---
name: "Shivaani Ghai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shivani-ghai"
fi1m_id: "shivani-ghai"
imdb_id: "nm1159038"
tmdb_id: 342100
wikidata_id: "Q3959650"
roles: []
born: "25 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 49
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T15:03:01.810529+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."
---

# Shivaani Ghai

## Identity

Shivaani Ghai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shivani-ghai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shivani-ghai
- **IMDb ID:** nm1159038
- **TMDB ID:** 342100
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3959650
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaani_Ghai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3959650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/342100

Actor. Born 25 April 1975 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 April 1975, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
- **Active:** 2008–2016
- **Also known as:** Shivani Ghai
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (1), 2010s 38 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivaani_Ghai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3959650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/342100

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*House of Saddam*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md) (60)

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## Biography

Shivaani Ghai (also credited as Shivani Ghai) is an English actress. Born on 25 April 1975 in Newcastle upon Tyne, she grew up in Gosforth and attended Gosforth High School. She later obtained a BA in film and television studies at university. Ghai began her career in London theatre, working with companies such as Man Mela, Rifco and Kali, before appearing in minor television roles including episodes of *Doctors*, *Spooks* and *The Bill*.

She played Rana Hussein in the 2008 HBO/BBC miniseries *House of Saddam*. Subsequent credits include the films *Cleanskin* (2012) and *London Has Fallen* (2016), and television roles as Arika in *Dominion* (2014–2015), Safiyah Sohail in *Batwoman* (2019–2021) and Aouda in *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021). She has also appeared in *EastEnders* and *Strike Back*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *London Has Fallen* (2016), Fi1m 38, as Amal Mansoor — [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *House of Saddam* (2008), Fi1m 60, as Rana Hussein — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, as Aouda
- *Batwoman* (2019), series, as Safiyah Sohail
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), as Amal Mansoor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *London Life* (2016), as Paro
- *Fireflies* (2014), as Sharmila
- *Dominion* (2014), series, as Arika
- *Ambassadors* (2013), series, as Natalia
- *Cleanskin* (2012), as Rena
- *Everywhere And Nowhere* (2011), as Sairah Khan
- *House of Saddam* (2008), series, as Rana Hussein — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-saddam.md)
- *Sinchronicity* (2006), series, as Shazney
- *Day of the Sirens* (2002), as Amanda Barnes
- *My Hero* (2000), series, as Mothers Group Attendee with Baby
- *A Doctor in the Family* (1998), series, as Sarita Dahvi

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