Amber Agar

Amber Agha, also credited as Amber Agar or Amber Aga, is an English actress, best known for her role in the British television series Murder City and her supporting role in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

Early life Agar lived in Africa as a child, but returned to England for her education at Francis Holland School. She obtained a law degree at the University of Cambridge, and afterwards trained at RADA.

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 WhatsOnStage named her as one of the "exciting young actors" of 2009 for her portrayal of Marian in Clare Bayley's The Container at the Young Vic directed by Tom Wright, with Abhin Galeya and Doreene Blackstock. Also in 2009 she appeared as campaigner Yasmin Khan in This Much is True at Theatre503, directed by Tim Roseman and written by Paul Unwin, and also featuring Justine Waddell and Gerald Kyd. The show was based on first hand accounts of the 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 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 Hampstead Theatre, Soho Theatre, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the Lost Festival (winning entry), and the Cockpit Theatre. The company has worked with prominent actors including Ewen Macintosh and Lucy Davenport.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Song of Songs Tanya

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 Feedback Journalist2004 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 regular2005 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 Bounty Hunters DI Suleiman Recurring role2018 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 2020 Cobra D.I. Hope 2 episodes Trying Zareen 2 episodes The Salisbury Poisonings DI Lata Mishra Series regular