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| Priyanga Burford | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, narrator, and writer |
| Spouse |
Tom Burford (m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Priyanga Burford is an English actress, narrator, and writer. She is known for her TV work in UKIP: The First 100 Days (2015), Innocent (2017) , and Steeltown Murders (2023). She has also performed on stage, including in the premiere production of Consent at the Royal National Theatre in 2017.
Career
Screen
Burford's screen acting credits include roles in No Time to Die, A Long Way Down, A Rather English Marriage, The Thick of It, Silent Witness, and Casualty.
In 2015 she starred in the Channel 4 mockumentary UKIP: The First 100 Days in which she played the fictional Deepa Kaur, the first Asian woman to be elected as a UK Independence Party Member of Parliament.
In 2017, she appeared in King Charles III, a future history television film adapted by Mike Bartlett from his play of the same name. She plays Mrs Stevens, Leader of the Opposition.
In 2021, she starred in the second season of the ITV crime drama Innocent.
She played Sita Anwar in the 2023 four-part BBC series Steeltown Murders, which dramatises a true crime story of the cold case investigation into a serial killer in Port Talbot, Wales, in the 1970s.
Stage
In 2017, she appeared in the premiere production of Consent at the Royal National Theatre, London.
References
- Williams, Zoe (16 February 2015). "Priyanga Burford on Ukip: The First 100 Days". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- "ITV announce a second series of hit series, Innocent". ITalkTelly. 21 September 2020.
- "Steeltown Murders cast and creatives discuss the responsibility of telling a true-life story about the hunt to catch the killer of three young women". BBC Home. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- "Light from darkness, after 30 years: talking to the cast of real-crime drama 'Steeltown Murders'". SBS What's On. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- "Consent". National Theatre. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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