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Harvey Virdi is a British actress of Indian people descent. She trained at Academy Drama School in London.
Her film credits include Bend It Like Beckham, Anita and Me, Thunderbirds, Bride and Prejudice, The Mistress of Spices, Honour, Jadoo, and Brick Lane.
Television credits include The Kumars at No. 42 (as the family's interfering landlady, 'Hawney'), Boohbah (as 'Mrs. Lady'), Doctors, Lucky Man (as 'Shefali Malhotra'), and Whose Baby?.
She has also appeared in various radio plays including in 2009, in "The Inheritance Of Loss By Kiran Desai".
As a writer, her credits include 'There's Something About Simmy', 'The Deranged Marriage', 'Miss Meena & the Masala Queens' 2017 RIFCO Arts, 'Happy Birthday Sunita', 2014 RIFCO Arts and 'Meri Christmas' 2006 RIFCO Arts.
She appeared in Citizen Khan as regular character 'Mrs Malik'.
In May 2017 it was announced Virdi had joined the cast of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks playing Misbah Maalik. 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
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! Notes 1998 Guru in Seven Amarjeet 2002 Anita and Me (film)Anita & Me Auntie Bend It Like Beckham Teetu's Mum 2004 Bride & Prejudice Mrs. Lamba 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 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
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! class="unsortable" style="width:20em;" Notes 1996 Staying Alive Dr. Claire Ryan Series 1: Episode 1 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 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" 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" Not Going Out Counsellor Episode: "Marriage Guidance" 2017–present Hollyoaks Misbah Maalik Series regular
Awards and nominations
2018 2018 British Soap Awards Best Actress 2019 24th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance 2019 2019 British Soap Awards Best Actress 2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress 2019 Digital Spy Best Soap Actor (Female) 2022 2022 British Soap Awards Best Dramatic Performance 2022 27th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance 2022 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress 2022 I Talk Telly Awards Best Soap Performance
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