---
name: "Preeya Kalidas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/preeya-kalidas"
fi1m_id: "preeya-kalidas"
imdb_id: "nm0435755"
tmdb_id: 117795
wikidata_id: "Q1240118"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 June 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:34:02.485871+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."
---

# Preeya Kalidas

## Identity

Preeya Kalidas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/preeya-kalidas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** preeya-kalidas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0435755
- **TMDB ID:** 117795
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1240118
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preeya_Kalidas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1240118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117795

Actor. Born 21 June 1980 in Isleworth, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 June 1980, Isleworth, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–2010
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Riz Ahmed](https://film.one/person/riz-ahmed.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 94 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $83m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preeya_Kalidas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1240118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117795

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Four Lions*](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md) (94)

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

## Biography

Preeya Kalidas is a British actress and singer. She was born on 21 June 1980 in Isleworth, London, and trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

She is known for her film roles as Monica in *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002) and Sofia in *Four Lions* (2010), and for playing Maya Dutta in the series *Bodies* (2004). On television she portrayed Amira Masood in *EastEnders* (2009–2012). Kalidas has also appeared in stage musicals including the West End productions of *Bombay Dreams*, *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat* and *Bend It Like Beckham the Musical*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Four Lions* (2010), Fi1m 94, as Sofia — [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *Bodies* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Maya Dutta — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodies.md)
- *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002), Fi1m 76, as Monica — [page](https://film.one/film/bend-it-like-beckham.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *East Is East* (1999), Fi1m 74, as Nazir's Bride (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Bergerac* (2025), series, as Rachini Wilson
- *The Three Musketeers* (2023), as Milady
- *West End Girls* (2014), as Natalie Cash
- *Four Lions* (2010), as Sofia — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/four-lions.md)
- *It's a Wonderful Afterlife* (2010), as Karishma
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, as Carrie
- *Britz* (2007), as Shaz
- *Britz* (2007), series, as Shaz
- *Twice Upon a Time* (2006), as Journalist BTV
- *Banglatown Banquet* (2006), as Afshan
- *Green Wing* (2004), series, as Newsagent — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/green-wing.md)
- *Bodies* (2004), series, as Maya Dutta — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodies.md)
- *England Expects* (2004), Actor
- *Bollywood Queen* (2002), as Geena
- *Bend It Like Beckham* (2002), as Monica — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bend-it-like-beckham.md)
- *Bedtime* (2001), series, as Mumtaz
- *Metrosexuality* (2001), series, as Flora
- *Tube Tales* (1999), as Reena (segment "Grasshopper")
- *The Fiancée* (1999), as Zabeen
- *Virtual Sexuality* (1999), as Charlotte
- *East Is East* (1999), as Nazir's Bride (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *Jump Boy* (1998), as Usha
- *Goggle Eyes* (1993), series, as Farishta
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Amira Masood — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor

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