Manjinder Virk

Manjinder Virk
Born	Coventry, England, UK
Residence	London, England, UK
Nationality	British Indian
Alma mater	De Montfort University
Occupation	Actress, director, writer
Spouse(s)	Neil Biswas (2007–present)

Manjinder Virk is an English actress, director and writer. She has appeared in the television series Holby City (1999), Doctors (2000), The Bill (2004), The Ghost Squad (2005), Runaway (2009), Skins (2010), Monroe (2011), Hunted (2012) and Midsomer Murders (2016 - ...).

She has also written and directed the short films Forgive (2008) and Out of Darkness (2013), the latter of which she won Best of Fest award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival.

Virk was born in Coventry, England. Her mother's name is Jasvir. She comes from a family of three children.

She began acting at the Belgrade Youth Theatre in Coventry and went on to become artistic director of Pangram Dance Theatre with her brother, Hardish. She went on to earn a degree in contemporary dance at De Montfort University in Leicester.

In 1999, Virk started off on the British TV series Holby City, which was just the beginning of her television career. She later appeared in three separate episodes of the TV soap opera Doctors, first in 2000 as Karen Slater, again in 2004 as Laila Khalid and in 2007 playing Harpit Jindal. The roles she is most notable for are her roles in 2007's Britz as Nasima Wahid, and the 2010 documentary The Arbor portraying Lorraine Dunbar. The latter she earned three nominations, Best Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival Awards and Best Actress and New Comer at the BIFA Awards. She also had a small reoccurring role on the British medical drama show Monroe, recently appeared on the new BBC One show Hunted and has a reoccurring role on Midsomer Murders.

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