| Intro | English actress and model |
| Is |
Actor Model Film actor Video blogger Internet personality YouTuber |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type |
Fashion Film, TV, Stage & Radio Internet |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 12 February 1988, Longsight, United Kingdom |
| Age: | 32 years |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Afshan Azad (born 12 February 1989) is a British actress and model. She is best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series, beginning in 2005 with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Padma was portrayed by Sharon Sandhu.
Early life
Azad was born in Longsight, Manchester, England and is of Bangladeshi descent. She attended Whalley Range High School, and then studied AS-level chemistry, biology, English and business studies at Xaverian College in Rusholme.
Career
Azad is known for her performances as Padma Patil in five of the Harry Potter films, starting with 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She acquired the role when casting agents visited her school and, after having attended several auditions, chose her for the part. Azad had stated that she had auditioned “just for the fun of it” and surprisingly got the part.
She has also told the press that her best friends on the set of Harry Potter were Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Katie Leung (Cho Chang), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), and Scarlett Byrne (Pansy Parkinson). Azad and Shefali Chowdhury (who played the character of Azad’s twin sister Parvati Patil) were also good friends.
In 2017, Azad will guest present an episode of the CBBC series Marrying Mum & Dad with Ed Petrie whilst Naomi Wilkinson is away.
Personal life
Azad married Nabil Kazi on 19 August 2018.
Assault court case
When she was 22, Azad’s father and brother attacked her because of her relationship with a Hindu boy.
On 29 June 2010, Azad’s father, Abdul Azad, and brother, Ashraf Azad, appeared in Manchester Magistrates’ Court, charged with threatening to kill her. They were released on bail. Azad’s brother was charged with “assault occasioning actual bodily harm”, whilst Azad stayed with friends in London. On 20 December 2010, Azad did not attend court when the prosecution accepted her brother’s guilty plea to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and a judge ruled both men were not guilty of threatening to kill Azad. On 21 January 2011, Azad’s brother was imprisoned for six months.