Nina Wadia

Nina Wadia

Known for
Acting
Born
December 18, 1968 (age 57)
Birthplace
Chingford, Essex, England, UK

Biography

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

Known For

Filmography

2026
Touché poster

Touché

Movie · as Bhajan

2026
Open All Hours: Inside Out poster

Open All Hours: Inside Out

Movie · as Self

2026
The Fortune poster

The Fortune

TV · as Laura · 4 eps

2025
Never Too Late poster

Never Too Late

Movie · as Heather

2025
The Celebrity Inner Circle poster

The Celebrity Inner Circle

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2025
Celebrity Puzzling poster

Celebrity Puzzling

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2025
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Heather · 1 ep

2025
The Sunshine Murders poster

The Sunshine Murders

TV · as Barbara Boxhall · 1 ep

2024
Bonus Track poster

Bonus Track

Movie · as Headmistress

2024
Bunnyhood poster

Bunnyhood

Movie · as Mum

2024
Bottom: Exposed poster

Bottom: Exposed

Movie · as Self

2024
Grand Indian Hotel poster

Grand Indian Hotel

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2023
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances poster

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

Movie · as Self

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

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: 50 Years Of Laughs

Movie · as Self

2023
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot poster

Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Movie · as Self

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story poster

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Movie · as Self - Contributor

2023
Bad Indian - the Villain Origin Story poster

Bad Indian - the Villain Origin Story

Movie · as Mum

2023
Only Fools and Horses: Greatest Christmas Moments poster

Only Fools and Horses: Greatest Christmas Moments

Movie · as Self

2023
Count Abdulla poster

Count Abdulla

TV · as Bushra Khan · 6 eps

2023
Tweedy & Fluff poster

Tweedy & Fluff

TV · as Narrator · 40 eps

2022
KAUR poster

KAUR

Movie · as Lakhwinder

2022
The Stranger in Our Bed poster

The Stranger in Our Bed

Movie · as Mrs. Tanner

2022
'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter poster

'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter

Movie · as Self

2022
Followers poster

Followers

Movie · as Becky Dubar

2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration poster

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2022
Celebrity Catchpoint

Celebrity Catchpoint

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Sandman poster

The Sandman

TV · as Fate Mother · 11 eps

2022
B&B by the Sea poster

B&B by the Sea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Newark, Newark poster

Newark, Newark

TV · as Heather · 3 eps

2021
Repeat poster

Repeat

Movie · as Megan

2021
Too Close poster

Too Close

TV · as Dr Anita Rhys Evans · 3 eps

2021
Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea poster

Susan Calman's Summer By the Sea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2021
Sitting on a Fortune poster

Sitting on a Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
The Outlaws poster

The Outlaws

TV · as Shanthi · 10 eps

2021
This Is My House poster

This Is My House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
A Christmas Gift from Bob poster

A Christmas Gift from Bob

Movie · as Anika

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Hitmen poster

Hitmen

TV · as Siobhan Burman · 1 ep

2020
Isolation Stories poster

Isolation Stories

TV · as Yasmine · 4 eps

2020
Rhyme Time Town poster

Rhyme Time Town

TV · as Molly (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Maxxx poster

Maxxx

TV · as Death · 2 eps

2019
The Queen's Corgi poster

The Queen's Corgi

Movie · as Patmore / Mrs Kapoor (voice)

2019
Aladdin poster

Aladdin

Movie · as Zulla

2019
Danny and Mick poster

Danny and Mick

TV · as Joy · 10 eps

2019
Catchpoint poster

Catchpoint

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Together poster

Together

Movie · as Mrs Justice Reed

2018
Strangeways Here We Come poster

Strangeways Here We Come

Movie · as Lucy

2018
Champions poster

Champions

TV · as Lubna · 1 ep

2018
Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2018
Origin poster

Origin

TV · as Venisha Gupta · 10 eps

2017
Finding Fatimah poster

Finding Fatimah

Movie · as Khadija

2017
Murder on the Blackpool Express poster

Murder on the Blackpool Express

Movie · as Moira

2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule poster

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Coconut poster

Coconut

TV · as Saira · 10 eps

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Participant · 5 eps

2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice poster

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain poster

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
The Last Dragonslayer poster

The Last Dragonslayer

Movie · as Mother Xenobia

2016
A Street Cat Named Bob poster

A Street Cat Named Bob

Movie · as Bus Conductress

2016
We Love Sitcom

We Love Sitcom

Movie · as Self

2016
Kiva Can Do poster

Kiva Can Do

TV · as Nanni · 1 ep

2016
Zapped poster

Zapped

TV · as Judge · 1 ep

2015
Amar Akbar & Tony poster

Amar Akbar & Tony

Movie · as Seema

2015
Hetty Feather poster

Hetty Feather

TV · as Mrs Penhaligon · 2 eps

2014
Still Open All Hours poster

Still Open All Hours

TV · as Mrs. Hussein · 40 eps

2014
Hank Zipzer poster

Hank Zipzer

TV · as Inspector · 1 ep

2013
Catchphrase poster

Catchphrase

TV · 1 ep

2013
Big Star's Little Star poster

Big Star's Little Star

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Keith Lemon: The Film poster

Keith Lemon: The Film

Movie · as Pat

2012
Citizen Khan poster

Citizen Khan

TV · as Aunty Noor · 1 ep

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Anna Masani · 4 eps

2011
Trollied poster

Trollied

TV · as Meg · 2 eps

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

2011
The Chase: Celebrity Special poster

The Chase: Celebrity Special

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2011
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side poster

Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2011
Big Brother's Bit on the Side poster

Big Brother's Bit on the Side

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2010
East Street poster

East Street

Movie · as Zainab Masood

2010
Mongrels poster

Mongrels

TV · as Nita (voice) · 1 ep

2010
EastEnders: E20 poster

EastEnders: E20

TV · as Zainab Masood · 1 ep

2008
I Can't Think Straight poster

I Can't Think Straight

Movie · as Housekeeper

2008
West 10 LDN poster

West 10 LDN

Movie · as Job Centre Clerk

2007
Namastey London poster

Namastey London

Movie · as Bebo M. Malhotra

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Anwar's Mum · 2 eps

2007
The Big Questions poster

The Big Questions

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Great British Menu poster

Great British Menu

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2006
The Apprentice: You're Fired! poster

The Apprentice: You're Fired!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Thin Ice

Thin Ice

TV · as Karen · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Dr Ramsden · 1 ep

2005
Casualty @Holby City

Casualty @Holby City

TV · as Jean · 1 ep

2005
Ethelbert the Tiger poster

Ethelbert the Tiger

TV · as Ethelbert (voice) · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Mughda Das · 1 ep

2003
Code 46 poster

Code 46

Movie · as Hospital Receptionist

2002
Bend It Like Beckham poster

Bend It Like Beckham

Movie · as Wedding Guest

2002
White Teeth poster

White Teeth

Movie · as Neena

2002
Offending Angels poster

Offending Angels

Movie · as Baggy's Ex 2

2002
All About Me poster

All About Me

TV · as Rupinder · 16 eps

2002
An Angel For May poster

An Angel For May

TV · as Science Teacher · 4 eps

2002
White Teeth poster

White Teeth

TV · as Neena · 4 eps

2001
We Know Where You Live. Live! poster

We Know Where You Live. Live!

Movie · as Self

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Roshni Mehta · 2 eps

2001
Murder in Mind poster

Murder in Mind

TV · as Meena Patel · 1 ep

2000
Chambers

Chambers

TV · as Maggie · 6 eps

2000
The Strangerers poster

The Strangerers

TV · as Waitress · 1 ep

2000
Perfect World poster

Perfect World

TV · as Maggie · 13 eps

2000
Doctors poster

Doctors

TV · as DS Coombs, Binita Prabhu · 1 ep

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as Annabelle Cooper · 5 eps

1998
Sixth Happiness poster

Sixth Happiness

Movie · as Dolly Kotwal

1998
Such a Long Journey poster

Such a Long Journey

Movie · as Sister Constance

1998
Goodness Gracious Me poster

Goodness Gracious Me

TV · 22 eps

1998
Animated World Faiths poster

Animated World Faiths

TV · as Radha (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Kiss Me Kate poster

Kiss Me Kate

TV · as Applicant · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Medora Salt · 1 ep

1994
What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny? poster

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

Movie · as Self

1994
The Vicar of Dibley poster

The Vicar of Dibley

TV · as Miss Carr · 1 ep

1991
2Point4 Children poster

2Point4 Children

TV · as Sharma · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Countryfile poster

Countryfile

TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Veena · 1 ep

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Zainab Masood · 1458 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · as Mina Kavia, Defence Councillor · 1 ep