Amber Agar

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Amber Agar
Born
Amber Aga

1976 (age 4748)
Hampstead, London, England
Occupation Actress
Years active2002–present

Amber Agha, also credited as Amber Agar or Amber Aga, is an English actress, best known for her role in the British television series Murder City and her supporting role in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators .

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Early life

She lived in Africa as a child, but returned to England for her education at Francis Holland School. She obtained a law degree at Cambridge University, and afterwards trained at RADA. [1]

Acting

Agar has performed at the National Theatre in The Man of Mode as Harriet, alongside Tom Hardy and Hayley Atwell. Other stage work includes the Orange Tree Theatre, Soho Theatre, Riverside Studios with Ed Stoppard, and Hampstead Theatre.

She played Dr Anvar "Annie" Parvez in the television series Murder City . She appeared as a guest artist (twice) in Holby City , on EastEnders , Totally Frank , Green Wing , Doctors and The Bill .

In 2009 WhatsOnStage named her as one of the "exciting young actors" of 2009 for her portrayal of Marian in Clare Bayley's The Container at the Young Vic directed by Tom Wright, with Abhin Galeya and Doreene Blackstock. Also in 2009 she appeared as campaigner Yasmin Khan in This Much is True at Theatre503, directed by Tim Roseman and written by Paul Unwin, and also featuring Justine Waddell and Gerald Kyd. The show was based on first hand accounts of the Jean Charles de Menezes case, including testimony heard for the first time.

In 2010 she appeared in Lewis ; with Brenda Fricker in a special episode of Casualty ; and in a lead guest role in the penultimate episode of Waking The Dead (aired early in 2011). In 2011 she started rehearsals for Reading Hebron at the Orange Tree Theatre.

She appeared as Detective Inspector Christina Marlowe in all 20 episodes of the first two series of Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators in 2018 and 2019.

Writing

She has been a published poet for Arrival Press and Pyramid Press for a number of years. She was the Winner of The Times International Poetry Competition at university. In 2010 her collection In the Arms of Lyra was published as an ebook and paperback.

Producing

Agar is producer for her company Cheeky Maggot Productions CMP. Showcasing new writing at the Hampstead Theatre, Soho Theatre, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Lost Festival (winning entry) and the Cockpit Theatre. The company has worked with prominent actors including Ewen Macintosh and Lucy Davenport.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Song of Songs Tanya [2]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002FeedbackJournalist
2004 Green Wing NurseEpisode: "Emergency"
EastEnders Ms. Ibrahim2 episodes
Holby City Nadia AhmedEpisode: "The Eleventh Commandment"
Doctors PC VermaEpisode: "Testimony"
2004-2006 Murder City Dr. Anvar 'Annie' ParvezSeries regular
2005 Totally Frank LouisaEpisode: "Ladylove"
Broken News Laura BerthouldMiniseries
2006 The Bill Sabirah HossienEpisode: "A Different Type of Threat"
2007 Holby City Jane ReevesEpisode: "Can't Buy Me Love"
2008 A Touch of Frost Susan HepworthEpisode: "Mind Games"
2009 Law & Order: UK Elena AdaniEpisode: "Unsafe"
2010 Casualty Jemma BlundyEpisode: "Nice and Easy Does It"
2011 Waking the Dead Nazeem AhmedEpisode: "Conviction"
Lewis DC Karen MiddletonEpisode: "Wild Justice"
2013 The Tunnel TV News Journalist1 episode
2015 Holby City Milly RenwickEpisode: "Infallible"
2016 Doctors Alice ChaykinEpisode: "The Gooseberry"
Silent Witness Sabeen MalikEpisode: "Flight: Part 1"
Agatha Raisin Daisy JonesEpisode: "Witch of Wyckhadden"
2017 Absentia Agent EricssonRecurring role [3]
Bounty Hunters DI SuleimanRecurring role
2018 Midsomer Murders Emani TaylorEpisode: "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"
Casualty DC Vic1 episode
2018-2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators DI MarloweSeries regular
2018-2020 There She Goes KatrinaRecurring role [3]
2020 Cobra D.I. Hope2 episodes
Trying Zareen2 episodes
The Salisbury Poisonings DI Lata MishraSeries regular [3]

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References

  1. Fabrique. "Amber Agar — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. "Amber Agar". MUBI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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