Aysha Kala

Aysha Kala (born 1990/1991) is an English actress and theatre maker. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 series Shameless (2011) and Indian Summers (2015–2016). She was named a 2015 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit. Early life Kala grew up in Snaresbrook, East London. Her father is Gujarati Muslim. Kala attended Chigwell School. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2013. Career Kala made her television debut in 2011 when she joined the cast of Shameless on Channel 4 for its eighth series as Sita Desai. She then made her professional stage debut in 2012 with roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Much Ado About Nothing in Stratford-upon-Avon, for which she received an Ian Charleson Award nomination, and Khadija is 18 at the Finborough Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Off West End Award.