Souad Adel Faress (born 25 March 1948) is a Ghanaian stage, radio,
television and film actress based in United Kingdom. She is best known
for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC
Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of
the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of
Thrones.Faress was born in 1948 in Accra, Ghana, to Irish and Syrian
parents. She studied drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
and lives in London. She has been exploring playwriting as a medium
since before 2004. Faress completed a writing course at City Literary
Institute adult education college. Her other skills include dancing,
horse riding, cricket and yoga.Faress appeared in two episodes of the
BBC serial I, Claudius (1976) as a slave girl (shouting fire) and as a
dancer who at Messalina's (second and bigamous) marriage party
realises troops are coming to arrest them. In another early BBC
appearance, she played the character Selma in the Blake's 7 episode
'Horizon'. Since then, Faress has had substantial roles in films such
as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and Sixth Happiness (1997), as well
as much stage work around the UK.
television and film actress based in United Kingdom. She is best known
for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC
Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of
the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of
Thrones.Faress was born in 1948 in Accra, Ghana, to Irish and Syrian
parents. She studied drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
and lives in London. She has been exploring playwriting as a medium
since before 2004. Faress completed a writing course at City Literary
Institute adult education college. Her other skills include dancing,
horse riding, cricket and yoga.Faress appeared in two episodes of the
BBC serial I, Claudius (1976) as a slave girl (shouting fire) and as a
dancer who at Messalina's (second and bigamous) marriage party
realises troops are coming to arrest them. In another early BBC
appearance, she played the character Selma in the Blake's 7 episode
'Horizon'. Since then, Faress has had substantial roles in films such
as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and Sixth Happiness (1997), as well
as much stage work around the UK.
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