Neerja Naik

Neerja Naik

Neerja is a British actress, who trained at Drama Centre London after graduating from Cambridge University. She has just won Best Actress at the C-Fem Fantastic Film Festival Murcia in Spain for the leading role of Annji in her latest feature film AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS directed by Johnny Kevorkian. In SOLD, a Best of Festival pick at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Neerja played Anita, a survivor of trafficking directed by Jeffrey Brown. Prior to this in HACKNEY'S FINEST she played female lead Pari, an Afghan biker chick, directed by Chris Bouchard and she joined Bollywood veterans Om Puri and Sharmila Tagore to play Tuli Banerjee in the feature film LIFE GOES ON. On television, Neerja has played guest leads in the BBC's Casualty and Doctors and in theatre, she played Hermia in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to great critical acclaim, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, which completed his directorial canon of all 37 of Shakespeare's plays, just in time for the 400 year celebrations. Neerja then made her debut at Shakespeare's Globe playing Indamora, the title character of THE CAPTIVE QUEEN. She was invited to join Peter Brook during his workshops for THE PRISONER at The National Theatre Studio and Kathryn Hunter directed her in the play UNTOUCHABLE in which she was cast as the freedom fighter Deorao.

Movies for Neerja Naik...

Stromboli
Title: Stromboli
Character: Thandi
Released: November 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Haunted by memories of her broken marriage and a fight with her daughter, a woman joins an intense self-help retreat when her vacation goes awry.
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Await Further Instructions
Title: Await Further Instructions
Character: Annji
Released: August 26, 2018
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional family awake on Christmas morning to discover they’re sealed inside their house by a mysterious black substance. On television, a single line of text reads: “Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.”
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The Great European Disaster Movie
Title: The Great European Disaster Movie
Character: Hostess
Released: March 1, 2015
Type: Movie
2014-2015: 17. The Great European Disaster Movie Authored documentary by Italian director Annalisa Piras and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, which explores the crisis facing Europe. Through case studies of citizens in different countries, the film explores a range of factors that have led to the present crisis, economic and identity challenges across Europe. High-level experts analyse how and why things are going so wrong. The film includes fictional scenes, set in a post-EU future, which feature archaeologist Charles Granda (played by Angus Deayton) travelling on a flight through a menacing storm, explaining to a child passenger what the EU was. Sombre, thought-provoking and witty, the film frames Europe through the eyes of those who have most at stake - the Europeans themselves.
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Hackney's Finest
Title: Hackney's Finest
Character: Pari
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: Movie
A small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.