Dina Mousawi is a London-based British Arab actress, presenter and co-author of Syria Recipes From Home.
Dina Mousawi | |
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| Born | 30 November 1978[1] |
| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Children | 1[2] |
Early life edit
Mousawi was born at Bradford Royal Infirmary in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, where she lived until she was six weeks old.[1] She spent her early years in Baghdad, Iraq.[1] Mousawi's father is an Iraqi[1] and her mother is Ukrainian.
In 1986, when she was eight years old, Mousawi and her family moved back to Bradford to escape the perils of the Iran-Iraq war.[1]
She attended Salt Grammar School in Shipley, Bradford, and trained at Stage 84 in Idle, Bradford.[1] Her professional acting career began at age ten when she took the lead in the ITV series The Prime Minister’s Brain on ITV.
Career edit
In 2003 she played Nikki in When Amar Met Jay at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.[3]
In 2003 she played Lana in the film Asylum (released on DVD in the USA as The Refuge) directed by Nigel Roffe-Barker.[1] It had its UK premiere at the Bradford Film Festival on the 19 March 2005.[4][1]
Mousawi has appeared in a host of household TV shows including Coronation Street, Dalziel and Pascoe, Cold Feet, King of Bollywood and T4 Summer Show.[5] She became a presenter of the T4 Summer Show in 2006 after co-winning the ME 4 T4 series, also in 2006 with Michael Blair being the other winner.[5]
Personal life edit
She is married to actor Jim Sturgess.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Film with local cast closes 11th festival". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 21 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "JimSturgess on Instagram: 'Happy Fathers Day 🖤'". Instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "East meets West at Playhouse". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 20 June 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Bradford Film Festival 05 | What's On". National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Dina's hitting the right notes". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Butter, Susannah (16 August 2019). "Jim Sturgess brings hoax with a painful legacy to life in new JT LeRoy biopic". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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