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Zaraah Clover Abrahams (born 7 January 1987) is an English actress and voiceover artist. She is known for her roles as Magda in '' Girls in Love'' from 2003 to 2005, Michaela White in the

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school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' from 2008 to 2010 and Joanne Jackson in the

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'' from 2005 to 2007. She then competed in the third series of the

talent show ''

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'', and later returned as a contestant for the All Star series in 2014. In 2020, Abrahams joined the cast of ''

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'', in the role of

Chelsea Fox Chelsea Fox (also Atkins) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Tiana Benjamin from 2006 to 2010, and then Zaraah Abrahams from 2020 onwards. Benjamin was cast in the role and she left her role in the '' Harr ...

Early life

Abrahams was born in a hospital in

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of Iraqi and Barbadian descent on her mother's side and of Jamaican descent on her father's side. She grew up in

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and is the eldest of 3 siblings. She attended the

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for her secondary education, landing the role of Magda in the TV Adaptation of

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's '' Girls in Love'' while still a pupil there. At the age of 17, she left London to pursue a career in acting in Manchester after landing the role of Joanne Jackson in ''

''.

Career

Abrahams previously starred as Magda in the

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show '' Girls in Love'' and as Joanne Jackson in the

soap ''

''. In 2008, she joined the cast of '' Waterloo Road'' in a recurring role as student

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. The character became part of the core cast for the fourth series in 2009 and remained with the show until her exit at the end of the fifth series in 2010. She starred in the 2013 short film ''

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'' on

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which was nominated for short film of the year, and where she was seen by

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. In 2014, Lee cast her as the female lead, Ganja Hightower in the ''

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'' homage ''

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'', her first

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film. In 2015 Abrams moved to

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to film American television drama ''

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''. In 2008, Abrahams participated in ITV's celebrity skating series ''

'', as a replacement for the injured

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. Her partner was skater

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. The pair finished in third place. In 2015, she joined the cast of the

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series ''

'', a medical drama directed by

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, set around a New York hospital in the early 20th century. She portrayed the role of Opal. In October 2020, it was announced that Abrahams would be taking over the role of

in the BBC soap ''

''. Her first episode as Chelsea was broadcast on 25 December 2020.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abrahams, Zaraah 1987 births 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts Black British actresses British actresses of Asian descent English child actresses English people of Barbadian descent English people of Jamaican descent English people of Iraqi descent English television actresses English soap opera actresses Living people