Fiona Wade
{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fiona Wade
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Fiona Sarah Wade
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|03|20|df=y}}{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1634982/Fiona-Wade-age-Emmerdale-Priya-Sharma|last=Milward|first=Charles|title=Fiona Wade age: how old is Emmerdale's Priva Sharma star?|newspaper=Daily Express|location=London|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=9 November 2022}}
| birth_place = Enfield, Greater London, England
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| television = Grange Hill
24Seven
Emmerdale
| spouse = {{Marriage|Simon Cotton|2019}}
}}
Fiona Sarah Wade (born 20 March 1979) is an English actress, known for playing Priya Sharma in Emmerdale from 2011 to 2023.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a339236/emmerdale-casts-jai-sharmas-parents-and-sister.html|title='Emmerdale' casts Jai Sharma's family| website=Digital Spy |date=8 September 2011}}
Career
In 2008, Wade played Mamta in a play called Alaska by DC Moore at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.[https://archive.today/20130202114334/http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=481 Royal Court Theatre] Since 2011, Wade has played Priya Sharma in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a166312/three-more-added-to-emmerdale-cast.html|title=Three more added to 'Emmerdale' cast|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi UK|date=21 July 2009|last=Green|first=Kris|access-date=26 September 2012}} Her first appearance was in November 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/soaps/interviews/v/9399-effie-woods-emmerdales-priya-sharma-interview.html|title=Effie Woods (Emmerdale's Priya Sharma) Interview|publisher=Last Broadcast|access-date=26 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923122258/http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/soaps/interviews/v/9399-effie-woods-emmerdales-priya-sharma-interview.html|archive-date=23 September 2009|url-status=usurped}} In January 2017, Wade took part in the primetime ITV entertainment series Dance Dance Dance.{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/dance-dance-dance-night-away-itv|title=Dance Dance Dance the night away with ITV|publisher=ITV Press Centre|access-date=2016-12-15|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220144604/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/dance-dance-dance-night-away-itv|url-status=dead}} In October 2022, it was announced that Wade was set to leave Emmerdale after 11 years.{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Joe |date=2022-10-23 |title=Emmerdale's Fiona Wade to exit as Priya Sharma |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a41744995/emmerdale-fiona-wade-exit-priya-sharma/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} In recent years Wade has taken part in touring theatre plays including 2:22 A Ghost Story{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Alex |title=2:22 A Ghost Story announces new touring cast including Fiona Wade and Jay McGuinness |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/222-a-ghost-story-announces-new-touring-cast-including-fiona-wade-and-jay-mcguinness_1539975/ |website=Whats on Stage.com |publisher=Whats on Stage.com |access-date=25 October 2023}} and Picture You Dead.{{cite web |title=Peter James’s Picture You Dead tour casting announced |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/263268/news/peter-jamess-picture-you-dead-tour-casting-announced/ |website=West End Theatre.com |publisher=Feud Media Ltd |access-date=14 November 2024}}
Personal life
Wade's mother is Filipina and her father is English. She married fellow actor and former Emmerdale co-star Simon Cotton in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/04/emmerdale-star-fiona-wade-marries-fiance-simon-cotton-11037319/|title= Emmerdale star Fiona Wade marries former co-star Simon Cotton|work=Metro|date= 4 November 2019}} She is a follower of the Baháʼí Faith.{{cite news |title=Happy World Religion Day |work=Notebook |agency=Sunday Mirror |date=16 January 2022 |page=5}}
Filmography & Theatre Credits
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1996–1998
| Joanna Day | 35 episodes |
| 2001–2002
| 24Seven | Anya Vicenze | |
| 2004, 2009
| Doctors | Decca Taylor/Shahnaz Malick | 3 episodes |
| 2006
| Rowan Clayton | 5 episodes |
| 2006
| Dooma | 1 episode |
| 2007
| Julianna McKenzie | 1 episode |
| 2007
| Ayesha | 1 episode |
| 2008
| Sameen Azizi | 2 episodes |
| 2008
| Anhil Edwards | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Casualty | Nita | 1 episode |
| 2010
| Helen Howle | 1 episode |
| 2010
| Lewis | Meera | 1 episode |
| 2010
| Uniform officer | 1 episode |
| 2011
| Sandeesh | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2023
| Series regular |
| 2013, 2023
| Herself | 9 November 2013, 3 June 2023 |
| 2017
| Herself | Contestant |
| 2024
|Jenny |January - June UK Tour |
| 2025
|Picture You Dead |Freya Kipling |UK Tour |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1176832}}
- {{Twitter|FionaWade_}}
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Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:English child actresses
Category:English musical theatre actresses
Category:English people of Filipino descent
Category:English Shakespearean actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses