Zina Badran

Acting
Lewisham, London, England, UK

Biography

Zina Badran is known for A Question of Service (2022), Will (2011) and A Touch of Cloth (2012).

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes as Morpheus Presenter

7.6 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

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#2Trying

Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes as Sarah

7.6 / 10
Comedy

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

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#3Agatha Raisin

Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes as Phyllis Heger

6.1 / 10
ComedyMystery

Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.

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#4Tyrant

Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes as Dr. Siraj

6.7 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife and children, for his nephew's wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.

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#5A Very English Scandal

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes as Clerk of the Court

7.1 / 10
Drama

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

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#6Sexy Beast

Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes as Zoe

6.1 / 10
DramaCrime

The origin story of Gal Dove, Don Logan, and Teddy Bass. Explore Gal and Don’s complicated relationship as Gal finds himself descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s while falling in love with DeeDee.

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#7Stella

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes as Sofia

7.1 / 10
DramaComedyFamily

Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.

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#8Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas

Movie - 2025, 2h 15m as Rachel (David's Mother)

6.5 / 10
DocumentaryDrama

Kevin Costner hosts this special exploring the extraordinary journey of Mary and Joseph as they navigate the hardships, trials and triumphs surrounding Jesus Christ's birth, offering an inspiring way to experience the true meaning of Christmas.

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#9A Touch of Cloth

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes as Cashier

7.2 / 10
ComedyCrime

Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.

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#10Almost Never

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes as Anika

7.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

The experiences and rivalries of boy band The Wonderland and girls group Girls Here First after their appearances on a reality television competition.

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#11Pramface

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes as Hannah

6.9 / 10
ComedyFamily

Pramface is a BBC Three television comedy series starring Scarlett Alice Johnson, Sean Michael Verey, Ben Crompton, Bronagh Gallagher, Anna Chancellor and Angus Deayton. Written by Chris Reddy and produced by BBC/Little Comet, the six-part first series commenced transmission on 23 February 2012. The second series began on 8 January 2013, with the first episode 60 minutes long, as a special, and the remainder of the series consisted of the usual 30 minute episodes. The second series concluded on 19 February 2013. A third series was confirmed on 29 April 2013.

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#12Harry & Paul

Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.6 / 10
Comedy

Harry & Paul is a BAFTA Award-winning British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as The Harry Enfield Show. The show reunites the pair, who had success with Harry Enfield's Television Programme in the 1990s. The second series of the programme began on BBC One on 5 September 2008. This was the last series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins who died shortly before the programme's second series began. A third series was commissioned and began 28 September 2010 this time on BBC Two to where the show has been moved, because of falling ratings. The fourth series began broadcasting in October 2012.

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#13Will

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m as Abu Dhabian Newsreader

6.5 / 10
DramaFamily

Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

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#14The Wrong Door

Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes as Lucy

5.0 / 10
Comedy

The Wrong Door is a comedy sketch show, first aired on BBC Three on 28 August 2008. The programme is the first comedy show in which almost all of the sketches have a CGI element. As such, it was produced under the working title of The CGI Sketch Show. The show also contains strong language, adult humour and toilet humour.

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#15The Phoenix and the Carpet

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes as Lady

8.8 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyKids

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a six-part British miniseries based on E. Nesbit's 1904 fantasy novel of the same name. Produced by HIT Entertainment for BBC One, it aired from 16 November to 21 December 1997. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home.

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