Poppy Jhakra (born 1984) is an English
actress
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from
West Yorkshire
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. She is best known for her roles in ''
Waterloo Road'' and ''
Coronation Street''.
Jhakra has appeared in ''
Holby City'', ''
Waking the Dead'' and ''
Doctors''. She graduated from ''
Rose Bruford College
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'' with a First Class degree in American Theatre Arts in 2005, spending a year on American conventions and techniques in Texas.
Jhakra has also appeared in
Peter Kosminsky
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s two part Channel 4 docu-film
Britz
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History
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. Following this she landed the part of the rebellious teenager
Minnie Chandra in ''
Coronation Street'', who she played for eighteen months. She initially auditioned for a different part, but impressed producers so much so in her meeting that the role of Minnie was written in for her.
Jhakra was also cast in Scallywagger and Inn Mates starring
Neil Morrissey, comedy sketch shows for the BBC playing various characters.
In July 2010, Jhakra was cast as new ambitious English teacher Eleanor Chaudry in the
BBC One
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school-based drama series, ''
Waterloo Road''.
Jhakra has also given a one-woman show called
Dance Without Movement in which she took her audiences through a journey of a young Asian woman's life in England as well as performing as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Windsor for
Bill Kenwright during Christmas 2009.
In August 2016, Jhakra appeared as "tricky" agency nurse
Amira Zafar in a feature-length special episode of ''
Casualty
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**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
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'', broadcast on 27 August 2016. Jhakra revealed on 5 October 2016 that Amira would appear in one further episode of the show, which she filmed between 5 October and 7 October.
Jhakra later appeared in episodes of Holby City in 2017, and 2019 as agency nurse Amira Zafar.
References
External links
Poppy Jhakraat the
Internet Movie Database
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1985 births
Living people
British actresses of South Asian descent
English soap opera actresses