Dinita Gohil

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).

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

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]

In September 2023, Gohil played Annette Raleigh in the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith production of God of Carnage alongside Freema Agyeman.[9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999The Last TrainAnita Nixon6 episodes[3]
2014DoctorsPenny GloverEpisode: "Dorian Blue"
2016Call the MidwifeJamila ShahjeeEpisode: "Series 5, episode 4"
2016New BloodPC Louise TunstallEpisode: "Case 1, Part 3"
2016Our GirlSaira AbbasiEpisode: "Series 2, episode 5"
2017Year MillionSajani5 episodes[4]
2019Moving OnSarahEpisode: "By Any Other Name"
2019MotherFatherSonNurse BethEpisode: "Series 1, episode 2"
2019ClinkSami Gilani3 episodes
2020FlackNarindaEpisode: "Danny & Deepak"
2020Twelfth NightViola2017 RSC production of Twelfth Night[8]
2022Our HouseLucy Vaughan1 episode[10]
2022The SandmanFate MaidenRecurring
2022TreasonZoe4 episodes
2023Silent WitnessBela Nasir2 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Kill Your FriendsMTV Newsreader
2016The InfiltratorFarhana Awan
2017The SnowmanLinda
2017The Boy with the TopknotKiran Chahal[11]
2019GreedAmanda[7]

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017–2018RSC Live: Twelfth NightViola[5]
2023God of CarnageAnnette[9]

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