I vaguely thought I recognised her mum so I've just looked her up on Wikipedia
"Mina Anwar (born September 20, 1969 in Church, Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC 2 from 1995 to 1997. Other roles include the recurring part of Dr. Sandra Malik in The Bill in 2003 (a more serious police drama), and most recently she played Sister Zita Khan in Doctors and Nurses. She also performs as a storyteller in Razzledazzle on the CBeebies channel. Anwar recently appeared as Shazza Karib in the Channel 4 drama Shameless, sister of Kash Karib, and new love of Norma Starkey. "
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Date: 2008-11-10 09:46 am (UTC)I vaguely thought I recognised her mum so I've just looked her up on Wikipedia
"Mina Anwar (born September 20, 1969 in Church, Accrington, Lancashire, England) is a British actress who is best known for playing Police Constable Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line which was shown on BBC 2 from 1995 to 1997. Other roles include the recurring part of Dr. Sandra Malik in The Bill in 2003 (a more serious police drama), and most recently she played Sister Zita Khan in Doctors and Nurses. She also performs as a storyteller in Razzledazzle on the CBeebies channel. Anwar recently appeared as Shazza Karib in the Channel 4 drama Shameless, sister of Kash Karib, and new love of Norma Starkey. "
I think I must recognise her from Razzledazzle.