English actress
Bharti Patel Born Coventry , EnglandOccupation Actress Years active 1983–present Television Doctors
Bharti Patel is an English actress, known for portraying the role of midwife Ruhma Carter on the BBC soap opera Doctors . For her portrayal of Ruhma, she was nominated for numerous awards at the National Television Awards , British Soap Awards and Inside Soap Awards . In 2024, she portrayed Maya Houssain in the BBC soap opera EastEnders .
Career
Patel made her professional acting debut as a shop assistant in an episode of the BBC drama series Screenplay . In 2003, she appeared as a dancer in the feature film What a Girl Wants . In 2012, she portrayed the roles of Ursula and Verges in a production of Much Ado About Nothing at the World Shakespeare Festival . In 2015, Bharti began portraying the role of Ruhma Carter in the BBC soap opera Doctors . The next year, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at The British Soap Awards . In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the Hulu series Find Me in Paris as Mama Khan, and in 2019, she portrayed the role of Manju in the BBC Two sitcom Don't Forget the Driver . In 2024, Doctors was cancelled by the BBC and Patel remained in her role as Ruhma until its final episode . Later that year, she played Maya Houssain in fellow BBC soap opera EastEnders .
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1993
Bhaji on the Beach
Refuge woman
Film
2003
What a Girl Wants
Dancer
Film
2013
Cursed
Short film
2014
Honeycomb Lodge
Rheeta
Film
2019
Damage
Sarita
Short film
2023
Goldfish
Laxmi Natrajan
Film
Television
Voice
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2024, 2025
The Archers
Anita, Geraldine, Inspector Norris
Various roles
2024
Torchwood: Monthly Range
Passerby
Episode: "Bad Connection"
Awards and nominations
Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2016
The British Soap Awards
Best Newcomer
Doctors
Nominated
2017
National Television Awards
Newcomer
Doctors
Longlisted
2017
Inside Soap Awards
Best Daytime Star
Doctors
Longlisted
2018
Diversity in Media Awards
Best Actor
Doctors
Nominated
2019
The British Soap Awards
Best Actress
Doctors
Longlisted
2019
Inside Soap Awards
Best Daytime Star
Doctors
Longlisted
2020
Inside Soap Awards
Best Daytime Star
Doctors
Nominated
2020
RTS Midlands Awards
Acting Performance – Female
Doctors
Nominated
2020
UK Festival Awards
Best Ensemble (with co-stars)
Damage
Won
2021
Inside Soap Awards
Best Daytime Star
Doctors
Nominated
References
"Bharti Patel interview" . BBC . Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"ScreenPlay: Broke" . Radio Times . No. 3524. 27 June 1991. p. 60. ISSN 0033-8060 . Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"Bharti Patel" . British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
McMullen, Marion (31 August 2012). "Theatre: Bharti Patel didn't think she would ever do Shakespeare" . Coventry Live . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"Ruhma Hanif" . BBC . Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
Laws, Roz (24 May 2016). "Will BBC's Doctors win anything at the British Soap Awards 2016?" . Birmingham Mail . Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
Korpal, Vimal (15 April 2019). "Brummie hat-trick as actors Lorna Laidlaw, Bharti Patel and Janice Connolly set to appear on prime time TV shows" . I Am Birmingham . Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
"EastEnders casts Doctors legend Bharti Patel in Harvey Monroe loneliness story" . Radio Times . Retrieved 26 December 2024.
Kilkelly, Daniel. "British Soap Awards 2016 full winners list: Did your favourites take home prizes?" . Digital Spy . Hearst Magazines UK . Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"National Television Awards" . National Television Awards . Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
McGrath, Rachel (22 August 2018). "The Inside Soap Awards 2017 Longlist Is In! Find Out Who's Nominated" . Huffington Post . Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
BBC Doctors (24 January 2018). "We'd love for you to vote for us at this years Diversity in Media Awards... Our nominations: TV Programme of the year. Actor of the Year: Bharti Patel for the hard hitting immigration Storyline Media Moment of the Year: Doctors Bollywood Proposal episode" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
"Coronation Street's Bhavna Limbachia and Emmerdale's Ryan Hawley get British Soap Awards nods as full list is revealed" . Metro . 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
Harp, Justin (30 September 2019). "Inside Soap Awards 2019 full shortlist is announced" . Digital Spy . Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Who will get YOUR vote in the Inside Soap Awards 2020?" . Inside Soap . 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
"RTS Midlands 2020" . Royal Television Society . Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
"UK Festival Awards 2020" . UK Festival Awards . Retrieved 15 February 2021.
"The Inside Soap Awards 2021". Inside Soap . 28 September 2021.
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