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Rita Wolf (born Rita Ghose) is an American British actress born in Kolkata, India. Recipient of a Beinecke Fellowship at The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale College in 2024 where she appeared in Caryl Churchill’s play “ Escaped Alone” at Yale Rep Theatre (Connecticut Critics Circle Nomination: Outstanding Ensemble). Other US theatre credits include Premieres of work by Tony Kushner ("Homebody/Kabul" at NY Theatre Workshop, also at BAM) and Richard Nelson ("The Michaels" at The Public Theatre and "The Michaels Abroad" at Hunter College). She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award (Featured Actress) for her role in "The American Pilot" by David Greig at Manhattan Theatre Club and appeared recently with NAATCO in "Out of Time" at The Public Theatre directed by Les Waters and Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" in a co-production with The Transport Group. Wolf moved from Kolkata, India to London as a child and began her professional acting career with Joint Stock Theatre Company at The Royal Court Theatre, London in
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's ''Borderline'' directed by Max Stafford Clark She appeared on British television and in several London theatre productions, including the first professional production of pioneering S. Asian Theatre Company Tara Arts, then had her first leading UK film role in Retake Film and Video Collective's 1984 movie '' Majdhar'', where she played, Fawzia a young Pakistani woman in 1980's Britain. Since then, she has had major parts on stage and screen in both the United States and the United Kingdom. After playing Tania in Kureishi/ Stephen Frears' ''
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''She played Felicity (Flick) Khan, the first South Asian character to appear as a series regular in 1990, ''
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's '' Khush''. US film and TV work includes: "Girl Six" directed by Spike Lee and CBS'"Law & Order" and "The Good Wife". Wolf and writer Rukhsana Ahmad founded the Kali Theatre Company in London, a registered charity that has a goal to encourage, develop, promote and produce the works of Asian female writers. Wolf directed the company's first production, ''Song for a Sanctuary'' in 1991, written by Ahmad. Kali is supported by the
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/ref> Wolf has lived in New York City for over three decades. As a child, her daughter, Anjeli Chapman had a major role in the independent film '' The War Within''. Her son, Kiran Chapman was featured as a child in ''A Heartbeat to Baghdad'', a play about the US/Iraq War at The Flea Theatre NYC.


Filmography

* ''Majdhar'' (1984) as Fawzia Khan * ''
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'' (1984) as Carrie * ''
My Beautiful Laundrette ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' is a 1985 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was one of the first films released by Working Title Films. The film is set in London during the ...
'' (1985) as Tania * ''
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'' (1989) as Maya * '' Khush'' (1991) * ''
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'' (1996) * ''
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'' (2003)


Television

* ''
Wing and a Prayer ''Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X'' (also known as ''Queen of the Flat Tops '' and ''Torpedo Squadron Eight'') is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of Wor ...
'' (UK) * ''Calling the Shots'' (UK) * ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'' (UK) (1990) as Felicity 'Flick' Khan * ''
Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire ...
'' (US) * ''
Tandoori Nights ''Tandoori Nights'' is a television sitcom that was broadcast on Channel 4 between 4 July 1985 and 13 November 1987. It consisted of two series of six episodes each. The series was directed by Jon Amiel and written by Farrukh Dhondy. It is the st ...
'' (UK) * ''
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'' (US)


Theatre

* ''Borderline'' * ''Homebody / Kabul'' * ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' * ''The American Pilot'' * ''Chaos Theory'' * ''An Ordinary Muslim'' * ''The Michaels'' * ''Out of Time'' * ''A Delicate Balance'' Escaped Alone


References

*BBC
"The bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy"
accessed 15 October 2005 *The Kali Theatre

accessed 14 October 2005 *''The New York Times''

accessed 15 October 2005 The American Pilot


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Rita 1960 births Living people Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom British people of Bengali descent Actresses from Kolkata 20th-century British actresses British theatre managers and producers British women theatre managers and producers