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She went on to earn a degree in contemporary dance at De Montfort University in Leicester.
In 1999, Virk started off on the British TV series Holby City, which was just the beginning of her television career. She was one of the United Kingdom Stars of Tomorrow in Screen International in 2007.
In 2008 she wrote and directed a short film 'Forgive', following this up in 2012 with another film 'Out of Darkness' starring Tom Hiddleston.
Career
She has appeared in the television series Holby City (1999), Doctors (2000), The Bill (2004), The Ghost Squad (2005), Runaway (2009), Skins (2010), Monroe (2011), and Hunted (2012).
Her mother's name is Jasvir. She comes from a family of three children. She was also nominated for Asian Woman of Achievement Award in 2008.
She went on to earn a degree in contemporary dance at De Montfort University in Leicester.
In 1999, Virk started off on the British television series Holby City, which was just the beginning of her television career.
She later appeared in three separate episodes of the television soap opera Doctors, first in 2000 as Karen Slater, again in 2004 as Laila Khalid and in 2007 playing Harpit Jindal.
In 2012, she wrote and directed another short called Out of Darkness starring Tom Hiddleston, Monica Dolan, Andrew Gower, Jimmy Akingbola, Christine Bottomley and Riz Ahmed.
She met husband Neil Biswas on the set of the TV drama Bradford Riots in 2007. She later appeared in three separate episodes of the TV soap opera Doctors, first in 2000 as Karen Slater, again in 2004 as Laila Khalid and in 2007 playing Harpit Jindal.
She made her television debut in 1999 in 'Holby City' and has made her fair share of performances in medically-themed dramas - 'Monroe', 'Call the Midwife', 'Doctors' and the sitcom 'Green Wing' before, in 2015, becoming the new pathologist in the long-running 'Midsomer Murders' . Away from the small screen Manjinder was nominated for best actress for the film 'The Arbor' and was also named one of Screen International's Stars of tomorrow in 2007, the same year that she met her husband writer/director Neil Biswas, with whom she has two children.
The roles she is most notable for are her roles in 2007"s Britz as Nasima Wahid, and the 2010 documentary The Arbor portraying Lorraine Dunbar.
The latter she earned three nominations, Best Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival Awards and Best Actress and New Comer at the BIFA Awards. In 2013, for her short film Out of Darkness, Virk won Best of Fest award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
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She comes from a family of three children.She began acting at the Belgrade Youth Theatre in Coventry and went on to become artistic director of Pangram Dance Theatre with her brother, Hardish.
Her mother"s name is Jasvir. She began acting at the Belgrade Youth Theatre in Coventry before becoming an artistic director of Pangran Dance Theatre and going on to study contemporary dance at De Montfort University, Leicester.. In 2012, she wrote and directed another short called Out of Darkness starring Tom Hiddleston, Monica Dolan, Andrew Gower, Jimmy Akingbola, Christine Bottomley and Riz Ahmed.
Achievements
Virk was nominated in 2010 for Best Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival Awards and Best Actress and Newcomer at the BIFA Awards, both for her role in The Arbor.
Manjinder describes her parents as " very liberal" - her father was involved in the Indian Workers Association - bringing herself and her sister up "like boys " - she has a brother - as well as being massively into the arts and encouraging of her acting ambitions. As of 2013, she and her husband live in Brixton, South London.
Awards and nominations
Virk was nominated in 2010 for Best Newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival Awards and Best Actress and Newcomer at the BIFA Awards, both for her role in The Arbor.
She was also nominated for Asian Woman of Achievement Award in 2008.
In 2013, for her short film Out of Darkness, Virk won Best of Fest award at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
Manjinder was born in Coventry, to a car factory worker and his wife who had come to England from the Punjab.
She also had a small reoccurring role on the British medical drama show Monroe, and recently appeared on the new British Broadcasting Corporation One show Hunted.
In 2003, she wrote a play for a show for touring company Theatre Centre titled Glow.
In 2008, Virk wrote and directed the short film Forgive starring Sacha Dhawan and Abdi Gouhad.
In 2016 she completed another short film 'With Love from Calais' about the refugee crisis.
Manjinder Virk
Actor
Manjinder Virk is an English actress, director and writer
Background
Virk was born in Coventry, England. The roles she is most notable for are her roles in 2007's Britz as Nasima Wahid, and the 2010 documentary The Arbor portraying Lorraine Dunbar.
In 2008, Virk wrote and directed the short film Forgive starring Sacha Dhawan and Abdi Gouhad.