Chetna Pandya

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Chetna Pandya
Born
Chetna Kishorechandra Pandya

Brent, London, England
Alma mater Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Chetna Pandya is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Joyce in Channel 4's comedy series 'Feel Good' (2020) and Carol Tomlin in the ITV comedy-drama The Trouble with Maggie Cole (2020). [1] [2] She also played Coach Singh in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present).

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Early life

Pandya was born in the northwest London Borough of Brent. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2004. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Doctors Nita ParishEpisode: "Old Wounds"
2005 New Tricks Dipti MayoEpisode: "Family Business"
2005 The Worst Week of My Life Nurse DarEpisode: "Friday"
2006 Green Wing NurseEpisode: #2.1
2007 Holby Blue Amina AkramEpisode: #1.6
2010 Identity Woman DoctorEpisode: "Second Life"
2011 Casualty Rani MuradEpisodes: "Rogue" and "Keep on Running: Part 1"
2011 Black Mirror MalaikaEpisode: "The National Anthem"
2012 The Thick Of It JournalistEpisode: #4.2
2013 Toast of London Kate KhanEpisode: "The End"
2014 Line of Duty New JoEpisodes: #2.3 and 2.5
2014 The Wrong Mans Nurse HarmonEpisode: "Action Mans"
2014 Doctors Zainab ChoudryEpisode: "Foreign Fields"
2015 Count Arthur Strong Woman 3Episode: "We're Listening"
2016 The Aliens Chief
2016 Motherland Mrs. LawsonPilot
2016 Holby City Ravinda SrinaathEpisode: "The Kill List"
2017 Doctors Natalie ZafiraEpisode: "Free Lunch"
2018 The A List Liana Blackwood
2018Hounslow DiariesRaheelaPilot
2019 Cuckoo Yusra DuncanEpisode: "Macbeth"
2019 This Way Up SeemaEpisode: #1.4
2020 Feel Good Joyce2 episodes
2020 The Trouble with Maggie Cole Dr. Carol Tomlin
2022–present Heartstopper Coach Singh

Stage

YearTitleRoleWriterDirectorVenue
2012 Much Ado About Nothing Margaret [4] William Shakespeare Iqbal Khan Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
2017Of Kith and KinPriya [5] [6] Chris Thompson Robert Hastie Bush Theatre, London

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References

  1. "The Trouble with Maggie Cole Press Pack" (PDF). ITV. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Meet the cast of ITV's The Trouble with Maggie Cole, 11 March 2020". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Chetna Pandya". Spotlight. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. "Much Ado About Nothing – review, 2 August 2012". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. "Cast announced for Of Kith and Kin, 29 July 2017". Bush Theatre. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. "Review: Of Kith & Kin (Bush Theatre), 3 November 2017". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 1 May 2020.