Rishabh Rish Shah (born 17 December 1997) is an English actor. He had his breakout role as Kamran in the Disney+ series '' Ms. Marvel'' (2022). He has also appeared in the short film '' The Long Goodbye'' (2020), the feature films '' The Sweet East'' (2023) and '' Do Revenge'' (2022), the Netflix thriller series '' Obsession'' (2023) and the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series '' Overcompensating'' (2025).

Early life

Rish Shah was born and raised in Enfield, North London. His parents are from

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and Vadodara. He attended Grange Park Primary School and then Haberdashers' Boys' School. He graduated with a

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in English and Linguistics from King's College London.

Career

In 2017, Shah appeared in the Merdel Theatre Company production of ''The Plains of Delight'' at Clapham Fringe Festival and the Fullscreen web series ''PrankMe'' by Hazel Hayes. In 2019, he made his television debut with guest appearances in Russell T Davies' '' Years and Years'' and the medical soap opera '' Doctors'', both on BBC One. He also had stage roles in ''You're Dead, Mate'' at the Nutshell in Winchester and '' Torch Song Trilogy'' at the Turbine Theatre in London. Shah appeared in Riz Ahmed's 2020 Oscar winning short film '' The Long Goodbye'' as Ahmed's younger brother. Shah took over the role of Kirin Kotecha in the ITV soap opera '' Emmerdale'' from Adam Fielding for the character's return in 2020. He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by '' Variety''. Shah made his feature film debut in 2021 as Ravi in the Netflix film '' To All the Boys: Always and Forever'' and Varun Dutta in the romantic comedy film '' India Sweets and Spices'' opposite Sophia Ali. The following year he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and made his debut as superpowered teen Kamran in the Disney+ series '' Ms. Marvel''. He went on to play Russ in the Netflix comedy film '' Do Revenge''. He starred in the Netflix limited thriller series '' Obsession'' and appeared in the Amazon film '' Sitting in Bars with Cake''. In 2024, Shah appeared in the Netflix autobiographical drama '' Joy''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Stage

References

External links

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