Rakhee Thakrar

Career overview

Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress from Leicester, Leicestershire, England. The Movie Database records her primary occupation as acting and lists twenty‑six credited appearances across film and television. Thakrar first achieved broad public attention through her role as Shabnam Masood in the long‑running BBC One soap opera EastEnders, a character she portrayed from 2014 until 2016.

Since 2019 she has been a regular cast member of the Netflix comedy‑drama series Sex Education, playing the part of Emily Sands, a role she continues to inhabit. In addition to her on‑screen work, Thakrar expands her repertoire into audio drama, providing the voice of Bliss, the companion of the Eighth Doctor in Big Finish Productions’ Doctor Who: The Time War series.

Her career, as documented by TMDB, reflects a focus on contemporary British drama across both visual and audio formats. The profile also notes that she is identified as female and includes alternate renderings of her name in Japanese and Korean scripts. Thakrar’s body of work demonstrates versatility within the UK entertainment industry, encompassing long‑form television narratives and serialized audio storytelling.