Bharti Patel is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Ruhma Carter on the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. For her portrayal of Ruhma, she has been nominated for numerous awards at the

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and ''Inside Soap'' Awards.

Career

Patel made her professional acting debut as a shop assistant in an episode of the BBC drama series ''

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''. In 2003, she appeared as a dancer in the feature film '' What a Girl Wants''. In 2012, she portrayed the roles of Ursula and Verges in a production of ''

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'' at the

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. In 2015, Bharti began portraying the role of Ruhma Carter in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. The next year, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the

. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the

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series ''

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'' as Mama Khan, and in 2019, she portrayed the role of Manju in the

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sitcom ''

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''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Bharti 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Coventry English film actresses English soap opera actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)