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Harvey Virdi - Wikipedia

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Harvey Virdi
Alma mater	Academy Drama School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present

Harvey Virdi is a British actress of Indian descent. She trained at Academy Drama School in London.^[1]

Career

Her theatre credits include The Borrowers (at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff),^[2] Tiger Country and Tales From The Harrow Road (Hampstead Theatre),^[3] When We are Married, Twelfth Night (in 1997 and 2004,^[1]), Romeo and Juliet (in 2000,^[1]), Square Circle and Playboy of the Asian World (all at the Leicester Haymarket), Airport 2000 (Riverside Studios, Hammersmith),^[3] and Jatinder Verma's production of Exodus (Tara Arts/BAC). In 2003, she was 'Mrs Peachum' in a touring production of The Threepenny Opera for the Royal National Theatre.^[3] In 2004 she gave a critically acclaimed Maria in an Indian-themed production of Twelfth Night at the Albery Theatre. She also appeared as Nina Mandal, in Coronation Street.^[4] She was a supporting cast member in two seasons of Class Dismissed.^[5]

Her film credits include Bend It Like Beckham, Anita and Me, Thunderbirds,^[6] Bride and Prejudice,^[6] The Mistress of Spices, Honour,^[6] Jadoo,^[6] and Brick Lane.^[6] Television credits include The Kumars at No. 42 (as the family's interfering landlady, 'Hawney'),^[7] Boohbah (as 'Mrs. Lady'), Doctors, Lucky Man (as 'Shefali Malhotra'),^[8] and Whose Baby?. She has also appeared in various radio plays including in 2009, in "The Inheritance Of Loss By Kiran Desai".^[9]

As a writer, her credits include 'There's Something About Simmy', 'The Deranged Marriage', 'Miss Meena & the Masala Queens' 2017 RIFCO Arts,^[3] 'Happy Birthday Sunita',^[6]^[10] 2014 RIFCO Arts and 'Meri Christmas' 2006 RIFCO Arts.^[3]

She appeared in Citizen Khan as regular character 'Mrs Malik'.^[6]

In May 2017 it was announced Virdi had joined the cast of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks playing Dr. Misbah Maalik.^[4] She departed on 1 June 2020, but this was soon confirmed as a temporary exit, with Virdi returning to the role on 21 September 2020.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Guru in Seven	Amarjeet
2002	Anita and Me (film)Anita & Me	Auntie
2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Teetu's Mum
2004	Bride & Prejudice	Mrs. Lamba
2004	Thunderbirds	Onaha
2005	The Mistress of Spices	Geeta's Mother
2006	Venus	Art School Teacher
2007	Brick Lane	Razia
2008	The Blue Tower	Minnie
2009	No Honour No Choice	Mother	Short
2010	The Duchess of Malfi	Cariola	Video of Stage on Screen production
	Doctor Faustus	Vintner / Envy / Paramour	Video of Greenwich Theatre production
	Ashes	Samina	Short
	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	Overbearing Mother
2011	Swinging with the Finkels	Indian Woman
2011	Lazy Uncle	Nimmi / Auntie	Short
2012	Naachle London	Mrs. Patel
	The Telemachy	Hafa
	Italian Movies	Wife
2013	With Marjorie Gone	Roshni (Nizams Mother)	Short
2014	Honour	Mother
2017	Lies We Tell	Banu

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Staying Alive	Dr. Claire Ryan	Series 1: Episode 1
1996	The Bill	Parminda Kulkarni	Episode: "Kick Me Hard"
1996, 2009	Casualty	Nurse Reena Pal (1996); Shaheen (2009)	Episode: "Night Moves" and "And Then There Were Three"
2003	Boohbah	Mrs. Lady	26 episodes
2003	Hear the Silence	Dr. Ash's receptionist	Two-part television film
2004	Whose Baby?	Solicitor	Television film
2004, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015	Doctors	Parminder Shand (2004); Hamsa Shah (2008); Nina Sarwar (2011); Selma Chaudhary (2014); Harshida Sutaria (2015)	Episodes: "Ill Feelings", "Managing Expectations", "Protection", "The Fires of Midwinter" and "Mother to Be"
2005	Cherished	Woman Doctor	Episode: "It's Alright, I Am a Doctor"
2006	Murphy's Law	Isha Iqbal	Series 4: Episode 3
2006, 2012	Holby City	Shirley O'Donnell (2006); Molly Sharma (2012)	Episodes: "The Very Thought of You" and "Kids' Stuff"
2007	Britz	Kaneez	Television film
2008	Coronation Street	Nina Mandal	Recurring role; 22 episodes
2011	Little Crackers	Auntie Nimmi	Episode: "Sanjeev Bhaskar's Little Cracker: Papaji Saves Christmas"
2011	The Jury	Nurse	2 episodes
2012–2016	Citizen Khan	Mrs. Malik	Recurring role; 16 episodes
2014	The Kumars	Hawney	All 6 episodes
2016	Class Dismissed	Various	11 episodes
2016–2017	The Windsors	Doctor	2 episodes
2017	Lucky Man	Sheffali	Episode: "Luck Be a Lady"
2017	Not Going Out	Counsellor	Episode: "Marriage Guidance"
2017–present	Hollyoaks	Misbah Maalik	Series regular

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	2018 British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[11]
2019	24th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Nominated	^[12]
2019	2019 British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[13]
2019	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[14]
2019	Digital Spy Reader Awards	Best Soap Actor (Female)	Third	^[15]
2022	2022 British Soap Awards	Best Dramatic Performance	Nominated	^[16]
2022	27th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	Nominated	^[17]
2022	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress	Shortlisted	^[18]
2022	I Talk Telly Awards	Best Soap Performance	Nominated	^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Harvey Virdi". bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Waugh, Rosemary (30 November 2016). "The Borrowers review at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff – 'small but perfectly formed'". thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rafiq, Zoey (25 November 2016). "Rifco Announce Harvey Virdi's: Miss Meena & the Masala Queens". theasiantoday.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Hughes, Johnathon (19 April 2017). "Hollyoaks: a new family is arriving this spring". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ "Series 1 - Episode 7 Bird Inside". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Thomson, Wendy (21 October 2014). "Interview with Harvey Virdi". femalearts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Lee, Marc (15 January 2014). "The Kumars return to celebrity-obsessed Britain". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Douglas, Kate (2016). "Luck Be a Lady". New Scientist. 230 (3069). tvmaze.com: 44–45. Bibcode:2016NewSc.230...44D. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(16)30668-6. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "Network Radio BBC Week 51: 19-25 December 2009". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ Khan, Shuiab. "One of India's finest actresses is taking centre stage and leaving behind movies as she leads the cast of comedy Happy Birthday Sunita". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel (10 April 2018). "British Soap Awards 2018 nominations revealed: Which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors stars are up?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ Harp, Justin (16 October 2018). "Here are all the nominees for the National TV Awards 2019, including Strictly, Doctor Who and Ant & Dec". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ Dainty, Sophie. "British Soap Awards 2019 nominations revealed: Which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors stars are up?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Inside Soap Awards 2019 longlist has been revealed". Digital Spy. July 2019.
^ Robinson, Abby (28 December 2019). "It's (nearly) a clean sweep for Hollyoaks in the Digital Spy Reader Awards for soaps 2019". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Warner, Sam (11 June 2022). "British Soap Awards 2022 winners list - updated live". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ Morris, Lauren (24 May 2022). "NTA 2022 longlist revealed as David Tennant and Sex Education nominated". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ Harp, Justin (10 October 2022). "Inside Soap Awards announce final shortlist for 2022 ceremony". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ Gonzalez, Elliot (12 November 2022). "Mo Gilligan leads the I Talk Telly Awards 2022 Nominations". I Talk Telly.

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Harvey Virdi at IMDb

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