Mina Anwar | |
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 Anwar in 2011 | |
| Born | Mina Mumtaz Anwar 20 September 1969 Church, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Mina Mumtaz Anwar (born 20 September 1969) is a British Pakistani actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Constable Maggie Habib in The Thin Blue Line , and Gita Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures .
Anwar was born to a family of Pakistani origin in Church, Lancashire on 20 September 1969. She was educated at Accrington Moorhead High School, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Accrington and Rossendale College in 1988 before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
She played Police Constable Maggie Habib in the TV situation comedy The Thin Blue Line , first shown on BBC 1 from 1995 to 1996.
Other roles include the recurring part of Sandra Malik in The Bill in 2003, Sister Zita Khan in Doctors and Nurses and Selena Sharp in Scoop . She also performed as the storyteller in Razzledazzle on the CBeebies channel.
Anwar appeared in the Channel 4 drama Shameless , and as a supporting character in children's sci-fi drama The Sarah Jane Adventures , [1] in which she played Gita Chandra, the mother of character Rani Chandra, from its second to fifth series. [1] She was also in the BBC drama show The Invisibles . Anwar appeared in Coronation Street as the ex-wife of Dev Alahan, the corner-shop owner, and in No Angels .
She starred in The Infidel as the woman in the black burqa, and portrayed Trudy Rehmann in the Nickelodeon series House of Anubis . She has appeared in a number of BBC TV dramas and sitcoms, such as The Wright Way , in which she plays the only female health-and-safety officer, Malika Maha, [2] and in an episode of Upstart Crow where she portrayed one of the three witches from Macbeth. She appeared in the 2014 dramas Happy Valley and In the Club and the ghost tale Remember Me . In 2014 she portrayed Lauren in The Beneficiary, episode 5 of series 6 of the BBC's series of 45-minute stand-alone dramas Moving On .
In 2017 she originated the role of Ray in the new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, and continued her role for the West End transfer. [3]
Anwar appeared in Series 10 of Doctor Who in 2017.
In 2018 she played Miss Marigold Mould in Series 2 of The Worst Witch .
Anwar is a classically trained mezzo soprano. She sings big band jazz and sings backing vocals on occasions for The Charlatans.[ citation needed ]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Yasmin | |
| 2010 | The Infidel | Muna | |
| 2015 | Sleeping Lions | Mrs. Ghosh | Short film |
| 2018 | An Admin Worker at the End of the World | Brenda | Short film |
| 2020 | Farewell, Sarah Jane | Gita Chandra | Short film |
| The Understudy | Donna | ||
| Stuart and Dumplings | Khadija | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 99-1 | Dr. Resdale | Episode: "Stone" |
| 1995 – 1996 | The Thin Blue Line | W.P.C. Maggie Habib | 14 episodes |
| 1997 | Flight | Shikha | TV film |
| 1999 | Barbara | Midwife | Episode: "Scattering" |
| The Flint Street Nativity | Shamima / Angel | TV film | |
| 2000 | A Christmas Carol | Julie | TV film |
| 2001 | I Love the 1980's | Herself | TV series documentary; 5 episodes |
| I Love the 1990s | Herself | TV series documentary; 2 episodes | |
| Always and Everyone | Meera Kapoor | Episode: #3.13 | |
| 2002 | TV to Go | Various Roles | Episode: #2.1 |
| Casualty | Shelley | Episode: "Dominoes" | |
| Birthday Girl | Nina Kapoor | TV film | |
| Doctors | Maria | Episode: "Labour Day" | |
| 2003 | The Bill | Dr. Sandra Malik | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Doctors and Nurses | Sister Zita Khan | 6 episodes |
| Best Friends | Miss Mancer | 4 episodes | |
| 2005 | Razzledazzle | Presenter | 11 episodes |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | Flute | Episode: " A Midsummer Night's Dream" | |
| 2005 - 2006 | Coronation Street | Ravinder Kalirai | 6 episodes |
| 2005, 2016 | Holby City | Saima 'Sam' Ahmed / Fay Michaels | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | The Gil Mayo Mysteries | Tina Beaverstock | Episode: "A Species of Revenge" |
| No Angels | Jeena | 2 episodes | |
| 2008 | Shameless | Auntie Shaza | Episode: "Old Friends, New Enemies" |
| Love Soup | Antonia | Episode: "Sophisticated Lady" | |
| The Invisibles | Helen Huthwaite | 6 episodes | |
| 2008 - 2011 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Gita Chandra | 18 episodes |
| 2009 - 2011 | Scoop | Selena Sharp / Prosecutor | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman | Mrs Patel | Episode: #1.2 |
| 2011 - 2013 | House of Anubis | Trudy Rehman | 106 episodes |
| 2013 | Anubis Unlocked | Herself | Episode: #2.7 |
| The Wright Way | Malika Maha | 6 episodes | |
| The Slammer | Lydia | Episode: "Come Lie with Me" | |
| 2014 | Happy Valley | Mrs. Mukherjee | 3 episodes |
| Rocket's Island | Kim Khalol | 5 episodes | |
| Scott & Bailey | Eleanor Goodhead | 2 episodes | |
| Moving On | Lauren | Episode: "The Beneficiary" | |
| Remember Me | Roshana Salim | 2 episodes | |
| 2014 - 2016 | In the Club | Amita | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Marley's Ghosts | Tina Jarvis | 3 episodes |
| Cuffs | Leila Kamal | Episode: #1.6 | |
| 2016 | The A Word | Dr. Waite | Episode: "Diagnosis" |
| Upstart Crow | Weird Sister | Episode: "What Bloody Man Is That?" | |
| Damned | Catilin | Episode: #1.6 | |
| 2016, 2019 | Pointless Celebrities | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Doctor Who | Goodthing | Episode: "Smile" |
| 2018 | The Worst Witch | Miss Mould | 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Terms & Conditions | Captain Rules | 9 episodes |
| When It Rains | Spa Owner | Episode: "Helpline" | |
| 2021 | Moving On | Mrs Ellis | Episode: "Hungry to Learn" |
| 2023 | Midsomer Murders | Eshani Hughes | Episode: "Claws Out" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rani Takes On The World | Gita Chandra | Spin-off of The Sarah Jane Adventures |
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