Amita Suman (, born 19 July 1997) is a British actress. She stars as Inej Ghafa in the Netflix fantasy series '' Shadow and Bone'' (2021–2023). She had a recurring role in

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series '' The Outpost'' (2019–2021).

Early life

Suman was born in Bhedihari (part of Kalikamai Rural Municipality), a village in the

Parsa District Parsa District (), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the lo ...

of southern Nepal to a

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family. The family lived in a self-built clay house with modest infrastructure and grew their own food. Suman went to Saint Xavier School in

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. Upon her father remarrying a British woman, Suman moved to

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, England when she was seven. She attended Varndean Secondary School and Sussex Downs College (now East Sussex College

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) before going on to train at the

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, graduating in 2018.

Career

Shortly after graduating, Suman made her television debut with minor roles in ''

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'' and ''

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''. She had a major guest role in the ''Doctor Who'' series 11 episode " Demons of the Punjab" as a young version of companion Yasmin Khan's grandmother, Umbreen. Suman took over the recurring role of Naya from

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in season 2 of

series '' The Outpost''. In October 2019, it was announced Suman would star as Inej Ghafa in the 2021

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series '' Shadow and Bone'', an adaptation of the fantasy book series ''

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'' and the '' Six of Crows Duology'' by

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. The series was cancelled by Netflix after two successful seasons. Suman has upcoming roles in the

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series '' NCIS: Tony & Ziva'' as Claudette and the Netflix political thriller ''

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''.

Filmography

References

External links

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Amita Suman
at Spotlight {{DEFAULTSORT:Suman, Amita Living people 1997 births 21st-century British actresses Actresses from Brighton Alumni of the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts Nepalese emigrants to the United Kingdom People educated at East Sussex College People from Parsa District