Sarah Solemani

Sarah Solemani is an award winning English actress, writer and activist, best known for starring in the BAFTA winning sitcom Him & Her , playing Renee Zellweger's best friend 'Miranda' in Working Title's Bridget Jones's Baby, for which she was nominated for an Evening Standard Best Actress Award, and for her role as Rosie Gulliver in Bad Education. 2Early life Solemani was born in the London Borough of Camden and grew up in Crouch End. Her father is a Persian Jewish mathematics lecturer (now retired). Her mother, who died of cancer when she was 16, was a sociology teacher of Northern Irish descent. After passing her A levels at the Henrietta Barnett School, she took a gap year before reading Social and Political Sciences (now the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos) at New Hall, Cambridge and graduating with an MA (Hons). At Cambridge, she joined the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and became social secretary during her first year, replacing Dan Stevens, and then vice president. She went down in Footlights history for writing the biggest all-female comedy sketch ever performed on a Footlights stage, writing twenty five female students into her sketch 'Brawl'. 2Career 3Theatre Solemani was a member of the National Youth Theatre during her gap year, starring as Elaine in the West End theatre production of The Graduate and as 'Ayesha' in the critically acclaimed National Theatre production of Sanctuary. Solemani was a member of the Young Writer's Group attached to the Royal Court Theatre, and a writer at the Young Vic Theatre. Two plays she wrote were produced at Soho Theatr