Amber Agar

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Amber Agar
Born
Amber Aga

1976 (age 47–48)
Actress
Years active2002–present

Amber Agha, also credited as Amber Agar or Amber Aga, is an

actress, best known for her role in the British television series Murder City and her supporting role in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
.

Early life

She lived in Africa as a child, but returned to England for her education at

Cambridge University, and afterwards trained at RADA.[1]

Acting

Agar has performed at the National Theatre in The Man of Mode as Harriet, alongside Tom Hardy and Hayley Atwell. Other stage work includes the Orange Tree Theatre, Soho Theatre, Riverside Studios with Ed Stoppard, and Hampstead Theatre.

She played Dr Anvar "Annie" Parvez in the television series Murder City. She appeared as a guest artist (twice) in Holby City, on EastEnders, Totally Frank, Green Wing, Doctors and The Bill.

In 2009

Jean Charles de Menezes
case, including testimony heard for the first time.

In 2010 she appeared in Lewis; with Brenda Fricker in a special episode of Casualty; and in a lead guest role in the penultimate episode of Waking The Dead (aired early in 2011). In 2011 she started rehearsals for Reading Hebron at the Orange Tree Theatre.

She appeared as Detective Inspector Christina Marlowe in all 20 episodes of the first two series of Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators in 2018 and 2019.

Writing

She has been a published poet for Arrival Press and Pyramid Press for a number of years. She was the Winner of The Times International Poetry Competition at university. In 2010 her collection In the Arms of Lyra was published as an ebook and paperback.

Producing

Agar is producer for her company Cheeky Maggot Productions CMP. Showcasing new writing at the

Ewen Macintosh and Lucy Davenport
.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Song of Songs Tanya [2]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Feedback Journalist
2004 Green Wing Nurse Episode: "Emergency"
EastEnders Ms. Ibrahim 2 episodes
Holby City Nadia Ahmed Episode: "The Eleventh Commandment"
Doctors PC Verma Episode: "Testimony"
2004-2006 Murder City Dr. Anvar 'Annie' Parvez Series regular
2005 Totally Frank Louisa Episode: "Ladylove"
Broken News Laura Berthould Miniseries
2006 The Bill Sabirah Hossien Episode: "A Different Type of Threat"
2007 Holby City Jane Reeves Episode: "Can't Buy Me Love"
2008 A Touch of Frost Susan Hepworth Episode: "Mind Games"
2009 Law & Order: UK Elena Adani Episode: "Unsafe"
2010 Casualty Jemma Blundy Episode: "Nice and Easy Does It"
2011 Waking the Dead Nazeem Ahmed Episode: "Conviction"
Lewis DC Karen Middleton Episode: "Wild Justice"
2013 The Tunnel TV News Journalist 1 episode
2015 Holby City Milly Renwick Episode: "Infallible"
2016 Doctors Alice Chaykin Episode: "The Gooseberry"
Silent Witness Sabeen Malik Episode: "Flight: Part 1"
Agatha Raisin Daisy Jones Episode: "Witch of Wyckhadden"
2017 Absentia Agent Ericsson Recurring role[3]
Bounty Hunters DI Suleiman Recurring role
2018 Midsomer Murders Emani Taylor Episode: "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"
Casualty DC Vic 1 episode
2018-2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators DI Marlowe Series regular
2018-2020 There She Goes Katrina Recurring role[3]
2020
Cobra
D.I. Hope 2 episodes
Trying Zareen 2 episodes
The Salisbury Poisonings DI Lata Mishra Series regular[3]

References

  1. ^ Fabrique. "Amber Agar — RADA". www.rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Amber Agar". MUBI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Amber Agar". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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