Ambreen Razia

Actor/Writer

Ambreen is an actor and writer from South London. Her critically acclaimed play The Diary of a Hounslow Girl toured nationally around the UK in 2016 and was adapted as a BBC Three pilot. She has since had roles across film and television including Murdered By My Father (BBC), Hounslow Diaries (BBC), Black Mirror (Netflix), This Way Up (Channel 4), Starstruck (BBC), and Scrapper (BFI/Film 4) which recently won the World Grand Jury prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

She recently played Shandy Fine in the latest series of Ted Lasso (Apple TV), Shivani in Starstruck (BBC) and Detective Thread in Channel 4’s The Curse.

Her play Pot was published by Oberon books and completed its national tour around the UK in 2018. Her subsequent play Favour finished its run at the Bush Theatre in 2022 receiving critical acclaim. She has also recently been part of the writers’ rooms for the award-winning We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4) and Extraordinary (Disney+). It was recently announced that Ambreen is developing a new comedy drama Wasted (working title) about alcoholism and post partum depression in Muslim communities.

Ambreen co-edited and starred in season one of the BBC Radio 4 chat show Gossip and Goddesses alongside Meera Syal. Her short film Dues centring around exploitation within county lines recently screened at the Chicago International Children’s Festival and the British Urban Film Festival. 

Ambreen was part of the BBC Talent Hotlist as well as being a member of the Royal Court Writers Group. Awards include Best Newcomer (Asian Media Awards), Eastern Eye’s Emerging Artist award and Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Television Awards.