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name: "Pooja Shah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pooja-shah"
fi1m_id: "pooja-shah"
imdb_id: "nm1001884"
tmdb_id: 1227682
wikidata_id: "Q7228531"
roles: []
born: "8 August 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T08:12:29.753078+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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# Pooja Shah

## Identity

Pooja Shah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pooja-shah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pooja-shah
- **IMDb ID:** nm1001884
- **TMDB ID:** 1227682
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7228531
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooja_Shah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7228531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227682

Actor. Born 8 August 1979 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 August 1979, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Pooja Ashwin Shah, Poojah Shah
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooja_Shah, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7228531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227682

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bend It Like Beckham*](https://film.one/film/bend-it-like-beckham.md) (76)

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## Biography

Pooja Shah is a British actress. She was born on 8 August 1979 in Camden, London, to a Kenyan-Asian family whose grandparents migrated from Gujarat in western India. She trained as an Indian classical dancer and graduated in 2001 with a BA Hons in Theatre with Visual Practice from the University of Brighton.

Shah began her career in theatre and made her screen debut as Meena in the 2002 film *Bend It Like Beckham*. Her other television roles include Kareena Ferreira in *EastEnders*, Miss Shah in *Class*, and Priya Mitra in *9-1-1*. She has also appeared in *Holby City* and *Is Harry on the Boat?*.

Shah works as a filmmaker and director, often collaborating with her husband, director of photography Will Middleton, on short films for which they have won awards.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002), Fi1m 76, as Meena — [page](https://film.one/film/bend-it-like-beckham.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Priya Mitra
- *Class* (2016), series, as Miss Shah
- *The Nest* (2016), as Naeema
- *The Hooligan Wars* (2013), as Dr. Neeta Zafar
- *The Smoke* (2012), as Vasha Rahman
- *No Honour No Choice* (2009), as Rajinder
- *Missing* (2009), series, Actor
- *Ten Dead Men* (2008), as Amy
- *Cash and Curry* (2008), as Gauri
- *The All Star Talent Show* (2006), series, Actor
- *Adventure Inc.* (2002), series, as Nanda
- *Is Harry On The Boat?* (2002), series, as Sinjata Kapoor
- *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002), as Meena — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bend-it-like-beckham.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Kareena Ferreira

## Gallery

- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-fcb40c85d4ab.jpg) Pooja Shah — John Clark, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Pooja_Shah.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-437cf1985fee.jpg) Pooja Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-9d3882b676b8.jpg) Pooja Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-e129fabc99c7.jpg) Pooja Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-8ba657bcf099.jpg) Pooja Shah — Image via TMDB
- ![Pooja Shah](https://film.one/media/person/5519691/gallery-550179d76314.jpg) Pooja Shah — Image via TMDB

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