---
name: "Hiftu Quasem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hiftu-quasem"
fi1m_id: "hiftu-quasem"
imdb_id: "nm7073256"
tmdb_id: 1729468
wikidata_id: "Q106828495"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:07:39.903637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hiftu Quasem

## Identity

Hiftu Quasem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hiftu-quasem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hiftu-quasem
- **IMDb ID:** nm7073256
- **TMDB ID:** 1729468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106828495
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106828495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7073256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1729468

Actor. Born 1 January 1990 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1990, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106828495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7073256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1729468

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hostage*](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hiftu Quasem is a Scottish actress. She was born in Aberdeen and studied civil engineering at the University of Glasgow before working as a researcher on BBC Radio 4’s *Today* programme. She later trained at the Oxford School of Drama, completing its one-year acting course.

Quasem began her screen career in short films and made her television debut in episodes of *Killing Eve* (2020) and *Traces* (2019). She has since appeared as Falka in *The Witcher* (2023), Misha Virani in *Ten Percent* (2022), Joyce in *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022), Meg in *Something in the Water* (2024) and Amna in *Sebastian* (2024). In 2025 she played Ayesha in the series *Hostage* and Shona Randall in *Lockerbie: A Search for Truth*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com, manchestereveningnews.co.uk, oxforddrama.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hostage* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Ayesha — [page](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md)
- *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Joyce — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-going-to-hurt.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hostage* (2025), series, as Ayesha — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md)
- *Lockerbie: A Search for Truth* (2025), series, as Shona Randall
- *Sebastian* (2024), as Amna
- *Something in the Water* (2024), as Meg
- *The Witcher: Blood Origin* (2022), series, as Voice of Light (voice)
- *Granite Harbour* (2022), series, as Sandy Hepburn
- *Miles* (2022), Actor
- *Ten Percent* (2022), series, as Misha Virani
- *This Is Going to Hurt* (2022), series, as Joyce — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-going-to-hurt.md)
- *Gutterwitch* (2020), as Safi
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Falka — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Killing Eve* (2018), series, as Hotel Receptionist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)
- *Tehzeeb* (2015), as Tehzeeb
- *Keep Her Quiet*, as Arzu

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