Background
Born in Camden, London, the daughter of two teachers, Solemani has a Persian Jewish father and her mother is of Northern Irish descent. Solemani grew up in North London. Her mother died when she was 16.
Born in Camden, London, the daughter of two teachers, Solemani has a Persian Jewish father and her mother is of Northern Irish descent. Solemani grew up in North London. Her mother died when she was 16.
After passing her A levels at the Henrietta Barnett School, she took a gap year before reading Social and Political Sciences (now the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos) at New Hall, Cambridge and graduating with an Master of Arts (Honours). At Cambridge, she joined the Footlights and became social secretary during her first year, replacing Dan Stevens, and then vice president Two plays she wrote were produced at Soho.
In 2012, she appeared as Maryam in the play The House of Bernarda Alba at the Almeida from 19 January to 10 March 2012.
Television and film Solemani"s first film role was as a tableaux girl in Mrs Henderson Presents, which she performed during her third year of college. Her first major television role was as "Becky" in British Broadcasting Corporation Three sitcom Him & Her, which was first broadcast in November 2010.
Three series have been filmed and a fourth started broadcast in November 2013. In 2011, Solemani filmed a Channel 4 pilot comedy show, Coma Girl, alongside Katy Wix and Katherine Parkinson, which was broadcast on 9 September.
She had a role in British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Uptown Downstairs Abbey for Comic Relief.
In 2012, Solemani starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three comedy, Bad Education, including its spin off movie The Bad Education Movie. Solemani wrote and starred in an episode titled Aphrodite Fry in the Sky television series Love Matters that aired in 2013. In 2014, an episode of The Secrets written by Solemani was broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation One.
Print Solemani has contributed to the New Statesman.
Her contemporaries included the members of the sketch group Cowards, Jonny Sweet and Nick Mohammed. Solemani was a member of the National Youth Theatre during her gap year, starring as Elaine in the West End theatre production of The Graduate. Solemani was a member of the Young Writer"s Group attached to the Royal Court Theatre, and a writer at the Young Vic Theatre.