Lisa Ambalavanar
Lisa Hayley Ambalavanar is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Alia Hanif on the BBC soap opera "Doctors" and Mia on the iPlayer/Netflix series "The A List". Career. Ambalavanar made her professional debut in an episode of the BBC Two series "Home Time" in 2009, appearing as a shop assistant. She then made appearances in projects including short film "Coffee" (2011) and films "The Stuff of Legend" (2015) and "Like Living" (2016). Ambalavanar has also starred in various stage productions, including "Painkillers" (2014) and "Singin' in the Rain" (2016). For her performance in  Singin' in the Rain, Philip Lowe of "East Midlands Theatre" wrote that she "lights up the stage with her attractive personality, her comic timing and some beautifully sung numbers". In 2018, she was cast in the BBC daytime soap opera "Doctors". She made her debut appearance as Alia Hanif on 7 February 2018; Alia was played by Mandy Thandi prior to Ambalavanar taking over the role. Later that year, she began appearing in the iPlayer/Netflix series "The A List" in the main role of Mia. In 2019, she made an appearance in a production of "A View from the  Bridge", in which she was described as "forthright, headstrong and full of energy" by Julie Bayley of "Derbyshire Live". Later that year, she portrayed the role of Fairy Wiseheart in a production of "Sleeping Beauty".