Shaheen Khan (British actress)

This article is about the British actress. For other people with the same name, see Shaheen Khan.

Shaheen Khan
Born	1960 (age 64–65) Moshi, Tanganyika
Alma mater	Kingston University [1]
Occupation(s)	Actress and playwright
Years active	1976–present [1]
Children	Sophie Khan Levy

Shaheen Khan (born 1960 in Moshi, Tanganyika) ^[1] is a British film, television and stage actress and playwright of Indian descent, ^[2] based in London. ^[3]

Career

Film and television

Khan is best known for her role as Mrs Bhamra in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham . ^[2] Other films in which she has performed include Bhaji on the Beach (1993) ^[4] and It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010). ^[5] On television, she has had a recurring role in Casualty ^[1] and a guest role in the Doctor Who episode Demons of the Punjab . ^[6]

Theatre

As a playwright, Khan has written several performances for BBC Radio 4 with Sudha Bhuchar, the most successful of which was Girlies (1997). ^[1] Also with Bhuchar, she wrote the stage play Balti Kings, which debuted in 1999 and was produced by Tamasha Theatre Company. ^[7] Balti Kings was also rewritten by both for its appearance in Sydney, Australia, where it was renamed to The Curry Kings of Parrammatta. ^[8] Another production involving Tamasha and Bhuchar was A Tainted Dawn, which covered sketches relaying real accounts of the 1947 Partition of India and its impact on communities, which Khan starred in for two separate sketches. ^[9] A co-written screenplay with Bhuchar, The House across the Street, was created as a part of a new writer's initiative at the BBC and aired on BBC4. ^[10] In 2015 she played Lady Macbeth in a contemporary Asian production of Macbeth produced by multicultural theatre production company Tara Arts. ^{[11] [12]}

Awards and honours

For her role in Bend It Like Beckham, Khan earned a 2003 nomination for a Satellite Award for best Supporting Actress. ^[13] As a British Indian, she has been recognized for her contributions to the arts with an Asian Women of Achievement Award. ^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Love Match	Rehana	TV film	[14]
1987	Boon	Dr. Hamill	Episode: "Wheels of Fortune"	[1]
1987	Partition
1987	Tandoori Nights	Neelam	Episode: "Holy Deadlock"	[14]
1988	London's Burning	Samina	Episode #1.2	[1]
1988	Screen Two	Naseem	Episode: "Love Birds"	[14]
1988	Casualty	Kiran Joghill	10 episodes	[1]
1990	Screen Two	Zelda	Episode: "Old Flames"	[14]
1990	The Bill	Ruth Davdra	Episode: "Interpretations"	[14]
1991	Family Pride	Shoba Kilmar		[14]
1992	Screen Two	Maryam	Episode: "My Sister-Wife"	[1]
1993	Medics	Jaya Chaudry	Episode #3.6	[1]
1993	Bhaji on the Beach	Simi		[4]
1993	The Bill	Veena Patel	Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"	[14]
1994	Grange Hill	Grace	Episode #17.2	[1]
1994	Captives	Estate Agent		[15]
1996	Hollow Reed	Dr. Razmu		[16]
1997	Flight	Ma	TV film	[1]
2000	Doctors	P.C. Penny	Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
2000	Animated Tales of the World	Podni / Kitten / Stream	Episode: "Podna and Podni: A Story from Pakistan"
2001	Holby City	Shireen Hasani	Episode: "Rogue Males"	[14]
2001	Yo Awesome Awesome!	Dancer	Episode: "Teeth"
2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Mrs. Bhamra		[2]
2004	Holby City	Varsha Persaud	Episode: "Braver Soul Than I"
2004	Pink Ludoos	Mrs. Dhaliwal		[3]
2005	The Mistress of Spices	Jagit's Mother		[17]
2006	Provoked	Jamila
2006	The Bill	Jamila Khan	Episode: "434: A Different Type of Threat - Part 1"	[14]
2006	Spooks	Ruby MacKenzie	Episode: "Gas and Oil: Part 2"
2007	My Life as a Popat	Shoba Popat	13 episodes (6 in 2004, 7 in 2007)
2007	Americanizing Shelley	Kirat J. Singh
2007	Britz	Shahnaz Wahid	TV film
2008	In His Shoes	Mummy	Short film
2010	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	Manjit Kaur		[5]
2010	Small Gifts	The Woman	Short film	[18]
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Dia's Aunt
2011	Everywhere and Nowhere	Rubena Khan
2014	Casualty	Elena Kalpar	Episode: "To Yourself Be True"
2014	Honeycomb Lodge	Jas' Mother
2015	A World For Her	Toto	Short film
2016	The Five	Mrs. Palmer	Episode #1.4
2016	In the Club	Sumita	4 episodes (1 in 2014, 3 in 2016)
2017	Unforgotten	GP	Episode #2.2
2017	Those Four Walls	Shobha
2017	The Boy with the Topknot	Aunt Sharanjit	TV film	[19]
2018	Doctor Who	Hasna	Episode: "Demons of the Punjab"	[6]
2018	Only the Lonely	Shelina	Short film
2018	The Reluctant Landlord	Jayanthi	5 episodes	[20]
2019	Apple Tree House	Grandma Zainab	71 episodes	[21]
2020	Mogul Mowgli	Aunty Tasneem
2022	India 1947: Partition in Colour	Narrator	Two-part documentary	[22]
2023	Maternal	Sania Masoom	ITV drama	[23]

References

1. Donnell, Alison (2002). Companion to contemporary Black British culture. London: Routledge. p. 236. ISBN   978-0415169899 . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
2. "Two Indians among UK's "Asian Women of Achievement Awards" winners". Hindustan Times . 26 May 2006.
3. Michael D. Reid (13 June 2004). "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan in B.C. to shoot film Pink Ludoos". CanWest News .
4. Turan, Kenneth (June 22, 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Bhaji on the Beach': More Than Sand, Surf : Gurinder Chadha's film is an insightful look at the difficulties of bridging cultures and generations, but it never forgets to have fun". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 22, 2021.
5. "It's A Wonderful Afterlife — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 14 October 2010.
6. Emma Nolan (11 November 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 start time: What time does Doctor Who start tonight?". Daily Express .
7. Sierz, Aleks (2014). "Theatre in the 1990s". Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 53. ISBN   9781408129289.
8. Bond, Edward (October 29, 2020). Theatre in Times of Crisis: 20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   9781350188822.
9. "Shaheen Khan – Photograph". sadaa.co.uk. South Asia Diaspora Arts Archive. 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
10. Bose, Neilesh, ed. (March 26, 2009). Beyond Bollywood and Broadway: Plays from the South Asian Diaspora. Indiana University Press. p. 325. ISBN   9780253027917.
11. "Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful..." Norwich Evening News . 9 April 2015.
12. "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan takes on the role of her life as Lady Macbeth at Finchley's artsdepot". Barnet Borough Times. 5 March 2015.
13. Maldonado, Ryan (December 17, 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety . Retrieved May 22, 2021.
14. Bhuchar, Sudha; Landon-Smith, Kristine (2004). Strictly Dandia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   9780413774224.
15. Fhaner, Beth A. (1997). Magill's Cinema Annual: A Retrospective of the Films of 1996. Visible Ink Press. ISBN   9781578590438.
16. Pym, John, ed. (1998). Time Out Film Guide. Penguin Books. p. 397. ISBN   9780140275254.
17. "'Mistress Of Spices' is bland fare". Hindustan Times . 2 May 2006.
18. "Cannes to see Short films of the law". The Scotsman . 1 May 2010.
19. "The Boy with the Topknot (BBC2, 9PM-10:30PM)". The Courier . November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
20. "Sky orders a second series of Romesh Ranganathan's Reluctant Landlord". Chortle . September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
21. "CBeebies announce new drama Apple Tree House". BBC . 30 June 2016.
22. "India 1947: Partition in Colour". channel4.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
23. "ITV commissions six part medical drama, Maternal". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links

• Shaheen Khan at IMDb