Bharti Patel

Bharti Patel is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Ruhma Carter on the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Bharti Patel
Born
Coventry, England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present
TelevisionDoctors
AwardsFull list

Career

Patel made her professional acting debut as a shop assistant in an episode of the BBC drama series Screenplay.[2] In 2003, she appeared as a dancer in the feature film What a Girl Wants.[3] In 2012, she portrayed the roles of Ursula and Verges in a production of Much Ado About Nothing at the World Shakespeare Festival.[4]

In 2015, Bharti began portraying the role of Ruhma Carter in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[5] In 2016, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards.[6] In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the Hulu series Find Me in Paris as Mama Khan, and in 2019, she portrayed the role of Manju in the BBC Two sitcom Don't Forget the Driver.[7]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Screenplay Shop assistant 1 episode
1993 Bhaji on the Beach Refuge woman Film
2001 The Residents Charan Singh 1 episode
2003 What a Girl Wants Dancer Film
2003 Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness Tennison's secretary 2 episodes
2013 Cursed Short film
2014 Honeycomb Lodge Rheeta Film
2015–present Doctors Ruhma Carter Series regular
2018 Find Me in Paris Mama Khan 1 episode
2019 Damage Sarita Short film
2019 Don't Forget the Driver Manju Recurring role; 3 episodes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result
2016 The British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Nominated
2017 National Television Awards Newcomer Longlisted
2017 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Nominated
2018 Diversity in Media Awards Best Actor Longlisted
2019 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Longlisted
2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Nominated

References
  1. "Bharti Patel interview". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. "ScreenPlay: Broke". Radio Times (3524). 27 June 1991. p. 60. ISSN 0033-8060. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "Bharti Patel". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. McMullen, Marion (31 August 2012). "Theatre: Bharti Patel didn't think she would ever do Shakespeare". Coventry Live. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. "Ruhma Hanif". BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. Laws, Roz (24 May 2016). "Will BBC's Doctors win anything at the British Soap Awards 2016?". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. Korpal, Vimal (15 April 2019). "Brummie hat-trick as actors Lorna Laidlaw, Bharti Patel and Janice Connolly set to appear on prime time TV shows". I Am Birmingham. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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