Shaheen Khan (British actress)

This article is about the British actress. For other people with the same name, see Shaheen Khan.
Shaheen Khan
Born1960 (age 64–65)
Moshi, Tanganyika
Alma materKingston University[1]
Occupation(s)Actress and playwright
Years active1976–present[1]
ChildrenSophie Khan Levy

Shaheen Khan (born 1960 in Moshi, Tanganyika)[1] is a British film, television and stage actress and playwright of Indian descent,[2] based in London.[3]

Career

Film and television

Khan is best known for her role as Mrs Bhamra in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham.[2] Other films in which she has performed include Bhaji on the Beach (1993)[4] and It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010).[5] On television, she has had a recurring role in Casualty[1] and a guest role in the Doctor Who episode Demons of the Punjab.[6]

Theatre

As a playwright, Khan has written several performances for BBC Radio 4 with Sudha Bhuchar, the most successful of which was Girlies (1997).[1] Also with Bhuchar, she wrote the stage play Balti Kings, which debuted in 1999 and was produced by Tamasha Theatre Company.[7] Balti Kings was also rewritten by both for its appearance in Sydney, Australia, where it was renamed to The Curry Kings of Parrammatta.[8] Another production involving Tamasha and Bhuchar was A Tainted Dawn, which covered sketches relaying real accounts of the 1947 Partition of India and its impact on communities, which Khan starred in for two separate sketches.[9] A co-written screenplay with Bhuchar, The House across the Street, was created as a part of a new writer's initiative at the BBC and aired on BBC4.[10] In 2015 she played Lady Macbeth in a contemporary Asian production of Macbeth produced by multicultural theatre production company Tara Arts.[11][12]

Awards and honours

For her role in Bend It Like Beckham, Khan earned a 2003 nomination for a Satellite Award for best Supporting Actress.[13] As a British Indian, she has been recognized for her contributions to the arts with an Asian Women of Achievement Award.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 Love Match Rehana TV film [14]
1987 Boon Dr. Hamill Episode: "Wheels of Fortune" [1]
1987 Partition
1987 Tandoori Nights Neelam Episode: "Holy Deadlock" [14]
1988 London's Burning Samina Episode #1.2 [1]
1988 Screen Two Naseem Episode: "Love Birds" [14]
1988 Casualty Kiran Joghill 10 episodes [1]
1990 Screen Two Zelda Episode: "Old Flames" [14]
1990 The Bill Ruth Davdra Episode: "Interpretations" [14]
1991 Family Pride Shoba Kilmar [14]
1992 Screen Two Maryam Episode: "My Sister-Wife" [1]
1993 Medics Jaya Chaudry Episode #3.6 [1]
1993 Bhaji on the Beach Simi [4]
1993 The Bill Veena Patel Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" [14]
1994 Grange Hill Grace Episode #17.2 [1]
1994 Captives Estate Agent [15]
1996 Hollow Reed Dr. Razmu [16]
1997 Flight Ma TV film [1]
2000 Doctors P.C. Penny Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
2000 Animated Tales of the World Podni / Kitten / Stream Episode: "Podna and Podni: A Story from Pakistan"
2001 Holby City Shireen Hasani Episode: "Rogue Males" [14]
2001 Yo Awesome Awesome! Dancer Episode: "Teeth"
2002 Bend It Like Beckham Mrs. Bhamra [2]
2004 Holby City Varsha Persaud Episode: "Braver Soul Than I"
2004 Pink Ludoos Mrs. Dhaliwal [3]
2005 The Mistress of Spices Jagit's Mother [17]
2006 Provoked Jamila
2006 The Bill Jamila Khan Episode: "434: A Different Type of Threat - Part 1" [14]
2006 Spooks Ruby MacKenzie Episode: "Gas and Oil: Part 2"
2007 My Life as a Popat Shoba Popat 13 episodes (6 in 2004, 7 in 2007)
2007 Americanizing Shelley Kirat J. Singh
2007 Britz Shahnaz Wahid TV film
2008 In His Shoes Mummy Short film
2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Manjit Kaur [5]
2010 Small Gifts The Woman Short film [18]
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Dia's Aunt
2011 Everywhere and Nowhere Rubena Khan
2014 Casualty Elena Kalpar Episode: "To Yourself Be True"
2014 Honeycomb Lodge Jas' Mother
2015 A World For Her Toto Short film
2016 The Five Mrs. Palmer Episode #1.4
2016 In The Club Sumita 4 episodes (1 in 2014, 3 in 2016)
2017 Unforgotten GP Episode #2.2
2017 Those Four Walls Shobha
2017 The Boy with the Topknot Aunt Sharanjit TV film [19]
2018 Doctor Who Hasna Episode: "Demons of the Punjab" [6]
2018 Only the Lonely Shelina Short film
2018 The Reluctant Landlord Jayanthi 5 episodes [20]
2019 Apple Tree House Grandma Zainab 71 episodes [21]
2020 Mogul Mowgli Aunty Tasneem
2022 India 1947: Partition in Colour Narrator Two-part documentary [22]
2023 Maternal Sania Masoom Upcoming ITV drama [23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Donnell, Alison (2002). Companion to contemporary Black British culture. London: Routledge. p. 236. ISBN 978-0415169899. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Two Indians among UK's "Asian Women of Achievement Awards" winners". Hindustan Times. 26 May 2006.
  3. ^ a b Michael D. Reid (13 June 2004). "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan in B.C. to shoot film Pink Ludoos". CanWest News.
  4. ^ a b Turan, Kenneth (June 22, 1994). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Bhaji on the Beach': More Than Sand, Surf : Gurinder Chadha's film is an insightful look at the difficulties of bridging cultures and generations, but it never forgets to have fun". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "It's A Wonderful Afterlife — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010.
  6. ^ a b Emma Nolan (11 November 2018). "Doctor Who season 11 start time: What time does Doctor Who start tonight?". Daily Express.
  7. ^ Sierz, Aleks (2014). "Theatre in the 1990s". Modern British Playwriting: The 1990s. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 9781408129289.
  8. ^ Bond, Edward (October 29, 2020). Theatre in Times of Crisis: 20 Scenes for the Stage in Troubled Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781350188822.
  9. ^ "Shaheen Khan – Photograph". sadaa.co.uk. South Asia Diaspora Arts Archive. 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Bose, Neilesh, ed. (March 26, 2009). Beyond Bollywood and Broadway: Plays from the South Asian Diaspora. Indiana University Press. p. 325. ISBN 9780253027917.
  11. ^ "Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful..." Norwich Evening News. 9 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Bend It Like Beckham actress Shaheen Khan takes on the role of her life as Lady Macbeth at Finchley's artsdepot". Barnet Borough Times. 5 March 2015.
  13. ^ Maldonado, Ryan (December 17, 2003). "Satellites pix picked". Variety. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bhuchar, Sudha; Landon-Smith, Kristine (2004). Strictly Dandia. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780413774224.
  15. ^ Fhaner, Beth A. (1997). Magill's Cinema Annual: A Retrospective of the Films of 1996. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578590438.
  16. ^ Pym, John, ed. (1998). Time Out Film Guide. Penguin Books. p. 397. ISBN 9780140275254.
  17. ^ "'Mistress Of Spices' is bland fare". Hindustan Times. 2 May 2006.
  18. ^ "Cannes to see Short films of the law". The Scotsman. 1 May 2010.
  19. ^ "The Boy with the Topknot (BBC2, 9PM-10:30PM)". The Courier. November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  20. ^ "Sky orders a second series of Romesh Ranganathan's Reluctant Landlord". Chortle. September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  21. ^ "CBeebies announce new drama Apple Tree House". BBC. 30 June 2016.
  22. ^ "India 1947: Partition in Colour". channel4.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  23. ^ "ITV commissions six part medical drama, Maternal". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 28 July 2022.