---
name: "Rita Wolf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-wolf"
fi1m_id: "rita-wolf"
imdb_id: "nm0937917"
tmdb_id: 541338
wikidata_id: "Q15500928"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 February 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:31:48.479767+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."
---

# Rita Wolf

## Identity

Rita Wolf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rita-wolf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rita-wolf
- **IMDb ID:** nm0937917
- **TMDB ID:** 541338
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15500928
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Wolf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15500928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0937917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/541338

Actor. Born 25 February 1960 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 February 1960, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- **Active:** 1985–1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Wolf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15500928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0937917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/541338

## Biography

Rita Wolf is a British-Indian actress and theatre producer. Born in Kolkata, India, she came to London at an early age and trained at the Royal Court Youth Theatre. Her professional stage debut was at the Royal Court in Hanif Kureishi’s *Borderline*.

She appeared in the film *Majdhar* (1984) before playing Tania N. Ali in *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985). Other film roles include *The Chain* (1984), *Slipstream* (1989) and *Girl 6* (1996). On television she has appeared in *Tandoori Nights* (1985–1987), *Coronation Street* (1990) and *Law & Order* (1996).

In 1990 Wolf co-founded the Kali Theatre Company with Rukhsana Ahmad to produce work by Asian women writers; she directed its first production, *Song for a Sanctuary* (1991). She has lived in New York City for many years.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, southasianbritain.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Tania N. Ali — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Dr. Bassir — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Wing and a Prayer* (1997), series, as Jasmin Jamal
- *Girl 6* (1996), as Wife of Indian Shopkeeper
- *Kingdom Come* (1990), as Emily
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Connie Lembeck — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Conversion of St Paul* (1990), as Girl
- *Debut on Two* (1990), series, as Girl
- *Slipstream* (1989), as Maya
- *A View from a Window* (1987), Actor
- *Rockliffe's Babies* (1987), series, as Sonia Souhami
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), as Tania N. Ali — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *Tandoori Nights* (1985), series, as Asha
- *Majdhar* (1984), as Fazia Khan
- *The Chain* (1984), as Carrie
- *Arya*, Actor

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