Aasiya Shah

Aasiya Shah is a British television and theatre actress, who has featured in both dramatic and comedic roles. Her television appearances include Raised by Wolves (2020-2022) and Bloods (2021-2022).

Early and personal life Shah is from Chingford, East London, and attended Rushcroft Sports College before completing a BTEC in acting at West London College in Hammersmith. Shah later participated in acting classes and workshops at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. She is of Pakistani descent.

Career Shah made her professional debut on stage in a production of Tipping the Velvet in 2015, directed by Lyndsey Turner at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. In 2017, she had her first lead role on stage appearing in a nationwide tour of Anita and Me, adapted by Tanika Gupta from the Meera Syal novel of the same name.

On television, Shah had early roles in The Level (2016) and Call the Midwife (2018), as well as Gemma Khan in two series of ITV1 police drama series Unforgotten (2017), and an appearance in BritBox thriller The Beast Must Die (2020-2021). On Sky Comedy, Shah had a main role as paramedic Kareshma in medical comedy series Bloods (2021-2022).

Shah has a recurring role in BBC One comedy series We Might Regret This (2024-present), which was commissioned for a second series shortly after debut. In 2025, Shah was cast alongside Daniel Mays, Miriam Petche, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards in British true crime drama series Believe Me. In 2026 Shah starred in Riz Ahmed comedy series Bait, for Amazon Prime Video.

Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Year Title Role Notes 2016 The Level Sun 1 episode 2017-2018 Unforgotten Gemma Khan 6 episodes 2018 Call the Midwife Parveen 1 episode 2020-2021 The Beast Must Die Asha James 5 episodes 2020-2022 Raised by Wolves Holly 17 episodes 2021-2022 Bloods Kareshma 16 episodes 2024-present We Might Regret This Ty 7 episodes 2026 Bait Q 6 episodes 2026 Believe Me Laila