam Episode: "My Sister-Wife" [1]
1993 Medics Jaya Chaudry Episode #3.6 [1]
1993 Bhaji on the Beach Simi [4]
1993 The Bill Veena Patel Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" [14]
1994 Grange Hill Grace Episode #17.2 [1]
1994 Captives Estate Agent [15]
1996 Hollow Reed Dr. Razmu [16]
1997 Flight Ma TV film [1]
2000 Doctors P.C. Penny Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
2000 Animated Tales of the World Podni / Kitten / Stream Episode: "Podna and Podni: A Story from Pakistan"
2001 Holby City Shireen Hasani Episode: "Rogue Males" [14]
2001 Yo Awesome Awesome! Dancer Episode: "Teeth"
2002 Bend It Like Beckham Mrs. Bhamra [2]
2004 Holby City Varsha Persaud Episode: "Braver Soul Than I"
2004 Pink Ludoos Mrs. Dhaliwal [3]
2005 The Mistress of Spices Jagit's Mother [17]
2006 Provoked Jamila
2006 The Bill Jamila Khan Episode: "434: A Different Type of Threat - Part 1" [14]
2006 Spooks Ruby MacKenzie Episode: "Gas and Oil: Part 2"
2007 My Life as a Popat Shoba Popat 13 episodes (6 in 2004, 7 in 2007)
2007 Americanizing Shelley Kirat J. Singh
2007 Britz Shahnaz Wahid TV film
2008 In His Shoes Mummy Short film
2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Manjit Kaur [5]
2010 Small Gifts The Woman Short film [18]
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Dia's Aunt
2011 Everywhere and Nowhere Rubena Khan
2014 Casualty Elena Kalpar Episode: "To Yourself Be True"
2014 Honeycomb Lodge Jas' Mother
2015 A World For Her Toto Short film
2016 The Five Mrs. Palmer Episode #1.4
2016 In The Club Sumita 4 episodes (1 in 2014, 3 in 2016)
2017 Unforgotten GP Episode #2.2
2017 Those Four Walls Shobha
2017 The Boy with the Topknot Aunt Sharanjit TV film [19]
2018 Doctor Who Hasna Episode: "Demons of the Punjab" [6]
2018 Only the Lonely Shelina Short film
2018 The Reluctant Landlord Jayanthi 5 episodes [20]
2019 Apple Tree House Grandma Zainab 71 episodes [21]
2020 Mogul Mowgli Aunty Tasneem
2022 India 1947: Partition in Colour Narrator Two-part documentary [22]
2023 Maternal Sania Masoom Upcoming ITV drama [23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Donnell, Alison (2002). Companion to contemporary Black British culture. London: Routledge. p. 236. ISBN 978-0415169899. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Two Indians among UK's "Asian Women of Achievement Awards" winners". Hindustan Times. 26 May 2006.
  3. ^ a b Michael D. Reid (13 June 2004). "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan in B.C. to shoot film Pink Ludoos". CanWest News.
  4. ^ a b Turan, Kenneth (June 22, 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Bhaji on the Beach': More Than Sand, Surf : Gurinder Chadha's film is an insightful look at the difficulties of bridging cultures and generations, but it never forgets to have fun". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "It's A Wonderful Afterlife — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b Emma Nolan (11 November 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 start time: What time does Doctor Who start tonight?". Daily Express.
  7. ^ Sierz, Aleks (2014). "Theatre in the 1990s". Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 9781408129289.
  8. ^ Bond, Edward (October 29, 2020). Theatre in Times of Crisis: 20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781350188822.
  9. ^ "Shaheen Khan – Photograph". sadaa.co.uk. South Asia Diaspora Arts Archive. 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Bose, Neilesh, ed. (March 26, 2009). Beyond Bollywood and Broadway: Plays from the South Asian Diaspora. Indiana University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780253027917.
  11. ^ "Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful..." Norwich Evening News. 9 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan takes on the role of her life as Lady Macbeth at Finchley's artsdepot". Barnet Borough Times. 5 March 2015.
  13. ^ Maldonado, Ryan (December 17, 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bhuchar, Sudha; Landon-Smith, Kristine (2004). Strictly Dandia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780413774224.
  15. ^ Fhaner, Beth A. (1997). Magill's Cinema Annual: A Retrospective of the Films of 1996. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578590438.
  16. ^ Pym, John, ed. (1998). Time Out Film Guide. Penguin Books. p. 397. ISBN 9780140275254.
  17. ^ "'Mistress Of Spices' is bland fare". Hindustan Times. 2 May 2006.
  18. ^ "Cannes to see Short films of the law". The Scotsman. 1 May 2010.
  19. ^ "The Boy with the Topknot (BBC2, 9PM-10:30PM)". The Courier. November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  20. ^ "Sky orders a second series of Romesh Ranganathan's Reluctant Landlord". Chortle. September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  21. ^ "CBeebies announce new drama Apple Tree House". BBC. 30 June 2016.
  22. ^ "India 1947: Partition in Colour". channel4.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  23. ^ "ITV commissions six part medical drama, Maternal". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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