Seeta Indrani
| Seeta Indrani | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 April 1963 London, England |
| Occupation | dancer, actress, film producer |
| Years active | 1981-present |
| Awards |
Asian Film Academy - Best Supporting Actress 1995, for WPC Datta Asian Film Academy - Best Actress 1996, for WPC Datta |
| Website | http://www.seetaindrani.com |
Seeta Indrani (born 20 April 1963) is an English dancer and actress.
After graduation as a dancer from the London Contemporary Dance School, she took the role of Cassandra in the original 1981 West End production of Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber. She then undertook various pieces of stage work, including seasons at the Royal National Theatre, The Royal Exchange, and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
She then took the role for which she is best known, playing WPC Norika Datta from 1989 to 1998, in the long-running ITV drama The Bill. Indrani was voted Best Supporting Actress by the Asian Film Academy in 1995, and best actress in 1996.
After leaving The Bill, she returned to the stage with roles in Cruel Garden with the Rambert Dance Company, played Ariel to Alec McCowen's Prospero in The Tempest, and at the London Palladium with her childhood heroine Cyd Charisse. She was then invited on the first national tour in 40 years of Britain's oldest opera company, Carl Rosa Opera, playing Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus.
From October 2008 to March 2010 she appeared in the role of Dr. Lily Hassan in the BBC One daytime soap, Doctors. She portrayed Afia Khan's maternal aunt Shameem in award-winning soap EastEnders in 2011.
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