Zita Sattar

Background

Sattar was born in Birmingham, England. She is of mixed descent, her mother is British and her father is Pakistani.

Education

She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London.

Career

Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, According to Bex, Dalziel and Pascoe and Doctors. Her theatre roles include: Top Girls.

Clubbed Out.

Lets Go to the Fair. Hansel & Gretel. One Night. Doctorate"yer Eat with your Fingers.

Romeo & Juliet. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din.

lieutenant was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play East Is East (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010).

She has starred in the following low-budget films: Final Curtain, Esther Khans, Janice Beard 45wpm and Large. Sattar currently lives in Bristol.

Achievements

• At the age of 11, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founder members of Birmingham"s Central Junior Television Workshop.