Dinita Gohil
Born
Hodge Hill, Birmingham, England
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London
Guildhall School of Music and Drama (MA)
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Dinita Gohil is a British actress. She is best known for her performance as Amanda in the satirical film Greed (2019), and on-stage as Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night (2017–2018).

Early life

Dinita Gohil was born in Hodge Hill, Birmingham. She was educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, and later studied Spanish and French language at Royal Holloway, University of London. Gohil received a Master of Arts from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied acting for three years.[1][2]

Career

Before acting, Gohil worked as a translator.[1] In 1999, Gohil began her on-screen acting career in the post-apocalyptic miniseries, The Last Train as Anita Nixon.[3] In 2017, Gohil played Sajani in the National Geographic documentary and science fiction television series, Year Million.[4]

From 2017 to 2018, Gohil played Viola in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare. In a three-star review for The Guardian, Michael Billington called Gohil's performance "the best performance of the evening, [...] a bright-eyed figure who surrenders happily to Orsino's kisses and who delivers the famous "willow cabin" speech with a level of rapture I have not heard in ages."[5]

In 2019, Gohil played a leading role in the 2019 satirical film Greed as Amanda, a personal assistant of Sir Richard McCreadie (played by Steve Coogan).[6][7] In April 2020, The Royal Shakespeare Company released the 2017 production of Twelfth Night which Gohil features in as Viola, on the streaming service Marquee TV.[8]

She is currently (September 2023) starring as Annette Raleigh in God of Carnage at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith alongside Freema Agyeman.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Last Train Anita Nixon 6 episodes[3]
2014 Doctors Penny Glover Episode: "Dorian Blue"
2016 Call the Midwife Jamila Shahjee Episode: "Series 5, episode 4"
2016 New Blood PC Louise Tunstall Episode: "Case 1, Part 3"
2016 Our Girl Saira Abbasi Episode: "Series 2, episode 5"
2017 Year Million Sajani 5 episodes[4]
2019 Moving On Sarah Episode: "By Any Other Name"
2019 MotherFatherSon Nurse Beth Episode: "Series 1, episode 2"
2019 Clink Sami Gilani 3 episodes
2020 Flack Narinda Episode: "Danny & Deepak"
2020 Twelfth Night Viola 2017 RSC production of Twelfth Night[8]
2022 Our House Lucy Vaughan 1 episode[9]
2022 The Sandman Fate Maiden Recurring
2022 Treason Zoe 4 episodes
2023 Silent Witness Bela Nasir 2 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Kill Your Friends MTV Newsreader
2016 The Infiltrator Farhana Awan
2017 The Snowman Linda
2017 The Boy with the Topknot Kiran Chahal [10]
2019 Greed Amanda [7]

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2017–2018 RSC Live: Twelfth Night Viola [5]
2023 God of Carnage Annette

References

  1. ^ a b "Rising Star: Dinita Gohil". Muddy Stilettos: Warwickshire. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Dinita Gohil | Spotlight". Spotlight. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Kessler, P L (2 May 2001). "The Last Train". The History Files. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Pioneer.hu (3 November 2016). "Year Million". Pioneer Stillking Films. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Michael Billington (10 November 2017). "Twelfth Night review – fun and fury from Ade Edmondson and Kara Tointon at the RSC". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (5 December 2018). "Sony & Film4 Wrap Steve Coogan Pic 'Greed'; Sophie Cookson, Asa Butterfield, Stephen Fry Join Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Debruge, Peter (21 February 2020). "'Greed': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b Wood, Alex (27 March 2020). "RSC and Marquee TV to release Twelfth Night with Kara Tointon, Dinita Gohil and Ade Edmondson". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ^ Jade, Kayleigh (10 March 2022). "Our House cast revealed for brand new ITV drama". TellyMix. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  10. ^ Graham, Alison. "The Boy with the Topknot". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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