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Meryl Fernandes
Indian-born English actress

Meryl Fernandes

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Indian-born English actress
Gender
Female
Place of birth
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Biography

Meryl Glynis Fernandes (born 1983) is an English actress. She played Afia Masood, a love interest for Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel) in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, originally making a guest appearance between the 29 December 2009 and 5 January 2010. She returned to the role of Afia, on the 18 November 2010, this time as a regular character. She departed EastEnders on 7 June 2012.

Personal life

Born in 1983 to Harold and Ghislaine Fernandes, Meryl was brought up in London. Her parents were originally from Nairobi. Fernandes trained at Millennium Performing Arts in 2000. She is skilled in several types of dance and has kissed Tom Hardy in a play.

Career

Other than appearing in EastEnders, Fernandes has appeared Doctor Who, Demons, Minder alongside fellow EastEnders actor, Shane Richie, It's Now or Never, Clone and Dis/Connected. She has also appeared in the highly criticized YouTube series, Living With the Infidels playing 'Jot'. In stage she has appeared in The Lion of Punjab in 2006 and A Small Town Anywhere directed in 2007. In musicals she has appeared in Oliver! as a 'Workhouse Girl', in 1996 and sung in Il mondo della luna at the Royal Academy of Music in 2003. She has also appeared in a film, Ashes where she appeared as the lead role, Amisha, in 2012.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993EastEndersSchoolgirl1 episode
1995A Small Addition
2006It's Now or NeverFlower Girl
2007Dis/ConnectedSara
Doctor WhoHead Girl
2008DemonsAmber Selway
CloneJasmine
MinderRoxy
2009–12EastEndersAfia Masood110 episodes
2016World of WeirdPresenter
Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Living with the InfidelsJotMain Role
2010AshesAmisha
Theatre
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Oliver!Workhouse GirlMusical
2003Sleeping BeautySleeping BeautyStage
Il Mondo Della LunaMoon DancerOpera
2005The Far PavilionsAnjuliMusical
2006The Lion of PunjabJindanStage
2007Who Asked You?Deborah Smith
A Small Town AnywhereThe Samaritan
A Matter of Life and DeathClerk/Nurse
The Man Of ModeHarriet

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