Hiftu Quasem
- Actor
Female / London / Scotland - Ethnicity
- Asian - Other
- Age Range
- 19 - 27
- Height
- 5' 4" (1m 63cm)
- Weight
- 8st. 7lb (54kg)
- Hair Colour
- Black
- Eye Colour
- Brown
- Build
- Slim
Agent
- Agent
- The Narrow Road Company
- Contact
- +44 (0)20 7831 4450
- Website
- www.narrowroad.co.uk
Links
Credits
Year | Role / Type | Name of Production / Director |
---|---|---|
2020 | Charlie TV | Killing Eve Damon Thomas |
2020 | Salma TV | The Nest Andy de Emmony/ Simen Alsvik |
2019 - 2020 | Voice Theatre | At Home I Speak |
2020 | Nuha Sardar TV | Endeavour Zam Salim |
2020 | Sal Chadha TV | Casualty Eric Styles |
2019 - 2020 | Penny TV | Deadwater Fell Lynsey Miller |
2019 - 2020 | Young Mum TV | Trigonometry Stella Corradi |
2019 | Saffi TV | TRACES Rebecca Gatward |
2019 | Julie Theatre | Miss Julie Shilpa T-Hyland |
2018 | Yasmin Theatre | Shudder Chelsea Walker |
2018 | Julia Gibbs Theatre | Our Town Alice Malin |
2017 - 2018 | Amanda Film (Short) | Til' Death Lewis Smith |
2015 - 2017 | Sania Film (Short) | GlaswAsian Tales Lalitha Rajan |
2015 - 2016 | Amara Rahim Film (Short) | Meet Me By The Water Raisah Ahmed |
2015 - 2016 | Tehzeeb (Lead) Film (Short) | Tehzeeb Myriam Raja |
2014 - 2015 | Zahra (Lead) Film (Short) | Last Night in Edinburgh Bita Shafipour |
Education
Year Qualification Where 2018 Post Graduate Acting Oxford School of Drama 2013 BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering University of Glasgow Additional Skills
Languages:
Bengali: Fluent Speaker. Ability to read and write at elementary level.
Hindi and Urdu: Intermediate level speaker
About me
Hiftu Quasem is a multilingual Scottish actress and a graduate from the one year acting course at the Oxford School of Drama.
In 2016 she won best actress for the British-Urdu drama Tehzeeb at the Omladinski Film Festival in Sarajevo. Tehzeeb directed by Myriam Raja was also screened as part of the 2016 BFI London Film Festival.
Last Night in Edinburgh directed by Bita Shafipour premiered at the Palm Spring International Shortsfest and won a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award in 2015.
Her additional languages include fluent Bangla and semi-fluent Hindi and Urdu.
Skills
- Skin Colour
- Brown
- Languages Spoken
- Bengali
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Accents (North American)
- Californian
- General American
- Texas
- Hair Length
- Mid Length
- Native accent
- Scottish
- DBS checked
- Yes
- Accents (International)
- Bangladeshi
- Farsi/Persian
- Indian
- Pakistani
- Sri Lankan
- Interested in
- Comedy
- Commercials
- Corporate
- Film (Professional)
- Online
- Panto
- Radio
- Rehearsed Readings
- Theatre (Professional)
- Theatre (Touring)
- TV
- Voice Over
- Web-Series
- Accents (UK)
- Aberdeen
- Edinburgh
- English, standard
- Glasgow
- London
- Scottish Highlands
- Scottish, Central
- Scottish, South
- Scottish, Standard
- Scottish, West Coast
- General Dance Skills
- Bollywood
- Experienced In
- Film (Professional)
- Film (Student)
- Presenting
- Radio
- Theatre (Fringe)