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name: "Leila Khan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leila-khan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 May 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:13:36.618414+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."
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# Leila Khan

Actor. Born 2 May 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 May 2005
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136480125, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14069161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4142627

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Heartstopper*](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md) (79)

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## Biography

Leila Khan is an English actress. She is known for her role as Sahar Zahid in the Netflix series *Heartstopper* (2023–2026) and the film *Heartstopper Forever* (2026).

Khan grew up in Harlow and moved to Great Dunmow at the age of fourteen. She studied at Helena Romanes School before graduating with a First Class Honours degree in Drama and English Literature from Anglia Ruskin University.

She joined the cast of *Heartstopper* in its second season. Khan has also appeared in the BBC series *Death in Paradise* (2023) and starred as Amira Dhawan in *Crookhaven* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heartstopper* (2022), Fi1m 79, as Sahar Zahid — [page](https://film.one/tv/heartstopper.md)

## Also known for

- *Heartstopper Forever* (2026), Sahar Zahid

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