Parminder Nagra stars in new ITV drama Maternal, which follows three doctors who have been on maternity leave as they try to balance the intense demands of their jobs and motherhood when they return to work for the NHS. Here, the Bend It Like Beckham and ER actor, who plays Dr Maryam Afridi, reveals more…
What can you tell us about Maryam?
She’s a paediatric registrar in a high-pressure job, and she’s going back to work after two years of maternity leave, but she’s struggling with the conflict of being a mum and being at work, and her husband doesn’t seem to want her