Rebecca Sarker

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Rebecca Sarker (born 1975) is an English actress. After portraying the role of Nita Desai in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1999 to 2000, she made various appearances in television series including Rosemary and Thyme, Doctors, Holby City, The Golden Hour and EastEnders. In 2018, she began appearing in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Manpreet Sharma.

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Rebecca Sarker
Born1975 (age 4950)
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Television
Children2[2]
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Early life

Sarker is from Halifax, West Yorkshire. Her parents met while working at a hospital in Nottingham; her father, Khaleque, is a British Pakistani GP, and her mother, Elizabeth, is an English children's nurse. Her older brother is a dentist. Sarker attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. She pursued a degree in Modern Languages at Leeds University and spent a year teaching English in Spain, where she took up flamenco dancing.[3] She later trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.[4]

Career

Sarker made her acting debut in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Nita Desai in 1999.[citation needed] Following her exit from the soap in 2000, she appeared in various television series, including two guest appearances on the BBC soap opera Doctors, appearances in the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty and portraying Dr Newton in two episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[5] She then starred in the ITV miniseries The Golden Hour as Nina Osbourne in 2005.[6] In 2012, she made her film debut in the feature film John Carter.[1] In 2018, it was announced that she had been cast as series regular Manpreet Jutla in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[7] Then in 2022, she competed in the revival of the ITV series The Games.[8]

Personal life

Sarker has two sons.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1999–2000 Coronation Street Nita Desai Series regular; 122 episodes
2002 Believe Nothing PC Haywain Episode: "May as Well Face It, You're Addicted to Fudge"
2003, 2009 Doctors Tepali Sharma / Deborah Mortimer 3 episodes
2003, 2006, 2017 Holby City Nina Sharma / Carla Harris / Gayle Travis 3 episodes
2004 Fallen Nisha Mehta Television film. Main role
2005 The Golden Hour Nina Osbourne Mini-series. Main role; 4 episodes
The Brief DI Joan Fernandes Episode: "The Architect's Wife"
Broken News Correspondant Mini-series; Episode: "Hijack"
2006 Rosemary & Thyme Blanca Parfitt Episode: "Racquet Espanol"
2007 EastEnders Dr. Newton 2 episodes
2010, 2014 Casualty Alison Roberts / DCI Jackie Prior 2 episodes: "Leave Me Alone" and "The Lies We Tell"
2012 John Carter Stayman #1 / Navigator Feature film
Twenty Twelve TV Reporter, Hilary 2 episodes: "Boycott: Part 1" and "Clarence House"
2018 Dark Heart Smita Williams Episode: "Dead Men Don't Pay Debts: Part 1"
2018–present Emmerdale Manpreet Sharma Series regular
2022 The Games Herself – Contestant 5 episodes
2024 Celebrity Catchphrase Herself – Contestant Episode: "Les Dennis, Rebecca Sarker and Jordan Stephens"
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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2022 2022 British Soap Awards Best Leading Performer Nominated [9]
27th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Nominated [10]
2023 Inside Soap Awards Best Partnership (shared with Kevin Mathurin) Nominated [11]
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