Nina Wadia

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Nina Wadia

Acting 57 December 18, 1968

Chingford, Essex, England, UK

Nina Wadia is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan, Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy Still Open A…

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Aladdin

Aladdin

7.1 2019 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
The Sandman

The Sandman

7.8 2022 TV Show
Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham

6.3 2002 Movie
Skins

Skins

8.1 2007 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob

7.9 2016 Movie
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise

7.4 2011 TV Show
Holby City

Holby City

5.8 1999 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show

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Nina Wadia is a British actress. She is known for portraying Zainab Masood in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Aunty Noor in Citizen Khan, Mrs Hussein in the BBC comedy Still Open All Hours and for starring in the BBC Two sketch show Goodness Gracious Me

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Fortune

    TV show Laura

  2. 2026
    Touché

    Movie Bhajan

  3. 2026
    Open All Hours: Inside Out

    Movie Self

  4. 2025
    Play for Today

    TV show Heather

  5. 2025
    Never Too Late

    Movie Heather

  6. 2025
    The Celebrity Inner Circle

    TV show Self - Participant

  7. 2025
    The Sunshine Murders

    TV show Barbara Boxhall

  8. 2025
    Celebrity Puzzling

    TV show Self - Panellist

  9. 2024
    Bonus Track

    Movie Headmistress

  10. 2024
    Bottom: Exposed

    Movie Self

  11. 2024
    Grand Indian Hotel

    TV show Narrator

  12. 2024
    Bunnyhood

    Movie Mum

  13. 2023
    Only Fools and Horses: Greatest Christmas Moments

    Movie Self

  14. 2023
    Bad Indian - the Villain Origin Story

    Movie Mum

  15. 2023
    Tweedy & Fluff

    TV show Narrator

  16. 2023
    Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    Movie Self - Contributor

More credits
  1. 2023
    Count Abdulla

    TV show Bushra Khan

  2. 2023
    Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

    Movie Self

  3. 2023
    Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs

    Movie Self

  4. 2023
    Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

    Movie Self

  5. 2022
    B&B by the Sea

    TV show Self

  6. 2022
    The Stranger in Our Bed

    Movie Mrs. Tanner

  7. 2022
    'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter

    Movie Self

  8. 2022
    The Sandman

    TV show Fate Mother

  9. 2022
    KAUR

    Movie Lakhwinder

  10. 2022
    The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

    Movie Self

  11. 2022
    Celebrity Catchpoint

    TV show Self

  12. 2022
    Newark, Newark

    TV show Heather

  13. 2022
    Followers

    Movie Becky Dubar

  14. 2021
    The Weakest Link

    TV show Self - Participant

  15. 2021
    Repeat

    Movie Megan

  16. 2021
    Sitting on a Fortune

    TV show Self - Contestant

  17. 2021
    The Outlaws

    TV show Shanthi

  18. 2021
    Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea

    TV show Self

  19. 2021
    Too Close

    TV show Dr Anita Rhys Evans

  20. 2021
    This Is My House

    TV show Self

  21. 2020
    A Christmas Gift from Bob

    Movie Anika

  22. 2020
    Between the Covers

    TV show Self

  23. 2020
    Rhyme Time Town

    TV show Molly (voice)

  24. 2020
    Isolation Stories

    TV show Yasmine