Sunetra Sarker
| Sunetra Sarker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sunetra Sarker 25 June 1973 Liverpool, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988 - Present |
Sunetra Sarker (born 25 June 1973 in Liverpool) is an English actress.
Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business with French from Brunel University.
She has played a wide variety of roles in her career. Her initial success came when she was cast as Nisha Batra in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside from 1988 to 1990 and then returned in 2000 until 2003.
She also starred in the short-lived regional soap London Bridge. This was followed by one of her biggest roles as Anji Mittel in No Angels from 2004 to 2006.
Her next large role was playing the part of Clare Burns in the BBC drama The Chase until the show was pulled after its second series. She can currently be seen in a major role on one of the BBC's longest running series Casualty as Dr Zoe Hanna.
In 2007 she was a contestant on the celebrity version of popular cooking show MasterChef. In 2009, Sarker provided the voiceover for the new Liverpool One shopping centre advertisements.
Sarker married Nick Corfield in August 2003, and gave birth to their first child, Noah, on 9 June 2005.
Filmography
| Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Brookside | Nisha Batra | 1988–1990, 2000–2003 |
| London Bridge | Jyoti Solanki | 1995 |
| Cold Feet | Clare | 1999 |
| Playing the Field | Dr Meera | 2000 |
| Doctors | Donna Sykes | 2003 |
| Emmerdale | Priti Chowdry | 2003 |
| The Smoking Room | Monique | 2004 |
| Holby City | Nanda Veer | 2004 |
| No Angels | Anji Mittel | 2004–2006 |
| Ideal | Sangita | 2005–2008 |
| New Street Law | Nita Shibani | 2006 |
| The Chase | Clare Burns | 2006–2007 |
| Mobile | DI Lorraine Conil | 2007 |
| Casualty | Dr. Zoe Hanna | 2007–present |
| Doctor Who | Indira | 2012, Episode 1: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" |