Rish Shah

Rishabh Shah (born 17 December 1997) is a British actor. He had his breakout role as Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. He has also appeared in the short film The Long Goodbye (2020), the feature films The Sweet East (2023) and Do Revenge (2022), the Netflix thriller series Obsession (2023) and the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series Overcompensating (2025).

Early life and education Rish Shah was born and raised in Enfield, North London. His parents are from Mumbai and Vadodara. He attended Grange Park Primary School and then Haberdashers' Boys' School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics from King's College London.

Shah appeared in Riz Ahmed's 2020 Oscar winning short film The Long Goodbye as Ahmed's younger brother. Shah took over the role of Kirin Kotecha in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from Adam Fielding for the character's return in 2020. He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by Variety.

Shah made his feature film debut in 2021 as Ravi in the Netflix film To All the Boys: Always and Forever and Varun Dutta in the romantic comedy film India Sweets and Spices opposite Sophia Ali.

The following year he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and made his debut as superpowered teen Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. He went on to play Russ in the Netflix comedy film Do Revenge. He starred in the Netflix limited thriller series Obsession and appeared in the Amazon film Sitting in Bars with Cake. In 2024, Shah appeared in the Netflix autobiographical drama Joy.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2019 Years and Years Ahmed Episode 6 Doctors Rajdeep Mishra Episode: "Failing to Stop" 2020 Casualty Virat Dewala Episode #34.32 Emmerdale Kirin Kotecha 5 episodes 2022 Ms. Marvel Kamran 5 episodes (main cast) Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Documentary; episode: "Assembled: The Making of Ms Marvel" 2023 Obsession Jay Farrow 4 episodes 2025 Overcompensating Miles 8 episodes

Web Year Title Role Notes 2017 PrankMe Asif 4 episodes

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2017 The Plains of Delight Jerry Clapham Fringe Festival 2019 You're Dead, Mate The Man The Nutshell, Winchester Torch Song Trilogy Alan Turbine Theatre, London