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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
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horror anthology series ''
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'' 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
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, 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
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for Performing Arts & Technology in
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, London. Later continuing her acting education attending evening classes at the
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in London.


Career

One of Sharif's first roles was in
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short ''See Me'' as the lead. In 2012, Sharif appeared in each episode of the
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drama, ''
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'' as Madison as well as appearing in the second series of ITV drama ''
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'' as Chantal Essian. In the same year Sharif played Esther Adams in the stage production of ''
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'' at The National Theatre and as Dunyazade in the stage production of ''Arabian Nights'' at the
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. Sharif then appeared in her first feature film, ''The Invisible Woman'' as Rosa, starring alongside
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and
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. In 2013, Sharif was cast as the teenage daughter of Martin Ashford ( Patrick Robinson),
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in the BBC television series ''Casualty''. Ella was billed as "mischievous, a true troublemaker and determined to cause trouble for Ash ather, Martin. Sharif's first scenes aired on 4 May 2013 and final scenes over a year later, on 17 May 2014. After ''Casualty'', Sharif reprised her role as Esther Adams in the stage production of ''
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'' for its UK national tour. Sharif starred in the final ten episodes of long-running school drama, '' Waterloo Road'', as student Carrie Norton in 2015. Her storylines included the return of her brother, Guy Braxton (Regé-Jean Page) and her relationship with Lenny Brown (Joe Slater). Sharif went onto play Kile in sci fi short film ''Pulsar'' in 2015 alongside
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. The same year, Sharif played Katie in ''Firebird'' at
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. The play was so successful that it got transferred to west end theatre
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in 2016. In 2017, Sharif was cast as Melissa in ''
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'',
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's hugely successful foray into holiday films. There were a further two films, as the first film proved incredibly popular. ''A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding'' and ''A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby'' released on
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in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Sharif also starred as Rebecca Jessel in the Netflix horror anthology series ''
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'', which was released in October 2020.


Filmography


Film


Television


Theatre


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharif, Tahira Living people Actresses from London Alumni of the Identity School of Acting Black British actresses English film actresses English television actresses English people of Jamaican descent English people of Pakistani descent People from the London Borough of Lambeth Year of birth missing (living people)