{{Short description|English actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{infobox person | name = Anna Jobarteh | birth_name = Anna Sophie Jobarteh | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2009–present | known_for = ''Waterloo Road'' (2010–2011)<br/>''Paradox'' (2009) }}

'''Anna Sophie Jobarteh''' is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Ruth Kirby on the BBC school-based drama ''Waterloo Road''. She also played a role in thriller series ''Paradox'' in 2009, when she played the role of Dionne Hudson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://friendfeed.com/humanities-news-et-sim/cb59d70c/anna-jobarteh-also-appeared-in-science-fiction |title=Anna Jobarteh also appeared in science fiction... - Humanities News et sim - FriendFeed |access-date=2010-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014070635/http://friendfeed.com/humanities-news-et-sim/cb59d70c/anna-jobarteh-also-appeared-in-science-fiction |archive-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She later starred as Christie in a show called ''Combat Kids'' on the CBBC Channel in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/04/combat_kids.shtml|title=Combat Kids|work=BBC}}</ref>

==Career== Jobarteh began playing Ruth Kirby in the BBC school-based drama ''Waterloo Road'' in September 2010, in the first episode of the sixth series, and her character departed at the end of the series.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blackpool schoolgirl is a star pupil on Waterloo Road|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8960000/8960161.stm|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=1 September 2010}}</ref> In February 2020, Jobarteh played Kayla Miller in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Under Pressure|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fs6v|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits=Writer: Paul Williams; Director: Merlyn Rice; Producer: Peter Leslie Wild |network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=26 February 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Years !Title !Role !Notes |- |2019 |''Remember Me'' |Harper | |- |2020 |''Love Bugged'' |Sinead |rowspan=4|Short film |- |2021 |''Bewildered: A COVID-19 Story'' |Naomi |- |2023 |''1999'' |Claire |- |2024 |''Keep the Faith'' |Sophie |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Years !Title !Role !Notes |- |2009 |''Paradox'' |Dionne Hudson |1 episode |- |2010–2011 |''Waterloo Road'' |Ruth Kirby |Regular role, 13 episodes |- |2010 |''Combat Kids'' |Christie |Regular role, 3 episodes |- |2012 |''Stepping Up'' |Nicole |1 episode |- |2013–2020 |''Doctors'' |Kayla Miller / Dani Coles / Hayley Smith |rowspan=2|3 episodes |- |2016–2018 |''Coronation Street'' |Isla / Customer / Scally |- |2018 |''So Awkward'' |Grown up Jaz |1 episode |- |2020–2021 |''The Pod Play'' |Lisa / Sinead / Chantelle |3 episodes |- |2022 |''In From the Cold'' |Claire Reed |4 episodes |- |rowspan=2|2023 |''You & Me'' |Emergency Nurse |rowspan=2|1 episode |- |''Casualty'' |Amy Noyes |}

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