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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1984-02-29

Place of Birth

Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Rakhee Thakrar

Biography

Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Shabnam Masood in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present). She also plays the Eighth Doctor's companion, Bliss in Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Time War audio dramas. THEATRE includes Paradise Now! At The Bush; There or Here at the Park Theatre; Astronauts of Hartlepool at the VAULT Festival; Free Booze at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Retalisation at the Peepul Centre; Somewhere Over The Rainbow at the Phoenix Theatre. TELEVISION includes Man Like Mobeen, Karen Pirie, I Jack White, Finders Keepers, Sex Education, Rules of the Game, The Girl Before, Criminal: UK, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Eastenders, Peep Show, The Jury, Doctors and Banglatown Banquet. FILM includes September Says, Spirit of Place, Wonka, My Happy Ending, End-O, 23 Walks, Summerland, Running Naked, Juliet Remembered, and Page Eight.

Known for

Sex Education

Sex Education

Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.

The One Show

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

Peep Show

Peep Show

Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...

Wonka

Wonka

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

DCI Banks

DCI Banks

A thrilling drama based on the novels by Peter Robinson. Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.

Criminal: UK

Criminal: UK

Within the walls of an interrogation room, London investigators question suspects accused of grievous crimes until the truth comes to light.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Maya, the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London. She leaves her professional and personal life behind, in favor of traveling to England and reconnecting with old friends and ends up in the midst of their personal crises. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course, there are four weddings…and a funeral.

Man Like Mobeen

Man Like Mobeen

All Mobeen wants to do is follow his faith, lead a good life and keep his little sister on track. But with his dodgy past chasing him, can he stay on the right side of wrong?

Karen Pirie

Karen Pirie

When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential perpetrator. But when suspects start coming under attack, the cold case turns into an active investigation. Can Karen find the killer before it’s too late?

I, Jack Wright

I, Jack Wright

Explosive events unfold after Wright family patriarch Jack is discovered dead from a supposed suicide, leaving his immediate family utterly devastated.

The Girl Before

The Girl Before

A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who originally designed it, but everything may not be as it seems.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Keen detectorist Martin and his wheeler dealer soon to be son-in-law Ashley who, while on a boys bonding trip in the idyllic fields of rural Somerset, discover a hoard of buried Saxon treasure worth millions.

The Oresteia

The Oresteia

A family is haunted by its part in an unjust war, the painful burden of inherited trauma and intergenerational conflict, and the descent into an increasingly merciless vortex of violence. Simon Stone's adaptation of The Oresteia trilogy of Aeschylus' Greek tragedies (consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides), shows us that as long as humankind wages wars and families tear themselves apart, this story will remain painfully, cathartically relevant. Stage play performed at The Bridge Theatre in London, UK.

Running Naked

Running Naked

The friendship of cancer survivors Ben and Mark is tested when a piece of news forces each character to change their perspective. Old wounds are opened as they discover their true selves.

Page Eight

Page Eight

Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.