# Zita Sattar

Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, theatre, and film actress from Birmingham.

## Early life

Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founding members of Birmingham's Central Junior Television Workshop. She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London.

## Career

Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in Casualty from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, According to Bex, Dalziel and Pascoe, Doctors, and Flowers.
Her theatre roles include: Top Girls, Clubbed Out, Let's Go to the Fair, Hansel and Gretel, One Night, D'yer Eat with your Fingers, and Romeo and Juliet. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of East is East by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1996. Although she did not reprise the role in the film version of the play (1999), she did appear as new character Neelam Haqq in the sequel West Is West (2010). She has starred in the following low-budget films: The Final Curtain, Esther Kahn, Janice Beard 45wpm, and Large.

## Personal life

As of 2007, Sattar's partner was director Declan O'Dwyer, with whom she has one daughter.

## Filmography
### Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Janice Beard | Jane |
| 2001 | Esther Kahn | assistant make-up girl |
| 2001 | Large | Kylie |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Sylvia (contestant) |
| 2006 | Almost Adult | Malaeka |
| 2009 | Mad, Sad & Bad | Kirty |
| 2010 | West Is West | Neelam Haqq |
| 2013 | Another Me | Mira |

### Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Y.E.S. | Nazreen | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | The Bill | W.D.C. Watson | 1 episode |
| 1996 | The Bill: Target | W.D.C. Watson | feature-length episode |
| 1997 | Backup | Meera | 1 episode |
| 1997–1998 | Hale and Pace | — | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Drop the Dead Donkey | receptionist | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Heartburn Hotel | Debbie | 7 episodes |
| 1999 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Sultana | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Holby City | Anna Paul | 1 episode |
| 2001–2003 | Casualty | Anna Paul | 83 episodes |
| 2005 | According to Bex | Jan | 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Louise Hepburn | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Doctors | Sammi Miah | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Bill | Nancy Faber | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Prisoners' Wives | Natalie | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Love Life | Carmel | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Derek | Cath | 1 episode (credited as Zita Sitar) |
| 2015 | Call the Midwife | Josie Smith | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Mount Pleasant | Amita | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Flowers | Barbara | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Doctors | Kate Riley | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Rebel | matron | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Creeped Out | Hannah | 1 episode |
| 2017–2020 | The Worst Witch | Miss Tapioca | 15 episodes |
| 2019 | Vera | Laura Harper | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Years and Years | Yvonne Bukhari | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Coronation Street | Dr Ward | 8 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | The Cleaner | Ruth | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Father Brown | Mavis Jug | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Doctors | Ren Mackintosh | 1 episode |