Quick Facts
Born:
1975-02-20
Birthplace:
Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Credits:
24 Total Roles
Zita Sattar
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Biography
Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, theatre, and film actress from Birmingham. Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founding members of Birmingham's Central Junior Television Workshop. She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London.
Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, According to Bex, Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors, and Flowers.
Her theatre roles include: Top Girls, Clubbed Out, Let's Go to the Fair, Hansel and Gretel, One Night, D'yer Eat with your Fingers, and Romeo and Juliet. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010).[2] She has starred in the following low-budget films: The Final Curtain, Esther Kahn, Janice Beard 45wpm, and Large.
Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, According to Bex, Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors, and Flowers.
Her theatre roles include: Top Girls, Clubbed Out, Let's Go to the Fair, Hansel and Gretel, One Night, D'yer Eat with your Fingers, and Romeo and Juliet. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010).[2] She has starred in the following low-budget films: The Final Curtain, Esther Kahn, Janice Beard 45wpm, and Large.
Known For
Years and Years
Yvonne Bukhari
Another Me
Mira
Call the Midwife
Josie Smith
The Worst Witch
Mrs Maria Tapioca
Father Brown
Mavis Jug
Creeped Out
Hannah
Flowers
Barbara
Casualty
Anna Paul
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Until I Kill You TV | DC Ruth Croft |
| 2023 | Phoenix Rise TV | Miss Abel |
| 2021 | The Cleaner TV | Ruth Edwards |
| 2020 | I Hate Suzie TV | Nadia |
| 2019 | Responsible Child MOVIE | Sam Delaney |
| 2019 | Years and Years TV | Yvonne Bukhari |
| 2017 | Creeped Out TV | Hannah |
| 2017 | The Worst Witch TV | Mrs Maria Tapioca |
| 2016 | Flowers TV | Barbara |
| 2015 | Derek Special MOVIE | Cath |