Sudha Bhuchar

Sudha Bhuchar is a British Asian actor, playwright, and theater director who was born in Tanga, Tanzania, and moved to England as a child. Her interest in theater began after she saw a Tara Arts performance in 1979, and she joined the group. In 1989 she and Kristine Landon-Smith started Tamasha Theatre Company, which aimed to bring Asian art into the British mainstream and to support artists from ethnic minorities. At Tamasha she wrote, acted, and served as co-artistic director. Her playwriting includes Balti Kings, and she has also written for television and film. She and Landon-Smith shared a 2005 Asian Women of Achievement Award and a 2010 First Women Award. After leaving Tamasha in 2015, she founded Bhuchar Boulevard, which produces new plays and promotes artists of color. On television she has appeared in EastEnders and Coronation Street, and on radio she originated the role of Usha Gupta in The Archers.