Background
Virk was born in Coventry, England. Her mother"s name is Jasvir.
Virk was born in Coventry, England. Her mother"s name is Jasvir.
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), and Hunted (2012). She comes from a family of three children. She went on to earn a degree in contemporary dance at De Montfort University in Leicester.
In 1999, Virk started off on the British television series Holby City, which was just the beginning of her television career.
She later appeared in three separate episodes of the television 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, and recently appeared on the new British Broadcasting Corporation One show Hunted.
In 2003, she wrote a play for a show for touring company Theatre Centre titled Glow.
In 2008, Virk wrote and directed the short film Forgive starring Sacha Dhawan and Abdi Gouhad. In 2012, she wrote and directed another short called Out of Darkness starring Tom Hiddleston, Monica Dolan, Andrew Gower, Jimmy Akingbola, Christine Bottomley and Riz Ahmed.