---
name: "Nisha Nayar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nisha-nayar"
fi1m_id: "nisha-nayar"
imdb_id: "nm0623236"
tmdb_id: 1229068
wikidata_id: "Q115728179"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 June 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:59:08.215095+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."
---

# Nisha Nayar

## Identity

Nisha Nayar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nisha-nayar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nisha-nayar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0623236
- **TMDB ID:** 1229068
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115728179
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisha_Nayar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115728179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229068

Actor. Born 7 June 1972 in Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 June 1972, Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisha_Nayar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115728179, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229068

## 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).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Buddha of Suburbia* (1993), Fi1m 74, as Jamila — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-buddha-of-suburbia.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Lynley* (2025), series, as Amani Havers
- *Unicorns* (2024), as Shamim
- *Chronos* (2019), as Liz
- *The Bay* (2019), series, as Dr. Rahael Malik
- *Cracker: Nine Eleven* (2006), as DS Saffron Saleh
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Female Programmer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me* (2004), as Elaine
- *In America* (2003), as Hospice Nurse
- *The Principles of Lust* (2003), as Olivia
- *Rose and Maloney* (2002), series, as Joyce Hammond
- *The Story of Tracy Beaker* (2002), series, as Elaine Boyak
- *The Darkest Light* (2000), as Nisha
- *Big Bad World* (1999), series, Actor
- *Out of Hours* (1998), series, as Debra Kumar
- *Sixth Happiness* (1997), as Tina
- *Different for Girls* (1996), as Angela
- *True Love* (1996), as Olive
- *Cardiac Arrest* (1994), series, as Nasreen
- *Memsahib Rita* (1994), as Shanti
- *The Buddha of Suburbia* (1993), series, as Jamila — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-buddha-of-suburbia.md)
- *Bhaji on the Beach* (1993), as Ladhu
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *From London with Love*, Actor

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