If you take a peek at Priya Kansara’s acting CV, you’ll currently only see a couple of credits: three short films; small roles in two Netflix series; and now, the lead role in Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society. An actress very much at the beginning of what promises to be a storied career, Kansara studied science at university and was working in healthcare communications prior to making the giant leap towards performance.
She studied acting at the Identity School, which was founded by Femi Oguns in 2003 and counts John Boyega and Letitia Wright among its alumni. After auditioning for a different part in Manzoor’s debut feature, Kansara impressed the team so much she was asked to read for the lead. She announces herself in dramatic and comic style with and brings an infectious, sunny energy and wilfulness to the character of Ria, who must contend with disapproving parents and her sister’s shifty new fiancé, all while trying to pursue her goal of
