Sunetra Sarker

Sunetra Sarker (born 25 June 1973) is an English actress, best known for her acting roles in Brookside, No Angels and Casualty.

Early life

Sarker was born in Liverpool into a Hindu family. Her father is a retired doctor, and her mother Bisakha taught Indian classical dance for which she was awarded an MBE in December 2013. Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business in Europe from Brunel University London.

Career

Sarker has played a wide variety of roles in her career. Her initial success came when she was cast as Nisha Batra in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside from 1988 to 1990 and then returned in 2000 until 2003.

Sarker also starred in the short-lived regional soap London Bridge. This was followed by one of her biggest roles as Anji Mittel in No Angels from 2004 to 2006.

Sarker's next large role was playing the part of Clare Burns in the BBC drama The Chase until the show was pulled after its second series. Since 2007, she has played the role of Dr Zoe Hanna in the BBC One medical drama Casualty.