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Aruhan Galieva
Aruhan Galieva (born August 1991) is a British-Kazakh actress, musician, comedian, and environmentalist. Early lifeGalieva was born in Leeds, Yorkshire to Kazakh violinist Marat Bisengaliev and British flutist Stina Wilson. She began singing as a child and worked with Karl Jenkins, performing from the age of 11.[1] She attended the King's School, Canterbury from 2005 to 2010.[1] She was a music scholar and chorister at school.[2] Galieva joined the National Youth Theatre's REP Company.[3] CareerShe performed her singing debut aged 11 at the Abai Opera Theatre in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1] This was followed by her British debut at the Royal Albert Hall, London when she was 13.[1] Galieva gained prominence through her work as a solo soprano on Karl Jenkins' Tlep under Sony BMG and her work on the follow-up album Shakarim which was premiered at the Royal Festival Hall.[4] In 2012, Galieva appeared in Joe Wright's film adaptation of Anna Karenina.[5] In 2014, she was one of the leads in the BBC Three film Glasgow Girls,[1] a true story about the titular activists.[1] In 2015, she made her professional theatre debut at Shakespeare's Globe as Blanche of Castile in James Dacre's production of King John.[5] In 2016, Galieva appeared in "Men Against Fire", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.[5] From 2017 to 2018, she played Besa Kotti in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors.[5] In 2020, she appeared in "Can You Hear Me", the seventh episode for the twelfth series of Doctor Who.[1][5] Galieva brought her first solo comedy show Eco Maniac to the 2022 Brighton Fringe Festival,[6] for which she was awarded a Luke Rollason bursary. She was nominated for an Off West End Award for her supporting performance as Lauren in Kinky Boots at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch.[7] She has writing credits on the web series Nasty Neighbours and The B@it, as well as the SeanceCast.[5] In the 2022 local elections, Galieva unsuccessfully stood to represent Abbey Wood for the Green Party on Greenwich Council.[8] At the 2024 General Election, Galieva was the Green Party candidate for South Derbyshire. She became an ambassador for the Bat Conservation Trust.[9] Filmography
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