Zahra Ahmadi

Zahra Ahmadi is a British actress whose best-known work has come on television. She became known as the original Shabnam Masood on EastEnders, playing the part from 2007 to 2009. Zahra Ahmadi appears nude from behind in a scene from Berlin Station. She was born in 1982, and EastEnders gave her a wide audience in her mid-twenties. Her other major role came as DS Esther Williams in Beyond Paradise, starting in 2023. Shabnam Masood remains her signature part, though Beyond Paradise has made her a familiar face again.