Zita Sattar

Zita Sattar
Born	1975 (age 49–50) Birmingham, England
Alma mater	Rose Bruford College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Known for	Casualty
Children	1

Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, ^[1] theatre, and film actress from Birmingham.

Early life

Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founding members of Birmingham's Central Junior Television Workshop. She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London.

Career

Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill , Gimme Gimme Gimme , According to Bex , Dalziel and Pascoe , Doctors , and Flowers .

Her theatre roles include: Top Girls , Clubbed Out, Let's Go to the Fair, Hansel and Gretel , One Night, D'yer Eat with your Fingers, and Romeo and Juliet . She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010). ^[2] She has starred in the following low-budget films: The Final Curtain , Esther Kahn , Janice Beard 45wpm , and Large .

Personal life

As of 2007, Sattar's partner was director Declan O'Dwyer, with whom she has one daughter. ^[3]

Filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Janice Beard	Jane
2001	Esther Kahn	assistant make-up girl
	Large	Kylie
2002	The Final Curtain	Sylvia (contestant)
2006	Almost Adult	Malaeka
2009	Mad, Sad & Bad	Kirty
2010	West Is West	Neelam Haqq
2013	Another Me	Mira

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Y.E.S.	Nazreen	2 episodes
1995	The Bill	W.D.C. Watson	1 episode
1996	The Bill: Target	W.D.C. Watson	feature-length episode
1997	Backup	Meera	1 episode
1997–1998	Hale and Pace	—	3 episodes
1998	Drop the Dead Donkey	receptionist	1 episode
	Heartburn Hotel	Debbie	7 episodes
1999	Gimme Gimme Gimme	Sultana	1 episode
2002	Holby City	Anna Paul	1 episode
2001–2003	Casualty	Anna Paul	83 episodes
2005	According to Bex	Jan	8 episodes
2006	Dalziel and Pascoe	Louise Hepburn	2 episodes
2009	Doctors	Sammi Miah	2 episodes
2010	The Bill	Nancy Faber	1 episode
2012	Prisoners' Wives	Natalie	1 episode
	Love Life	Carmel	1 episode
2014	Derek	Cath	1 episode (credited as Zita Sitar)
2015	Call the Midwife	Josie Smith	1 episode
	Mount Pleasant	Amita	8 episodes
2016	Flowers	Barbara	3 episodes
	Doctors	Kate Riley	1 episode
2017	The Rebel	matron	1 episode
	Creeped Out	Hannah	1 episode
2017–2020	The Worst Witch	Miss Tapioca	15 episodes
2019	Vera	Laura Harper	1 episode
	Years and Years	Yvonne Bukhari	3 episodes
2020	Coronation Street	Dr Ward	8 episodes
2021–2023	The Cleaner	Ruth	4 episodes
2022	Father Brown	Mavis Jug	1 episode
	Doctors	Ren Mackintosh	1 episode [4]

References

1. Barbara Goulden (27 June 2005). "Hot time for summer fun". Coventry Telegraph . Retrieved 13 February 2011.
2. "Eastern promise for Zita Sattar in West Is West". business-live.co.uk. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
3. "Zita Sattar Casualty interview". holby.tv. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
4. Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: WHO is Emma Reid reunited with?". What to Watch . (Future plc). Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

• Zita Sattar at IMDb