Amber Rose Revah

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Amber Rose Revah
Born (1986-06-24) 24 June 1986 (age 38)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Education Brunel University
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Amber Rose Revah (born 24 June 1986) is a British actress and writer.

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She is known for playing the role of Dinah Madani in Marvel's The Punisher opposite Jon Bernthal and Ben Barnes for which she received a nomination for 'Outstanding Actress in a Drama'. [1] She is also known for her portrayal of Dr. Grace Hogart in the Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series The Peripheral and as Mary Magdalene in the box office hit Son of God . Amber Rose played Leena in two seasons of the Channel 4 and PBS colonial period drama Indian Summers with Julie Walters, and appeared in From Paris With Love opposite John Travolta.

Amber Rose Revah was born in London to a mother of European Jewish background, while her biological father is of Kenyan Indian heritage. [2] She has credited her European grandmother for getting her interested in acting at an early age by introducing her to theatre as a child. [1] [2] She studied Contemporary Performance [3] at Brunel University. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The World Unseen Begum
2008 I Can't Think Straight Yasmin
2009Henna NightAminaShort film
2009 Agora Sidonia
2009Taylors TrophyLester's Dream GirlShort film
2010 From Paris with Love Nichole
2011 The Devil's Double Bride
2011 Everywhere and Nowhere Yasmin
2011 Aazaan Sofiya
2011Love After SunriseShort film
2014 Son of God Mary Magdalene
2016London LifeAnita
2020Concrete PlansAmy
2022The Trouble With Jessica Ellen
TBA Greenland: Migration TBAPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 House of Saddam Hala Hussein; Saddam's daughter Miniseries; Episodes: "Part I", "Part IV"
2011 Borgia Maacah Bat-Talmai3 episodes
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Helena Landless Miniseries
2013 The Bible Mary Magdalene Miniseries; 4 episodes
2013 What Remains Vidya Khan4 episodes
2014Women of the Bible Mary Magdalene TV movie
2015 Foyle's War Lea FisherEpisode: "Trespass"
2015 Silent Witness YasminEpisodes: "Squaring the Circle: Part 1" and "Squaring the Circle: Part 2"
2015–2016 Indian Summers Leena Prasad14 episodes
2016 Midsomer Murders Jessica MyerscoughEpisode: "Harvest of Souls"
2017 Emerald City Miranda4 episodes
2017–2019 The Punisher Dinah MadaniMain role; 26 episodes
2019 Made in Hollywood Herself1 episode
2021The TrickLisa TrembleTV movie
2022 The Peripheral Grace2 episodes
2022 Last Light Mika Bakhash5 episode

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 The Waylanders NazhedjaVoice

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