Harvey Virdi

Harvey Virdi is a British actress of Indian descent. She trained at Academy Drama School in London.

Career

Her theatre credits include The Borrowers, Tiger Country and Tales From The Harrow Road, When We are Married, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Square Circle and Playboy of the Asian World, Airport 2000, and Jatinder Verma's production of Exodus. In 2003, she was 'Mrs Peachum' in a touring production of The Threepenny Opera for the Royal National Theatre. In 2004 she gave a critically acclaimed Maria in an Indian-themed production of Twelfth Night at the Albery Theatre. She also appeared as Nina Mandal, in Coronation Street. She was a supporting cast member in two seasons of Class Dismissed.
Her film credits include Bend It Like Beckham, Anita and Me, Thunderbirds, Bride and Prejudice, The [Mistress of Spices (film)|The Mistress of Spices], Honour, Jadoo, and Brick Lane.
Television credits include The Kumars at No. 42, Boohbah, Doctors, Lucky Man, and Whose Baby?.
She has also appeared in various radio plays including in 2009, in "The Inheritance Of Loss By Kiran Desai".
As a writer, her credits include 'There's Something About Simmy', 'The Deranged Marriage', 'Miss Meena & the Masala Queens' 2017 RIFCO Arts, 'Happy Birthday Sunita', 2014 RIFCO Arts and 'Meri Christmas' 2006 RIFCO Arts.
She appeared in Citizen Khan as regular character 'Mrs Malik'.
In May 2017 it was announced Virdi had joined the cast of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks playing Dr. Misbah Maalik. She departed on 1 June 2020, but this was soon confirmed as a temporary exit, with Virdi returning to the role on 21 September 2020.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Staying Alive	Dr. Claire Ryan	Series 1: Episode 1
1996	The Bill	Parminda Kulkarni	Episode: "Kick Me Hard"
1996, 2009	Casualty	Nurse Reena Pal ; Shaheen	Episode: "Night Moves" and "And Then There Were Three"
2003	Boohbah	Mrs. Lady	26 episodes
2003	Hear the Silence	Dr. Ash's receptionist	Two-part television film
2004	Whose Baby?	Solicitor	Television film
2004, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015	Doctors	Parminder Shand ; Hamsa Shah ; Nina Sarwar ; Selma Chaudhary ; Harshida Sutaria	Episodes: "Ill Feelings", "Managing Expectations", "Protection", "The Fires of Midwinter" and "Mother to Be"
2005	Cherished	Woman Doctor	Episode: "It's Alright, I Am a Doctor"
2006	Murphy's Law	Isha Iqbal	Series 4: Episode 3
2006, 2012	Holby City	Shirley O'Donnell ; Molly Sharma	Episodes: "The Very Thought of You" and "Kids' Stuff"
2007	Britz	Kaneez	Television film
2008	Coronation Street	Nina Mandal	Recurring role; 22 episodes
2011	Little Crackers	Auntie Nimmi	Episode: "Sanjeev Bhaskar's Little Cracker: Papaji Saves Christmas"
2011	The Jury	Nurse	2 episodes
2012–2016	Citizen Khan	Mrs. Malik	Recurring role; 16 episodes
2014	The Kumars	Hawney	All 6 episodes
2016	Class Dismissed	Various	11 episodes
2016–2017	The Windsors	Doctor	2 episodes
2017	Lucky Man	Sheffali	Episode: "Luck Be a Lady"
2017	Not Going Out	Counsellor	Episode: "Marriage Guidance"
2017–present	Hollyoaks	Misbah Maalik	Series regular