Rebecca Sarker (born 1975) is an English actress. After portraying the role of

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in the ITV soap opera ''

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'' from 1999 to 2000, she made various appearances in television series including '' Rosemary and Thyme , Doctors'', ''

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'', '' The Golden Hour'' and '' EastEnders''. In 2018, she began appearing in the ITV soap opera ''

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'' as

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Early life

Sarker is from Halifax, West Yorkshire. Her parents met while working at a hospital in

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, her father Khaleque, a GP and her mother Elizabeth, a children's nurse. Her older brother is a dentist. Sarker attended

Bradford Girls' Grammar School Bradford Girls' Grammar School is a free school for girls aged 5 – 16 and boys aged 5 – 11. Founded in 1875, the school is on the outskirts of Bradford city centre in West Yorkshire, England. Recent public examination results put the schoo ...

. She pursued a degree in Modern Languages at

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and spent a year teaching English in Spain, where she took up

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. She later trained at the

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, formerly Mountview Theatre School, is a drama school in Peckham, south London, England, founded in 1945. The Academy provides specialist vocational training in acting and musical theatre, as well as production ...

in London.

Career

Sarker made her acting debut in the ITV soap opera ''

'' as

in 1999. Following her exit from the soap in 2000, she appeared in various television series, including two guest appearances on the

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soap opera '' Doctors'', appearances in the BBC medical dramas ''

'' and '' Casualty'' and portraying Dr Newton in two episodes of the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. She then starred in the ITV miniseries '' The Golden Hour'' as Nina Osbourne in 2005. In 2012, she made her film debut in the feature film '' John Carter''. In 2018, it was announced that she had been cast as series regular Manpreet Jutla in the ITV soap opera ''

''. Then in 2022, she competed in the revival of the ITV series '' The Games''.

Personal life

Sarker has two sons.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarker, Rebecca Living people 1975 births 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actors from Halifax, West Yorkshire Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Alumni of the University of Leeds British actresses of Asian descent English people of Indian descent English soap opera actresses English television actresses People educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School