Biography
Nisha Nayar is a British actress. Born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, she moved with her family to Toronto, Canada, at the age of six and later to the United Kingdom, where she grew up in St Albans, Hertfordshire. She trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School in London.
Nayar made her screen debut in 1987 with an uncredited role in Doctor Who. She appeared as Jamila in the 1993 BBC series The Buddha of Suburbia and as Ladhu in the 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach. Her television credits include Elaine "the Pain" Boyak in The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005), the female programmer in Doctor Who (2005), Dr Rahael Malik in The Bay (2019), and DS Fran Keeley in Before We Die (2021). Film roles include the hospice nurse in In America (2003).
