Dinita Gohil

Dinita Gohil (born ) is a British actress. She is best known for her performance as Amanda in the satirical film Greed, and on-stage as Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night (2017–2018).

Early life Dinita Gohil was born in Hodge Hill, Birmingham. She was educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, and later studied Spanish and French language at Royal Holloway, University of London. Gohil received a Master of Arts from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied acting for three years.

Career Before acting, Gohil worked as a translator. In 2017, Gohil played Sajani in the National Geographic documentary and science fiction television series, Year Million.

From 2017 to 2018, Gohil played Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare. In a three-star review for The Guardian, Michael Billington called Gohil's performance "the best performance of the evening, [...] a bright-eyed figure who surrenders happily to Orsino's kisses and who delivers the famous "willow cabin" speech with a level of rapture I have not heard in ages."

In 2019, Gohil played a leading role in the 2019 satirical film Greed as Amanda, a personal assistant of Sir Richard McCreadie (played by Steve Coogan). In April 2020, The Royal Shakespeare Company released the 2017 production of Twelfth Night, with Gohil as Viola, on the streaming service Marquee TV.

In September 2023, Gohil played Annette Raleigh in the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith production of God of Carnage alongside Freema Agyeman.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Last Train Anita Nixon Main cast 2014 Doctors Penny Glover Episode: "Dorian Blue" 2016 Call the Midwife Jamila Shahjee Episode: "Series 5, episode 4" 2016 New Blood PC Louise Tunstall Episode: "Case 1, Part 3" 2016 Our Girl Saira Abbasi Episode: "Afterwards" 2017 Year Million Sajani Documentary series, main cast 2019 Moving On Sarah Episode: "By Any Other Name" 2019 MotherFatherSon Nurse Beth 1 episode 2019 Clink Sami Gilani 3 episodes 2020 Flack Narinda Episode: "Danny & Deepak" 2020 Twelfth Night Viola 2017 RSC production of Twelfth Night 2022 Our House Lucy Vaughan 1 episode 2022–2025 The Sandman Fate Maiden Recurring role 2022 Treason Zoe Supporting role 2023 Silent Witness Bela Nasir 2 episodes 2024 DI Ray Amara Dhawan Recurring role (series 2) 2024 The Road Trip Cherry Main cast 2026Under Salt Marsh Nisha Jones Miniseries, main cast

Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Kill Your Friends MTV Newsreader 2016 The Infiltrator Farhana Awan 2017 The Snowman Linda 2017 The Boy with the Topknot Kiran Chahal 2019 Greed Amanda

Audio Year Title Role Notes 2023 Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures Sahdna Chand, Marla Episode: "The Colour of Terror" (Series 2, #4.1)

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2017–2018 RSC Live: Twelfth Night Viola 2023 God of Carnage Annette