Nina Wadia OBE is an award winning actress renowned for her timeless sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, as well as her role as Zainab Masood in BBC One’s Eastenders for which she won ‘Best Comedy Performance’ and ‘Best Onscreen Partnership’ at the British Soap Awards.  

Television: Count Abdulla [ITVX], Sandman [Netflix], The Hitmen [Amazon Prime], The Outlaws [BBC One/Amazon Prime], Tweedy & Fluff [Channel 5], Danny & Mick [CBBC], Too Close [ITV], Death In Paradise [BBC One], MAXXX [Channel 4/HULU], Still Open All Hours [BBC One], Origin [YouTube Original Series], Newark Newark [Gold], Murder On The Blackpool Express [Gold/BBC Two] and Holby City [BBC One]. 

Theatre: Bleak Expectations [Criterion Theatre, West End], The Vagina Monologues [Tony Award Winning], Macbeth [with Mark Rylance] & Matchbox Theatre [Hampstead Theatre]. 

Film: Code 46, Sixth Happiness, Bend It Like Beckham, I Can’t Think Straight, Bollywood hit Namaste London, Strangeways Here We Come & Four, which she also exec produced.  

More recently Nina starred opposite Will Smith in Disney favourite Aladdin, A Streetcat Named Bob, and its sequel A Gift From Bob. She can also currently be seen in the movies, Repeat, The Stranger in our Bed and Followers. 

Guest Appearances: Nina has hosted The One Show, The Wright Stuff, Remembrance Day Ceremonies alongside Sir Michael Palin and has been a regular presenter on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live.