Dina Mousawi
Dina Mousawi | |
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| Born | 30 November 1978[1] |
| Nationality | British |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1[2] |
Dina Mousawi is a London-based British Arab actress, presenter and co-author of Syria Recipes From Home.
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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