Aasiya Shah

Shah is from Chingford, East London, and attended Rushcroft Sports College before completing a BTEC in acting at West London College in Hammersmith. Shah later participated in acting classes and workshops at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. She is of Pakistani descent.^[1][2]

Shah made her professional debut on stage in a production of Tipping the Velvet in 2015, directed by Lyndsey Turner at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. In 2017, she had her first lead role on stage appearing in a nationwide tour of Anita and Me, adapted by Tanika Gupta from the Meera Syal novel of the same name.^[1][2][3]

On television, Shah had early roles in The Level (2016) and Call the Midwife (2018), as well as Gemma Khan in two series of ITV1 police drama series Unforgotten (2017), and an appearance in BritBox thriller The Beast Must Die (2020-2021).^[4]

Shah played Holly in HBO Max science-fiction drama series Raised by Wolves (2020-2022), executive produced by Ridley Scott, who also directed episodes.^[5] On Sky Comedy, Shah had a main role as paramedic Kareshma in medical comedy series Bloods (2021-2022).^[4]

Shah has a recurring role in BBC One comedy series We Might Regret This (2024-present), which was commissioned for a second series shortly after debut.^[6] In 2025, Shah was cast alongside Daniel Mays, Miriam Petche, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards in British true crime drama series Believe Me.^[7] In 2026 Shah starred in Riz Ahmed comedy series Bait, for Amazon Prime Video.^[8]

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