Nadia Sawalha is a British actress, television personality and YouTuber. She is best known for her role as Annie Palmer on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1997 to 1999 and as Gina in ITV comedy Second Thoughts from 1992 to 1994.



Sawalha started her career in the theater shortly after graduating from the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she received her training.

Nadia Sawalha Sisters
Nadia Sawalha Sisters

She played the role of businesswoman Annie Palmer on the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1997 till 1999.



Her other acting achievements include appearances on the television shows Casualty and Which Way to the War, as well as the ITV police drama The Bill.

In addition, Sawalha has had appearances in the films Clockwise (1986), Which Way to the War (1994), Slave of Dreams (1995), and The Vanishing Man (1996), as well as the BBC Victorian drama Station Jim (2001) and Caught in the Act (1997).

Sawalha was on the panel of the daytime talk show Loose Women on a consistent basis during the years 1999 to 2002. In October of 2013, she made her way back.

Sawalha was the host of the ITV quiz show It’s Not the Answer in 2001, and Peter Dickinson was the show’s announcer. The show only lasted for a few seasons.

Nadia Sawalha Sisters: Meet Julia Sawalha and Dina Sawalha

Actress Nadia Sawalha has two sisters named Julia Sawalha and Dina Sawalha. Julia Sawalha is also an actress who played Saffron “Saffy” Monsoon in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

In addition, Julia voiced Ginger in Chicken Run and Georgina and Kid in Sheep. Her other roles include Lynda Day, editor of the Junior Gazette, in Press Gang; Lydia Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet’s sister, in the 1995 television miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; and

Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC’s costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One thriller Remember Me.

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