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Dina Mousawi

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Dina Mousawi
Born (1978-11-30) 30 November 1978 (age 45)[1]
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Television presenter
  • Co-author
Years active1997–present
Spouse
(m. 2019)
Children1[2]

Dina Mousawi is a London-based British Arab actress, presenter and co-author of Syria Recipes From Home.

Early life

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Mousawi was born at Bradford Royal Infirmary in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, where she lived until she was six weeks old.[1] She spent her early years in Baghdad, Iraq.[1] Mousawi's father is an Iraqi[1] and her mother is Ukrainian.

In 1986, when she was eight years old, Mousawi and her family moved back to Bradford to escape the perils of the Iran-Iraq war.[1]

She attended Salt Grammar School in Shipley, Bradford, and trained at Stage 84 in Idle, Bradford.[1] Her professional acting career began at age ten when she took the lead in the ITV series The Prime Minister’s Brain on ITV.

Career

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In 2003 she played Nikki in When Amar Met Jay at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.[3]

In 2003 she played Lana in the film Asylum (released on DVD in the USA as The Refuge) directed by Nigel Roffe-Barker.[1] It had its UK premiere at the Bradford Film Festival on the 19 March 2005.[4][1]

Mousawi has appeared in a host of household TV shows including Coronation Street, Dalziel and Pascoe, Cold Feet, King of Bollywood and T4 Summer Show.[5] She became a presenter of the T4 Summer Show in 2006 after co-winning the ME 4 T4 series, also in 2006 with Michael Blair being the other winner.[5]

Personal life

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She is married to actor Jim Sturgess.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Film with local cast closes 11th festival". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 21 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  2. ^ "JimSturgess on Instagram: 'Happy Fathers Day 🖤'". Instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  3. ^ "East meets West at Playhouse". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 20 June 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Bradford Film Festival 05 | What's On". National Museum of Photography, Film & Television. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Dina's hitting the right notes". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ Butter, Susannah (16 August 2019). "Jim Sturgess brings hoax with a painful legacy to life in new JT LeRoy biopic". Evening Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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