EastEnders’ star Nina Wadia talks humble beginnings, acting breakthrough, her possible return to Walford as Zainab Masood and her current role on a new children’s television show
She’s appeared in iconic shows like Goodness Gracious Me, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing but now Nina Wadia is turning her hand to children’s TV.
“It’s one of those shows that is on early in the morning for little kids. But parents can sit and watch with them too - it’s really cute. They’re short episodes that remind me of Morph and The Wombles.” “It’s funny, my son’s 16, my daughter’s 19 now, and I do show them little clips of whatever work I’m doing, and actually, they absolutely love Tweedy and Fluff because of its warmth.”
While Nina is a dab hand at any TV genre, there’s one role that people still recognise her for the most. “I'm really happy to have done EastEnders, it took my profile to another level. But the negative side of doing soap is that you never know how long you should stay in it, because it can kill your career as well. I didn't work for a year afterwards - everyone was like ‘where did you go?’.”
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