Zainab Hayat

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Zainab Hayat

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Actor, writer and media, entertainment, film and TV lawyer (qualified in England and Wales) from a multilingual and multi-ethnic (Pakistani/Arab) background, formerly a youth actor who is returning into an acting career after a hiatus, with both stage and screen experience.

Two-years of part-time training with various acting institutions and acting coaches and attending weekly acting workshops specifically for Screen Acting and Scene Study. Adept at True-Crime, Drama, Ethnic Comedy, Period and Fantasy, and Shakespearean projects.

Currently writing a series of one-scene short plays, with eventual aims to submit and showcase at various Fringe Theatre festivals. Previous attended short courses for Soho Theatre Writers Lab and currently applying for Soho Theatre's British Pakistani Writer's Lab.

Zainab Hayat
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25-35 years•Greater London (GB)
Genderfemale
Acting age25-35 years
NationalityBritish
Main professionActor
Eye colorblue
Hair colorblack
Height (cm)170
Ethnicity and heritageMiddle Eastern or North African, Mixed, South Asian or Central Asian
LanguagesEnglish(native)ArabicHindiUrdu
DialectsArabic - GulfArabic - LevantineHeightened RPRP(native dialect)Standard American EnglishStandard British English(native dialect)
AccentsIndian
SportMountain hikingSquashBadmintonIce skatingRunning
DanceBollywood dance
Training

Weekly Acting Lessons;
January 2025 - April 2025 - 12-week Real World Acting Intensive with Acting Coach Gary Condes.
April 2025 to date - Acting Practice - Screen Acting and Scene Study courses (weekly).
2024 - 2025 - The Unseen – Acting Intermediate Courses.
2024 to date - Actors Crib – Acting Experienced Course.

Evening Classes and/or Short Courses;
2024 - Beck Academy of Dramatic Art - Screen Acting Courses with Fay Beck.
2024 - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts – Elements of RADA Short Courses (for Voice, Movement, Contemporary text and Classical Text).
2024 - City Academy – Acting Classes, Screen Acting, Acting Intensive Courses
2024 – City Lit – Screen Acting Intermediate, Screen Acting Advanced Courses, and City Lit Theatre Company
2024 – The London Meisner Company – Meisner Training.

Film
2024
WE ARE THE THINGS WE LOST (Short film)
Funeral Attendee
Adam Survay https://www.instagram.com/wattwlfilm/
2024
An Old Fashioned (Short film)
Bianca
Sim Ferhad Her Middle Name is Danger Productions
Theater
2025
Hamlet
Ophelia
James Jarrett John Lyons Theatre
2025
Hard Feelings
Viv
Gary Condes Hen and Chicken Theatre
2025
Spike Heels
Georgie
Gary Condes Hen and Chicken Theatre
2024
Borders by Henry Naylor
Nameless/Farah
2024
Ivanov by Anton Chekov (Translated by Tom Stoppard)
Anna Petrovna
Robert Cavanah City Lit Theatre Company
Other
2026
Smoke
Jess
Brian Eley John Lyons Theatre
2025
Do It For Sam
Judith
Helen Hammond John Lyons Theatre
2024
MY BEST FRIEND - FRIEDBERG (Music video)
Commuter
Florine and Kim Nuesch (Nuesch Sisters) https://www.nueschsisters.com/