# Zoha Rahman

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{{Short description|British-Pakistani actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Zoha Rahman
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| birth_place        = [Jhelum](/source/Jhelum), [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)
| education          = 
| occupation         = [Actress](/source/Actress)‚ [Model](/source/Model_(person))
| years_active       = 2019 – present
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'''Zoha Rahman''' is a [British-Pakistani](/source/British_Pakistanis) actress. She appeared in ''[Spider-Man: Far From Home](/source/Spider-Man%3A_Far_From_Home)''. Zoha is credited as the first Muslim actor being cast in a Marvel movie.<ref name="Rahman">{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Sami|title=Meet Zoha Rahman – Spiderman's first ever hijabi character|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/5/30/meet-zoha-rahman-spidermans-first-ever-hijabi-character|access-date=2021-10-02|website=[Al Jazeera English](/source/Al_Jazeera_English)|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kerr|first=Teresa|title=Zoha Rahman Playing Spiderman's First Hijabi Character in Latest Film|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/05/274654/zoha-rahman-playing-spidermans-first-hijabi-character-in-latest-film|access-date=2021-10-02|website=[Morocco World News](/source/Morocco_World_News)|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Zoha was born in a small town near [Jhelum](/source/Jhelum), [Punjab, Pakistan](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan), and moved to the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) with her family when she was a child.<ref name="thenews" /><ref>{{Cite web|author=Images Staff|date=2019-07-11|title=Meet the Pakistani playing Marvel's first onscreen hijabi character|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1183185|access-date=2021-10-02|website=[DAWN Images](/source/Dawn_(newspaper))|language=en}}</ref>

Whilst studying law at university, Zoha accepted various modelling and acting offers while studying,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/ikrd/zoha-rahman-spider-man-far-from-home|title=Meet Zoha Rahman, the Muslim Actor in "Spider-Man: Far from Home"|website=[BuzzFeed](/source/BuzzFeed)}}</ref><ref name="podcasts.apple.com">{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/zoha-rahman-british-pakistani-actress/id1453462346?i=1000473266433|title = Actors 2020 Podcast: Zoha Rahman - British - Pakistani Actress on Apple Podcasts}}</ref> making her film debut in 2019 with [Mr. Majnu](/source/Mr._Majnu).<ref name="imdb.com">https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10522693/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Zoha currently divides her time between the [UK](/source/UK) and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), filming movie and television projects in both countries.<ref name="podcasts.apple.com"/>

== Filmography ==
As well as appearing in ''[Spider-Man: Far From Home](/source/Spider-Man%3A_Far_From_Home)'' (2019),<ref name="Rahman"/> Zoha has featured in Netflix's Young Wallander as Aaliya,<ref name="gulftoday.ae">{{Cite web|title=Pakistani Hijabi girl talks about 'Spider-Man' movie role|url=https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2019/08/29/pakistani-hijabi-girl-performs-spider-man-role-in-movie|access-date=2021-10-02|website=[Gulf Today](/source/Gulf_Today)}}</ref> Apple TV's Foundation as the Anacreon soldier Onelle,<ref name="pk.mashable.com">{{Cite web|url=https://pk.mashable.com/entertainment/13274/zoha-rehman-is-playing-an-anacreon-soldier-in-foundation|title = Zoha Rahman is playing an Anacreon soldier in Foundation|date = November 2021}}</ref> and has made her Bollywood debut in the cricket epic '83.<ref name="thenews">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-27|title=Thinking Big with Actress and Model Zoha Rahman|url=https://www.thenewsrun.com/thinking-big-zoha-rahman/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=The NewsRun|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2019
|''[Mr. Majnu](/source/Mr._Majnu)''
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|
|-
|2019
|''[Spider-Man: Far From Home](/source/Spider-Man%3A_Far_From_Home)''
|Zoha Souliotis
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rahman|first=Sami|date=2019-06-28|title=Talking representation and Hollywood with Zoha Rahman: Marvel's first hijabi character in Spider-Man|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/first-ever-hijabi-character-set-appear-spider-man|access-date=2021-10-05|website=[The New Arab](/source/The_New_Arab)|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''[Housefull 4](/source/Housefull_4)''
|
|
|-
|2020
|''Man Sick Rogue''
|
|
|-
|2021
|''Take-Awasian''
|
|
|-
|2021
|[83 (film)](/source/83_(film))
|
|<ref name="thenews"/>
|-
|{{TableTBA}}
|''[Dirty Angels](/source/Dirty_Angels)''
|{{TableTBA}}
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2020
|Never Kiss Your Best Friend
|Inayat<ref name="imdb.com"/>
|
|-
|2020
|Young Wallander
|Aaliya<ref name="imdb.com"/><ref name="gulftoday.ae"/>
|
|-
|2021
|[Foundation](/source/Foundation_(TV_series))
|Onelle<ref name="imdb.com"/><ref name="pk.mashable.com"/>
|[Apple TV+](/source/Apple_TV%2B) Series
|-
|2021
|''[Dil-e-Momin](/source/Dil-e-Momin)''
|Ainee
|[Geo TV](/source/Jang_Media_Group) serial<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/850138/pakistani-actress-zoha-rahman-makes-an-appearance-in-upcoming-bollywood-film-83/|title=Pakistani actress Zoha Rahman makes an appearance in upcoming Bollywood film '83'|website=Daily Times|date=4 December 2021|access-date=}}</ref>
|}

==Voice acting==
Fluent in [English](/source/English_language), [Hindi](/source/Hindi), [Urdu](/source/Urdu) and [Punjabi](/source/Punjabi_language), Zoha works as a voice actor, having lent her voice to multiple commercials in various accents, including for the [Home Office](/source/Home_Office).<ref name="podcasts.apple.com"/> She also narrated [Audible](/source/Audible_(service))'s audiobook 'The Arctic Curry Club' by Dani Redd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-The-Arctic-Curry-Club/dp/B09HHP719B|title = The Arctic Curry Club (Audio Download): Dani Redd, Zoha Rahman, Avon: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals|website = Amazon UK}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|nm10522693}}

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Category:21st-century British actresses
Category:Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:British people of Punjabi descent
Category:People from Jhelum District
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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