Acting
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Nimisha Odedra
Acting
Biography
Nimisha Odedra is an actress and writer. She trained at Bath Spa School of Music and Performing Arts, (1st Class Hons) Theatre credits include: What Fatima Did (Tamasha); Dracula (European Tour); The Care Project (Old Diorama Arts Centre); Beggar’s Opera (Old Theatre Royal Bath); A Storm in a Chai Cup (Phizzical); 3am (Curve Theatre) Television credits include: Anna Man Ancestry (Sky); So Beano (Sky); Modern Horror Stories (Comedy Central); The Good Guys (BBC Three) Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Three); Man Like Mobeen (BBC Three); Spy School (CITV); Comic Relief (BBC One); All together Now (BBC Three); Quickies (BBC Three); Host the Week (Channel 4); Revolting (BBC Two). Film credits include: Firrke (Thug); Finding Fatima (Esplanade Vale Media); Arifa (Shono Productions Ltd); White (Apple Tree Movies); Descendants (Raymond Productions); Aminah (Williams Co); Aashiqui (Film Bazaar). Further Credits: BBC Radio 4 -Alexei Sayle’s Absence of Normal; Academy of Joy; Newsjack and Sketchtopia
Feature Films (3)
Shahid struggles to find love in the Asian community due to the stigma of his divorce, several years prior.
Finding Fatimah
Princess doesn’t say much. She loves her dad, but charity does not always start at home.
Have Some
Television & Series (10)
A series of comedy shorts, curated by Romesh Ranganathan and varying from studio clip shows to comedic entertainment documentaries as well as everything in between.
Romesh Presents
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
Silo
Jolyon Rubinstein and Heydon Prowse satirise the state of the nation via characters old and new and by mixing together a combination of comedy sketches and pranks.
Revolting
A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.
Landscapers
Mrs. Sidhu is a high-end caterer with a taste for crime. Recently widowed, she juggles her new catering business with encouraging her wayward son Tez to find his passion, all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law. Her forays into sleuthing see her form an unofficial partnership with long-suffering divorcee DCI Burton who reluctantly accepts that together they're an unbeatable crime-fighting duo, much to the bemusement of his partner, DS Mint.
