Residence London, England Known for Jas Khella in Doctors Ethnicity British Indian Name Vineeta Rishi | Occupation Actress Role Actress Home town Newcastle upon Tyne | |
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Born February 15, 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-02-15 ) Bracknell, Berkshire, England Alma mater University of Bradford
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Education Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Movies and TV shows Criminal Justice, The Last Detective, Stud Life | ||
Years active ????-????
2002–present | ||
Vineeta Rishi (born 15 February 1975), is an English actress, best known for playing Jas Khella in the BBC One soap opera Doctors.
Born in Bracknell, Berkshire to Indian parents, Rishi grew up in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne where she attended Walkergate Primary and Junior School and Benfield School. She then undertook a business degree at the University of Bradford in 1998. After graduation she began working as a computer programmer, including for British Airways in Newcastle Business Park. During her spare time she discovered a passion for acting in Amateur Dramatics, and then choosing to change professions took a postgraduate course at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
Since graduation she has played PC Kapoor on ITV's The Last Detective, and is regular on the BBC radio soap Silver Street. In 2005 she guest-starred in the Doctor Who spin-off audio drama UNIT: The Longest Night and in 2007 appeared in the television episode Smith and Jones. In 2007 she toured, in the Pravesh Kumar comedy There's Something About Simmy. Rishi played Dona Marina (La Malinche) in BBC2's film "Cortes" which aired in March 2008. In late June and early July 2008, Rishi appeared in the BBC thriller Criminal Justice, playing lawyer Frances Kapoor who is assigned to fight for a murder suspect in court.
Filmography
Actress
2023
The Hunt for Raoul Moat (TV Mini Series) as
Nisha Roberts
- Episode #1.3 (2023) - Nisha Roberts
- Episode #1.2 (2023) - Nisha Roberts
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Nisha Roberts
2020
Holby City (TV Series) as
Lucky Simpson
- Kian (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Clinical Lead (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Secret Romance (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Urgency (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- In Charge (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Collision (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Protest (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Unforeseen Circumstances (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Unexpected Patient (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- New Discovery (2021) - Lucky Simpson
- Old Friends (2021) - Lucky Simpson
2021
Angela Black (TV Series) as
Dr Priya Gurinda
- Episode #1.4 (2021) - Dr Priya Gurinda
2020
Corrina (Short) as
Susan
2020
Earwigger (Short) as
Sarah (voice)
2020
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (TV Series) as
Parthi Raja
- A Serpent's Tooth (2020) - Parthi Raja
2020
Van der Valk (TV Series) as
Therese Remecker
- Love in Amsterdam (2020) - Therese Remecker
2019
GreedFall (Video Game) as
Aphra (voice)
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as
Eteon Assistant
2019
Absentia (TV Series) as
M.E. Sophia Ortiz
- Guilty (2019) - M.E. Sophia Ortiz
2019
Vera (TV Series) as
Nita Dajani
- Cuckoo (2019) - Nita Dajani
2018
Collateral (TV Mini Series) as
DC Rakhee Shah
- Episode #1.4 (2018) - DC Rakhee Shah
- Episode #1.3 (2018) - DC Rakhee Shah
- Episode #1.2 (2018) - DC Rakhee Shah
- Episode #1.1 (2018) - DC Rakhee Shah
2017
The Boy with the Topknot (TV Movie) as
Puli
2017
Three Girls (TV Mini Series) as
Grace
- Episode #1.3 (2017) - Grace
2017
Collateral (Short) as
Rakhee Shah
2017
Line of Duty (TV Series) as
Rupal
- Lying Nest (2017) - Rupal
- In the Trap (2017) - Rupal
- Who Sows the Wind (2017) - Rupal
2015
Boy Meets Girl (TV Series) as
Anji
2016
Murdered by My Father (TV Movie) as
Maheen
2002
Doctors (TV Series) as
Dr. Jas Khella / Meena Patel
- Dragon (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The House on Coppertree Hill (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Strange Romance (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The First Rule of Dad's Club (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Exposure (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- No Evil (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Home Run (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Decent Plumber (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Two Lemons and a Bar (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Charged (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Wake Me Up (Before You Go-Go) (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Way of the Warrior (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- My Girl (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Hush (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Fireworks (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Carpe (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Trick or Treat (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Medicinal Use Only (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Stressed Out (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Control (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Tender Loins (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Adulterers Only (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Remission (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Gemma (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Austenland: Part Two (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Austenland: Part One (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Floss (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Viva Las Letherbridge: Part One (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- In Good Health (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Different Page (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Curtain Call (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Wrong Rooms (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- One Good Turn (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Collateral Damage (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Bittersweet (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- One Way or Another (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Sting in the Tail (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Edge (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Candid Camera (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Look of Love (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- You Belong to Me (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- WLTM (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Floor Routine (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Under Observation (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Where the Buck Stops (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Snobbery with Violence (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Mother's Choice (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Release (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Parallel Universes (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Slight Misunderstanding (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Kick (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Lost Souls (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Lure (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- No Smoke Without Fire (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Testing, Testing (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Whose Closet Is It Anyway? (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- That's Amore (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Good Boy (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Dog Day (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Ring of Truth (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Stargazing (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Antenatal (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Fallen Angels (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Snowblind (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Thin Line (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Thrills, Pills and Bellyaches- (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Loner (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- All Things Change (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Tree Hug (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Give and Take (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- That Feeling of Falling (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- 20 Million Miles to Letherbridge (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Dangerous Liaison (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Older Then (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Cactus (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Santa Ranter (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Break in News (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Nowhere to Go (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Crash Barrier (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Chris FM (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Final Bell (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Most Unusual Item (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Grapevine (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Gift Next Door (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella (credit only)
- The Liars of Letherbridge (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Talented Kid (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Refuge (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Potato Head (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Friday's Feelings (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Young Love (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Truth and Reconcilliation (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- All's Fair (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Punch & Judy Man (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Motherly Love (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Telling (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Crossing the Line (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Tea for Three (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Story of My Life (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Cold Light of Day (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Nessun Dorma (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Other Half (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Fifty Shades of Beige (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Swings and Roundabouts (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Few Bits (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Exterminating Angel (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Changes (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Kiss and Tell (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Care (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Silly Valentine (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Skeletons (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Night Like This (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Saving Irene (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Monster (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Were-Witch Project (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Men at Work (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Heston's Last Testament (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Mating Game (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Behind Closed Doors (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Over a Barrel (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Fizz for Breakfast (2013) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Rifts & Gifts (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Try (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Ho Ho Flipping Ho (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Elephant in the Room (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Known Impediment (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Good Parent (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Demolition (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Stockholm Syndrome (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Box Clever (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Beast in Me (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Blood Upon the Rose (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Hold Sway (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Old Spice (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Woman at the Bus Stop (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- All Because the Lady Loves (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Out Damned Spot (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Sweet Child of Mine (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Henry Dear's Big Day (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Ben Percy (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Remember Them (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Faking It (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Fresh Start (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Doctor Love (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Ink (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Party Time (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Cry (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Turn (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Wide of the Mark (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Cheer Up Sleepy Genes (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Seconds Away (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Lost Boy (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Devotion (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Collectors (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Tenderness (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- A Parent Thing (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Desperately Seeking Melanie (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Simple (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Reports of My Death (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- White Coat (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Mum's a Word (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Crossed Wires (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- An Urban Fairytale (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Homecoming (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Pick Up Artist (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- The Devil You Know (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Four in a Bed (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Sweetmeats (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Blue Eyed Boy (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Here (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Walter (2012) - Dr. Jas Khella
- Circle of Life (2002) - Meena Patel
2012
Stud Life as
Indian Bride
2011
Waking the Dead (TV Series) as
DI Meenah Khan
- Waterloo, Part 2 (2011) - DI Meenah Khan
2008
Criminal Justice (TV Series) as
Frances Kapoor / Frances Kapoo
- Episode #1.5 (2008) - Frances Kapoor
- Episode #1.4 (2008) - Frances Kapoor
- Episode #1.3 (2008) - Frances Kapoo
- Episode #1.2 (2008) - Frances Kapoor
2008
Heroes and Villains (TV Series documentary) as
Dona Marina
- Cortes (2008) - Dona Marina
2007
Outnumbered (TV Series) as
Kuj
- The Dinner Party (2007) - Kuj
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) as
WPC Kapoor
- The Dead Peasants Society (2007) - WPC Kapoor
- The Man from Montevideo (2007) - WPC Kapoor
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden (2007) - WPC Kapoor
- Dangerous Liaisons (2007) - WPC Kapoor
- Once Upon a Time on the Westway (2007) - WPC Kapoor
- Willesden Confidential (2005) - WPC Kapoor
- Three Steps to Hendon (2005) - WPC Kapoor
- Towpaths of Glory (2005) - WPC Kapoor
- Friends Reunited (2005) - WPC Kapoor
- Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts (2004) - WPC Kapoor (uncredited)
- Benefit to Mankind (2004) - WPC Kapoor (uncredited)
- Lofty (2003) - WPC Kapoor (uncredited)
- Tricia (2003) - WPC Kapoor (uncredited)
- Moonlight (2003) - WPC Kapoor (uncredited)
2007
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Juila Swales
- Smith and Jones (2007) - Juila Swales
2006
Berry's Way (TV Movie) as
Meena
2006
Where the Heart Is (TV Series) as
Registrar
- Don't Look Back in Anger (2006) - Registrar
2004
Lawless (TV Mini Series) as
Journalist
2002
The Bill (TV Series) as
Nina Omar / Samina Ghundar
- 204: Smoking Gun - Part 1 (2004) - Nina Omar
- 203: Cross Wires (2004) - Nina Omar
- 048: Roses are Red (2002) - Samina Ghundar
- 047: Deeper Waters (2002) - Samina Ghundar
References
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