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Making the right moves
THE SUCCESSFUL ACTING JOURNEY OF BRITISH ASIAN STAR MANJINDER VIRK
by ASJAD NAZIR
TALENTED actor Manjinder Virk has shown off her impressive range in a host of interesting projects including top television serials and acclaimed plays. The versatile performer has also branched into directing and today balances being a mother with a busy career.
She will be leaving her role in popular ITV serial Midsomer Murders this autumn and will
next be playing a key role in new sitcom, Bad Move on the same channel. Eastern Eye caught up with the London-based British star to talk about her action packed career, forthcoming projects, motherhood and more.
Do you remember the first time you stepped out in front of an audience?
I don’t remember the exact first time in front of an audience. It might have been when I played a witch called Maltash (a renamed Maleficent) in Sleeping Beauty. I was 11, I think. I had to sing a solo and didn’t have the best voice, so kind of spoke and sang it. I also remember another one of my school plays, Willy Russell’s Our Day Out where I played a teacher, Mrs Kay. The play is about a group of school kids in a “progress” class. I have never forgotten one of the lines, “The factories will always need their fodder.” I
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Midlands to Midsomer: Glass interviews Manjinder Virk
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Manjinder Virk. Photograph: Justin van Vliet
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