Souad Faress
| Souad Faress | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Souad Faress 25 March 1948 Accra, Ghana |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Citizenship | Ghana, Syria and Irish |
| Occupation | Stage, radio, film, television actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
Souad Faress (born 25 March 1948) is a Ghanaian stage, radio, television and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.
A Ghanaian Arab, Faress was born in 1948 in Accra, Ghana to Irish and Syrian parents, she lives in London. She has been exploring playwriting as a medium since before 2004. Faress completed a writing course at City Literary Institute adult education college. Her other skills include dancing, horse riding, cricket and yoga.
Faress appeared in two episodes of the BBC serial I, Claudius (1976) as a slave girl (shouting fire) and as a dancer who at Messalina's (second and bigamous) marriage party realises troops are coming to arrest them. In another early BBC appearance, she played the character Selma in the Blake's 7 episode 'Horizon'. Since then, Faress has had substantial roles in films such as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and Sixth Happiness (1997), as well as much stage work around the UK.
In October 2001 she appeared briefly in Coronation Street as Dev Alahan's mother Umila.
Souad Faress also appeared as the Old Rani in The Sarah Jane Adventures serial The Mad Woman in the Attic in October 2009.
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