Manjinder Virk

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Manjinder Virk in her short film Out of Darkness .

Manjinder Virk (* 1975 in Coventry , England , United Kingdom ) is a British film actress , film director and screenwriter of Indian descent.

Life

Virk began her career at an early age at the Belgrade Youth Theater in Coventry and then worked as artistic director at the Pangram Dance Theater, where her brother Hardish Virk also worked. She then graduated with a degree in contemporary dance from De Montfort University in Leicester .

As a film and television actress, Virk began her career in the British television series Holby City in 1999 with a supporting role. She then appeared in three different episodes of the British soap opera Doctors , first in 2000 as Karen Slater, in 2004 as Laila Khalid and in 2007 as Harpit Jindal. She had other well-known roles in 2007 in Jihad in the City as Nasima Wahid and in 2010 she appeared in the documentary The Arbor about the life of Lorraine Dunbar.

She also worked in 2004 in the British police series The Bill of TV channel Independent Television in 2005 in The Ghost Squad , 2009 in the British TV series Runaway , 2010 in Skins , 2011 in the medical drama Dr. Monroe , 2012 in the BBC One telecast Hunted - Trust no one with. Her best-known role was as coroner Dr. Came to Karimore in the UK film series Inspector Barnaby from 2016 to 2017 .

In 2003 she wrote and directed the play Glow for the tour of the British theater group Theater Center . In 2008 Virk worked as a screenwriter and film director in the short film Forgive , where the actors Sacha Dhawan and Abdi Gouhad had the leading role. In 2012 she wrote the script and directed the later award-winning short film Out of Darkness in which Tom Hiddleston , Monica Dolan , Andrew Gower , Jimmy Akingbola , Christine Bottomley and Riz Ahmed appeared.

Private

Virk was in English Coventry born and grew up there with her two siblings. Her mother Jasvir came from an Indian family. She has been married to British screenwriter, playwright and director Neil Biswas since 2007 , whom she met on set earlier that year while filming the television drama Bradford Riots . In 2013 she moved with her husband to Brixton , South London , where she has lived and worked ever since.

Filmography

  • 1999: Holby City (TV series, episode Staying Alive: Part 2 )
  • 2000: Doctors (TV series, episode Game Over )
  • 2003: Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (TV movie)
  • 2003: Two Minutes (short film)
  • 2004: The Bill (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 2004: Doctors (TV series, episode Moving On )
  • 2004: Swiss Toni (TV series)
  • 2004: Green Wing (TV series, episode Tangled Webs )
  • 2005: Child of Mine (TV movie)
  • 2005: The Ghost Squad (TV series, episode Color Blind )
  • 2006: Bradford Riots (TV movie)
  • 2006: Orange People (short film)
  • 2007: World of Wrestling (short film)
  • 2007: Doctors (TV series, episode Wings and Needles )
  • 2007: Comedy Showcase (TV series, Episode Plus One )
  • 2007: Jihad in the City ( Britz , TV movie)
  • 2007: Famous Last Words (short film)
  • 2008: The Blue Tower (thriller)
  • 2009: Runaway (TV miniseries)
  • 2010: Skins - Up Close ( Skins , TV series, episode Katie )
  • 2010: The Arbor (documentary)
  • 2011: Lost Paradise (short film)
  • 2011: Dr. Monroe ( Monroe , TV series, 6 episode)
  • 2012: The Thick of It (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2012: Hunted ( Hunted , TV series, 4 episode)
  • 2012: Broken Eternity (short film)
  • 2013: Out of Darkness (short film, here also director, screenwriter and producer)
  • 2013: On Migration (short documentary film)
  • 2014: Checkpost (short film)
  • 2015: Call the Midwife ( Call the Midwife , TV series, episode # 4.5)
  • 2015: Ordinary Lies
  • 2015: Brilliantman! (Short film)
  • 2016: History's Future
  • 2016: Kaleidoscope
  • 2016–2017: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders , 10 episodes)
  • 2017: The Sense of an Ending ( The Sense of an Ending )
  • 2017: With Love from Calais (short film)
  • 2017: Bad Move (TV series, 6 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Manjinder Virk has been nominated and awarded in various categories at several British festivals. In 2010 she was nominated for the BFI London Film Festival Award in the Best Newcomer category and in the Best Actress category as well as at the BIFA Awards, each for her role in the short film The Arbor .

Virk was named one of the UK Stars of Tomorrow in 2007 by Screen International . In 2008 she was also nominated for the Asian Woman of Achievement Award .

In 2013 Virk won the Best of Fest award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival for the short film Out of Darkness .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manjinder Virk: The idea that women should disappear when they hit old age is one of the last myths. Ask my mum ( english ) The Guardian. March 12, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ Manjinder Virk: Angel of death ( English ) The Guardian. October 23, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c d Marion McMullen: Coventry's head girl Manjinder Virk in TV's Monroe ( English ) Coventry Telegraph. March 4, 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ a b TV recreation of tense chapter in social history ( English ) Coventry Telegraph. April 27, 2006. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ Glow :: Shows :: Theater Center ( English ) Theater Center. 2003. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  6. ^ Britz - Pushing The Boundaries ( English ) The Asian Today. October 8, 2007. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ @HundredsofSouls: Follow short film Out of Darkness ( English ) Twitter. 2012.10-17. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ LFF 2013 Spotlight: Out Of Darkness ( English ) Little White Lies. October 16, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved on March 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ones To Watch - Manjinder Virk ( English ) Clash Music. May 4, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  10. ↑ The Moet British Independent Film Awards ( english ) Telegraph. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ Asian Women of Achievement Award Winners 2008 ( English ) Red Hot Curry. May 20, 2008. Archived from the original on November 8, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  12. ↑ Aesthetica Short Film Festival chalks up a record year ( English ) November 21, 2013. Accessed March 4, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Virk, Manjinder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film actress, film director and screenwriter of Indian descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Coventry , England , UK