Shaheen Khan (born 1960) is a British film, television and stage actress and playwright of Indian descent, based in London.
Career Film and television Khan is best known for her role as Mrs Bhamra in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. Other films in which she has performed include Bhaji on the Beach (1993) and It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010). On television, she has had a recurring role in Casualty and a guest role in the Doctor Who episode Demons of the Punjab.
Theatre As a playwright, Khan has written several performances for BBC Radio 4 with Sudha Bhuchar, the most successful of which was Girlies (1997). Also with Bhuchar, she wrote the stage play Balti Kings, which debuted in 1999 and was produced by Tamasha Theatre Company. Balti Kings was also rewritten by both for its appearance in Sydney, Australia, where it was renamed to The Curry Kings of Parrammatta. 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. 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. In 2015 she played Lady Macbeth in a contemporary Asian production of Macbeth produced by multicultural theatre production company Tara Arts.
Awards and honours For her role in Bend It Like Beckham, Khan earned a 2003 nomination for a Satellite Award for best Supporting Actress. As a British Indian, she has been recognized for her contributions to the arts with an Asian Women of Achievement Award.
Filmography + Year Title Role Notes 1986 Love Match Rehana TV film 1987 Boon Dr. Hamill Episode: "Wheels of Fortune" 1987 Partition 1987 Tandoori Nights Neelam Episode: "Holy Deadlock" 1988 London's Burning Samina Episode #1.2 1988 Screen Two Naseem Episode: "Love Birds" 1988 Casualty Kiran Joghill 10 episodes 1990 Screen Two Zelda Episode: "Old Flames" 1990 The Bill Ruth Davdra Episode: "Interpretations" 1991 Family Pride Shoba Kilmar 1992 Screen Two Maryam Episode: "My Sister-Wife" 1993 Medics Jaya Chaudry Episode #3.6 1993 Bhaji on the Beach Simi 1993 The Bill Veena Patel Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" 1994 Grange Hill Grace Episode #17.2 1994 Captives Estate Agent 1996 Hollow Reed Dr. Razmu 1997 Flight Ma TV film 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" 2001 Yo Awesome Awesome! Dancer Episode: "Teeth" 2002 Bend It Like Beckham Mrs. Bhamra 2004 Holby City Varsha Persaud Episode: "Braver Soul Than I" 2004 Pink Ludoos Mrs. Dhaliwal 2005 The Mistress of Spices Jagit's Mother 2006 Provoked Jamila 2006 The Bill Jamila Khan Episode: "434: A Different Type of Threat - Part 1" 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 2010 Small Gifts The Woman Short film 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 2018 Doctor Who Hasna Episode: "Demons of the Punjab" 2018 Only the Lonely Shelina Short film 2018 The Reluctant Landlord Jayanthi 9 episodes 2019 Apple Tree House Grandma Zainab 71 episodes 2020 Mogul Mowgli Aunty Tasneem 2022 India 1947: Partition in Colour Narrator Two-part documentary 2023Maternal Sania Masoom ITV drama
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