Souad Adel Faress is a stage, radio, television and film actress based in United Kingdom. She is best known for her portrayal of the solicitor Usha Gupta, in the long-running BBC Radio 4 serial The Archers and for her role as the High Priestess of the Dosh Khaleen in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Born in Ghana, she also holds Syrian and Irish citizenships.

Filmography

• Ann Droid — Mystic Maria
• Alexander: The Making of a God — Oracle
• The Marlow Murder Club — Sue Whybrow
• 2023A House in Jerusalem — Older Rasha
• Better — Zaara Slack
• Beyond Paradise — Ella Woods
• The Change — Annie
• Signora Volpe — Dame Felicity Morris
• The Other Half — Maman
• The Sandman — Fate Crone
• 2021Dune — Bene Gesserit Sister
• Landscapers — Judge Blacklock
• We Are Lady Parts — Gran
• 2020Made in Italy — Ree
• Back to Life — Anna
• His Dark Materials — Larissa
• The Spy — Mama Sophie Cohen
• 2018Christopher Robin — Wealthy Woman
• 2018Only the Lonely — Gurmeet
• Apple Tree House — Mrs Andros
• Porters — Freda
• 2016Bridget Jones's Baby — Judge
• Brief Encounters — Widowed Linda
• Sense8 — Ruth El-Saadawi
• 2014Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country — Lakshmi / Bindu
• Pat & Cabbage — Judy
• 2013The Perfect Silence — Homayra
• Hunted — Mrs Sidwa
• 2012The Making of a Lady — Ameerah
• Game of Thrones — Dosh Khaleen High Priestess
• Vera — Eve Jamshidi
• Law & Order: UK — Birsen Ozkan
• My Spy Family — Mrs. Vong
• The Sarah Jane Adventures — Old Rani
• New Street Law — Amanda Collins
• Tripping Over — Margery
• Bodies — Anaesthetist
• No Angels — Aunty Di
• 2004The Fever — The Seamstress
• 2003Promoted to Glory — Psychiatrist
• Strange — Mrs. Singh
• Being April — Leela
• Doctors — Mala Chowdhry, Dr Barbara Terrell, Preeti Khella, Dr Imani Khaled
• Down to Earth — Portia
• My Hero — NHS Inspector
• Holby City — Jocelyn Davidson, Mina Booth, Stella Jakiel
• 1998Such a Long Journey — Mrs. Rabadi
• Supply and Demand — Ella Kumar
• Bernard's Watch — Mrs Bhanjani
• Family Affairs — Aamina Shafiq
• 1997Sixth Happiness — Sera Kotwal
• Trial & Retribution — Dr Sudha Malik
• Silent Witness — Diomanda Yannis
• 1993Bhaji on the Beach — Rekha
• 1992My Sister-Wife — Mumtaz
• Prime Suspect — Mrs. Duhra, Mrs Duhra
• 1989Shalom Salaam — Nasreen
• Shalom Salaam — Nasreen
• South of the Border — Manda
• 1987Elphida — Asian Woman 2
• Inspector Morse — Hospital Doctor
• Casualty — Rosemary, Maryam Shakiba, Jemima Hargrove
• Albion Market — Anita Rai
• EastEnders — Farah Ahmed
• 1985My Beautiful Laundrette — Cherry N. Ali
• Screen Two — Mumtaz
• The Bill — Fatima Ahmet, Carmen Nadir, Doctor
• Escape — Suhalilia
• Watch All Night — Xenia
• 1979Who's Who — Samya
• Blake's 7 — Selma
• Secret Army — Maria
• Two's Company — Guests
• Crown Court — Dr Joanna Whitley
• Play for Today — Samya
• BBC Play of the Month — Gypsy
• Coronation Street — Urmila Alahan

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays — Self (archive footage)