| Birth Place: | Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England |
| Alma Mater: | University of Manchester |
| Years Active: | 2019–present |
Yasmin Al-Khudhairi is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the final two series of the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley Bridge (2021–2022).
Al-Khudhairi was born in Kingston upon Thames, South West London. She graduated from the University of Manchester in 2016 with a Bachelor of Social Science in Social Anthropology.[1] During university, she befriended Rishi Pelham when she auditioned for one of his plays.[2]
Having met director and writer Rishi Pelham at university and working with him on a number of fringe theatre projects, Pelham cast Al-Khudhairi as Ayala in his 2019 independent dance film Hilda, marking Al-Khudhairi's professional screen acting debut.[3] This was followed by her television debut with a minor guest appearance in a 2020 episode of the BBC thriller Killing Eve.[4]
In 2021, Al-Khudhairi starred in the television film version of the biographical play Adam opposite the titular Adam Kashmiry as himself for the National Theatre of Scotland,[5] and the BBC.[6] Later that year, she landed her first main television role when she joined the cast of the Channel 4 school comedy-drama Ackley Bridge for its fourth series as Fizza Akhtar.[7] She would reprise her role as Fizza for its fifth and final series in 2022.[8] [9]
In 2023, Al-Khudhairi appeared in the romantic comedy film Rye Lane and had a recurring role as Princess Yadira in the third series of the Sky Max political thriller COBRA.[10] She has a role in the BBC Three adaptation of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Hilda | Ayala | [12] |
| 2023 | Rye Lane | Amanda | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Killing Eve | Shop Assistant | 1 episode. |
| 2021 | Adam | Egyptian Adam | Television film. |
| 2021–2022 | Ackley Bridge | Fizza Akhtar | Main role (series 4–5). |
| 2021 | Stath Lets Flats | Lydia | 1 episode[13] |
| 2023 | COBRA | Princess Yadira Al-Bilal | 3 episodes (3 episodes). |
| 2024 | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder | Naomi Ward | |