Yasmine Akram

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Yasmine Akram (* 11. March 1982 in Sharjah , the Emirate of Sharjah , Arab United Emirates ) is an Irish actress , playwright and comedian . It was for the role of known Janine Hawkins in the BBC - television series Sherlock .

Life

Yasmine Akram was born in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates in 1982 as the daughter of a Pakistani and an Irishwoman . Her family immigrated to Ireland and moved to Drogheda , her mother's hometown in the northeast of the country, when Yasmine Akram was 18 months old. She has a sister named Masooma. At the age of 14, Akram had his first theater roles.

Yasmine Akram studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London . After graduating there she wrote her first comedy sketches for the BBC and Channel 4 and directed several shows on BBC Radio 1 . She then wrote her first play, 10 Dates with Mad Mary , which was performed in 2010 at the Project Arts Center in Dublin . More pieces followed. With the British comedian Louise Ford she founded the comedy duo Ford and Akram , which performed their first live show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011 . In the following years, Akram played increasingly in television series . For example, she starred in the British television series Sherlock in two episodes of the third season in 2014 and had also taken on a role in the Christmas special that appeared in late 2015.

Akram has lived in London since 2014.

Filmography

  • 2014: The Center (TV series) as Amanda Menton
  • since 2014: Sherlock (TV series) as Janine Hawkins
  • 2014–15: Stella (TV series)
  • 2015: Undercover (TV series)
  • 2016: Lovesick (TV series) as Jonesy ; Season 2 episode 7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sherlock's Yasmine happy to be bridesmaid , in The Irish World on January 7, 2014, accessed October 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ 10 Dates with Mad Mary ( January 16, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive ) in Irish Theater Magazine January 30, 2010, accessed October 4, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Akram, Yasmine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish actress, playwright and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Sharjah , Emirate of Sharjah , United Arab Emirates