Rani Singh

Rani Singh is an actor, presenter and author who appeared as Sufia Karim in EastEnders from 1988 to 1990.

Before landing her part in EastEnders, Singh was involved in productions such as A Private Enterprise, Everybody Here, Romance, Romance and Minder. Her first big break to television came in 1985 when she became a presenter for the television series Play School aimed at pre-school children as the audience, she presented five episodes. Her second big break came in 1986 when landing a part in the television series Running Scared, firstly appearing in the role credited role as Kamal Kaur Sidhu and then Rubina Siddhu. In 1988, she landed the part of Sufia Karim - the wife of food store owner Ashraf Karim and the mother to the teenagers Shireen and Sohail. Her storylines on the programme mainly focused on her deteriorating marriage with Ashraf. After leaving EastEnders in 1990, Singh appeared in productions such as Three Seven Eleven, The Bill and Casualty, and in 2005 came her last television role as an actress in the television series Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee appearing as Auntie Jas.

Since this, Singh has focused on writing and producing and is currently working on a project called An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile which is under pre-production and to be released some point in 2019.