---
name: "Rakhee Thakrar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rakhee-thakrar"
fi1m_id: "rakhee-thakrar"
imdb_id: "nm2332660"
tmdb_id: 1147671
wikidata_id: "Q19667135"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 February 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:54:16.584623+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."
---

# Rakhee Thakrar

## Identity

Rakhee Thakrar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rakhee-thakrar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rakhee-thakrar
- **IMDb ID:** nm2332660
- **TMDB ID:** 1147671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19667135
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhee_Thakrar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2332660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147671

Actor. Born 29 February 1984 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 February 1984, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** ラキー・ターケラー, 라키 타크라
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $635m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhee_Thakrar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19667135, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2332660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147671

## Biography

Rakhee Thakrar is an English actress born on 29 February 1984 in Leicester, Leicestershire. She is known for her roles as Shabnam Masood in the BBC One soap opera *EastEnders* (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama series *Sex Education* (2019–2023).

Her other screen credits include *Wonka* (2023) as Lottie Bell and *September Says* (2024) as Sheela. She voices the Eighth Doctor’s companion Bliss in Big Finish’s *Doctor Who: The Time War* audio dramas. Thakrar is married to actor Vikash Bhai.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *September Says* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Sheela — [page](https://film.one/film/september-says.md)
- *Wonka* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Lottie Bell — [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Emily Sands — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Page Eight* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Muna Hammami — [page](https://film.one/film/page-eight.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Oresteia* (2026), as Chandra
- *Mouse!* (2025), as Priya
- *I, Jack Wright* (2025), series, as Laura Johnstone
- *September Says* (2025), as Sheela — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/september-says.md)
- *Spirit of Place* (2024), Actor
- *Finders Keepers* (2024), series, as DS Doyle
- *Wonka* (2023), as Lottie Bell — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *My Happy Ending* (2023), as Imaan
- *Karen Pirie* (2022), series, as Bel Richmond
- *Rules of the Game* (2022), series, as Maya Benshaw
- *The Girl Before* (2021), series, as Mia
- *Running Naked* (2020), as Jade
- *23 Walks* (2020), as Registrar
- *Summerland* (2020), as Mrs. Evans
- *End-O* (2019), as Dr. Womaan
- *Criminal: UK* (2019), series, as Nasreen Shah
- *Extinction* (2019), Actor
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (2019), series, as Fatima
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, as Emily Sands — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Man Like Mobeen* (2017), series, as Uncle Shady's Daughter — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/man-like-mobeen.md)
- *Invizimals* (2014), series, as Jazmin (voice)
- *DCI Banks* (2011), series, as Lab Assistant
- *Page Eight* (2011), as Muna Hammami — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/page-eight.md)
- *Banglatown Banquet* (2006), as Rozena
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Waitress — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)

## Gallery

- ![Rakhee Thakrar](https://film.one/media/person/95849/gallery-2f1976f25d9f.jpg) Rakhee Thakrar — TheAsianAwards, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Rakhee_Thakrar_at_The_Asian_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rakhee Thakrar](https://film.one/media/person/95849/gallery-b1f0eed29870.jpg) Rakhee Thakrar — Image via TMDB
- ![Rakhee Thakrar](https://film.one/media/person/95849/gallery-f98ab3582921.jpg) Rakhee Thakrar — Image via TMDB
- ![Rakhee Thakrar](https://film.one/media/person/95849/gallery-af03b286f72b.jpg) Rakhee Thakrar — Image via TMDB

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