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Wikipedia / Nikki Patel

Nikki Patel (born 5 July 1990) is an English actress and writer. She is known for playing Amber Kalirai in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2005 to 2009, and from 2011 to 2012.

Career

Patel joined the cast of Coronation Street in late 2005, playing Dev's teenage daughter Amber Kalirai. After four years, she left the show to pursue other acting roles and attend university. In 2011, she returned to Coronation Street and left the show again in March 2012. In 2006, Patel appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Waterloo Road. She played a character called Shazia Patel. One week after landing the role, she was nominated as Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards. In May 2022, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Shelley Anwar. In 2026, Patel written a BBC pilot sitcom titled The Patels set in Bradford, about two, middle-aged British Gujarati women who despise each other. However both of their lives are thrown into chaos when they both receive an unexpected announcement from their sons respectively.

Credits

Year

Title

Format

Role

Notes

2005–2009, 2011–2012

Coronation Street

Television

Amber Kalirai

Series regular

2006

Waterloo Road

Television

Shazia Patel

Episode #1.4

2015

Future Conditional

Stage

Alia

The Old Vic

2016

Holby City

Television

Madhu Saharan

Episode: "One Under"

2016

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Stage

Balthasar

Garrick Theatre

2016

The Island Nation

Stage

Nila

Arcola Theatre

2016

Alchemy

Stage

Northwall Theatre

2016

The Five

Television

Mona

Episode #1.3

2017

Trojan Horse

Stage

Lindsay

The Lowry

2018

Sunshine On Leith

Stage

Eilidh Clarke

West Yorkshire Playhouse

2022

Call The Midwife

Television

Mrs. Singh

Episode #11.6

2022

Doctors

Television

Shelley Anwar

Episode: "Your Worst Nightmare"

2022

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Video game

Erin Keenan

Voice

2022

Little English

Film

Sweetie

2026

The Patels

Television

Writer

References