---
name: "Zahra Ahmadi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zahra-ahmadi"
fi1m_id: "zahra-ahmadi"
imdb_id: "nm2013934"
tmdb_id: 1410407
wikidata_id: "Q8064731"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:48:36.439027+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."
---

# Zahra Ahmadi

## Identity

Zahra Ahmadi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zahra-ahmadi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zahra-ahmadi
- **IMDb ID:** nm2013934
- **TMDB ID:** 1410407
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8064731
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Ahmadi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8064731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2013934/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410407

Actor. Born 1 January 1982 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1982, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- **Active:** 2005–2013
- **Also known as:** Zhara Ahmadi
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 94 (1), 2010s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra_Ahmadi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8064731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2013934/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410407

## Biography

Zahra Ahmadi is a British actress. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and began appearing in television roles from the mid-2000s.

She played Sabia Iqbal in the 2007 Channel 4 serial *Britz* and Sinem in all three series of the BBC sitcom *Count Arthur Strong* (2013–2017). Other television work includes the role of Shabnam Masood in *EastEnders* (2007–2008), Gita in the *Black Mirror* episode "White Christmas" (2014), and DS Esther Williams in *Beyond Paradise* (2023–present). She has also appeared in *Doctor Who*, *Death in Paradise* and *The Thick of It*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Count Arthur Strong* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Sinem — [page](https://film.one/tv/count-arthur-strong.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, as Nurse — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Van Gogh by Vincent* (2025), as Narrator
- *Beyond Paradise* (2023), series, as DS Esther Williams
- *Riches* (2022), series, as Parul
- *Scale* (2022), as Eden
- *Kate & Koji* (2020), series, as Melanie
- *Innocent* (2018), series, as DS Mari-Luz Garcia
- *Porridge* (2016), as Dr. Tessa Marsden
- *Babylon* (2014), series, as Yasmina
- *Count Arthur Strong* (2013), series, as Sinem — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/count-arthur-strong.md)
- *The Job Lot* (2013), series, as Karen Ellwell
- *The Mimic* (2013), series, as Policewoman
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Gita — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Daisy Anderson
- *Britz* (2007), as Sabia Iqbal
- *Britz* (2007), series, as Sabia Iqbal
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Nurse — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Missy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Gallery

- ![Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-acdeffe1cf8f.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026 — DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_02.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-488b2f7fddda.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026 — DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_05.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-5755e3b9b4ff.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026 — DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_03.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-03ffb07b9d4a.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026 — DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_01.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-48568cc64b49.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi at MCM Comic Con London 23 May 2026 — DavidPMaynard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_07.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_MCM_Comic_Con_London_23_May_2026_07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Zahra Ahmadi](https://film.one/media/person/384618/gallery-ad33e9be0063.jpg) Zahra Ahmadi — Mateusz Malta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Zahra_Ahmadi_at_ComicCon_2026.jpg/1280px-Zahra_Ahmadi_at_ComicCon_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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