Zaqi Ismail

{{Short description|English actor}}

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Zaqi Ismail is an English actor of Indian descent.

Life and career

Zaqi Ismail is a 2015 graduate of Rose Bruford College.{{cite web|title=Introducing - Zaqi Ismail|access-date=11 October 2015|website=Rose Bruford College|url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/news-events/news/introducing-zaqi-ismail/}}

In August 2015 he appeared in a stage production entitled This Language at the Camden Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe.{{cite web|title=Pangaean Productions presents 'This Language' @ The Camden Fringe|access-date=11 October 2015|website=HeyEvent|url=http://heyevent.uk/event/4x3yknkhl23lqa/pangaean-productions-presents-this-language-the-camden-fringe}}

Ismail has an elder sister who is deaf,{{cite web|title=Sophie Stone and Zaqi Ismail Discuss Their Characters In New Doctor Who Extra|date=4 October 2015|author=Erik Amaya|access-date=11 October 2015|website=Bleeding Cool|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/10/04/sophie-stone-and-zaqi-ismail-discuss-their-characters-in-new-doctor-who-extra/|at=(At 1:34)}} and is proficient in British Sign Language.{{cite web|title=Zaqi Ismail|access-date=11 October 2015|website=CastingNow|url=http://www.castingnow.co.uk/zaqi-ismail}} In October 2015 he played the character of Lunn, interpreting for deaf crew-leader Cass (Sophie Leigh Stone) in the Doctor Who series 9 two-part story "Under the Lake" / "Before the Flood". He plays Ahsan in We Are Lady Parts.

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