Mithra Malek, a British actor and filmmaker of Arab/Iranian descent, completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology at Oxford University. Her first short film, LAUGHING BRANCHES, is a science fiction film about parallel universes, which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Bermuda Shorts Film Festival, and screened at the BFI Southbank, as part of the Shorts On Tap film festival. Her feature film script, ZULEIKHA, made the Top 40 of the Oscars’ Academy Nicholl Fellowship.

Her short film, WE’RE TOO GOOD FOR THIS, premiered as part of the Official Selection at the BFI London Film Festival. A TV adaptation of the film was in development at Sister Pictures (CHERNOBYL, GIRI/HAJI) for a period of time. For the script she wrote based on the short, she was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab. As an actor, she starred opposite Ian Mckellen in HAMLET and Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD, and made her Broadway debut in Sam Gold’s ROMEO + JULIET. In November, she played the lead role of ‘T’ in THE MEAT KINGS OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS at the Park Theatre. She most recently played the title role in the Greek tragedy, IPHIGENIA, at the Arcola Theatre.