Tahirah Amandla Sharif is a British actress noted mainly for her roles as student Carrie Norton in ''
Waterloo Road'' in 2015, Rebecca Jessel in the
Netflix
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horror anthology series ''
The Haunting of Bly Manor
''The Haunting of Bly Manor'' is an American gothic romance drama streaming television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and released on October 9, 2020 by Netflix. The second entry in Flanagan's '' The Haunting'' anthology series, it mostly ...
'' in 2020, and PC Lizzie Adama in
''The Tower'' in 2021 for which she received a Supporting Actress
BAFTA nomination for.
Acting education
Tahirah Amandla Sharif is a British actress from
Brixton
Brixton is a district in south London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in population during the 19th ce ...
, South West London, England born to a Pakistani mother and Jamaican father. Sharif's first taste of acting was in a school play at the age of six.
At 16 years of age, Sharif joined the
Brit School
The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, danc ...
for Performing Arts & Technology in
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
, London.
Later continuing her acting education attending evening classes at the
Identity School of Acting
Identity School of Acting is a part-time drama school that was founded in London, England by Femi Oguns in 2003. A second branch and campus opened in Los Angeles, California in 2018.
Identity School of Acting began in 2003 with 10 students at ...
in London.
Career
One of Sharif's first roles was in
Film 4
Film4 is a British free-to-air television network owned by Channel Four Television Corporation launched on 1 November 1998, devoted to broadcasting films. While its standard-definition channel is available on Freeview and Freesat platforms, it ...
short ''See Me'' as the lead.
In 2012, Sharif appeared in each episode of the
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'' as Chantal Essian. In the same year Sharif played Esther Adams in the stage production of ''
.