Rakhee Thakrar
Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Shabnam Masood in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education (2019–present). She also plays the Eighth Doctor's companion, Bliss in Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Time War audio dramas. THEATRE includes Paradise Now! At The Bush; There or Here at the Park Theatre; Astronauts of Hartlepool at the VAULT Festival; Free Booze at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Retalisation at the Peepul Centre; Somewhere Over The Rainbow at the Phoenix Theatre. TELEVISION includes Man Like Mobeen, Karen Pirie, I Jack White, Finders Keepers, Sex Education, Rules of the Game, The Girl Before, Criminal: UK, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Eastenders, Peep Show, The Jury, Doctors and Banglatown Banquet. FILM includes September Says, Spirit of Place, Wonka, My Happy Ending, End-O, 23 Walks, Summerland, Running Naked, Juliet Remembered, and Page Eight.
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Credits
- 2026 · The Oresteia as Chandra
- 2025 · Mouse! as Priya
- 2025 · I, Jack Wright as Laura Johnstone
- 2025 · September Says as Sheela
- 2024 · Spirit of Place as
- 2024 · Finders Keepers as DS Doyle
- 2023 · Wonka as Lottie Bell
- 2023 · My Happy Ending as Imaan
- 2022 · Karen Pirie as Bel Richmond
- 2022 · Rules of the Game as Maya Benshaw
- 2021 · The Girl Before as Mia
- 2020 · Running Naked as Jade
- 2020 · 23 Walks as Registrar
- 2020 · Summerland as Mrs. Evans
- 2019 · End-O as Dr. Womaan
- 2019 · Criminal: UK as Nasreen Shah
- 2019 · Extinction as
- 2019 · Four Weddings and a Funeral as Fatima
- 2019 · Sex Education as Emily Sands
- 2017 · Man Like Mobeen as Uncle Shady's Daughter
- 2014 · Invizimals as Jazmin (voice)
- 2011 · DCI Banks as Lab Assistant
- 2011 · Page Eight as Muna Hammami
- 2009 · No Signal! as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Banglatown Banquet as Rozena
- 2003 · Peep Show as Waitress