Kosar Ali

Kosar Ali (born 2002) is a first muslim somali British actress. She is known for her debut role in the 2019 film Rocks, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 74th British Academy Film Awards. Ali won two British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), for ‘Supporting Actress’ and ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ in February . Whilst also receiving many Muslin Accolades 2021.[1]

Kosar Ali
Born2002 (age 19–20) December
London, England
OccupationActress . Writer
Years active2019–present

Early and personal life

Ali was brought up in Forest Gate and lives in Newham, East London. She lives in east London and comes from a large British- muslim family. 

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Career

Ali was discovered at her school when she was 15 by director Sarah Gavron and casting director Lucy Pardee as they were street casting for the film Rocks.[3][4] Ali and co-star Bukky Bakray were said to have had an immediate bond and energy that translated to the screen. The actresses were given a story outline, but no dialogue, and filmed in chronological order, with the actresses working with the director Gavron and the writers, Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson, on the scenes. The collaborative nature of the project was such that occasionally the actresses were not even told the cameras were rolling, with the director not saying “action” or “cut”, the actresses would just naturally flow into conversation and it would be recorded. Gavron as director even reshot a classroom scene which Ali told her was not working authentically.[5] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019 and opened in Britain on 18 September 2020.[6] For her work on this film Ali was nominated at the British Academy and Film awards in the Best Supporting Actress category. Ali also won two British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), for ‘supporting actress’ and ‘most promising newcomer’, in February 2021.[7]

Ali stars in a BBC comedy short PRU about unruly adolescents in the British system - PRU stands for Pupil Referral Unit, an alternative schooling system in the UK for badly behaved students.[8] [9]

She also plays leas in the upcoming highly anticipated Dangerous Liaisons where she plays Lead role , Victoire . https://deadline.com/2021/06/dangerous-liaisons-lesley-manville-carice-van-houten-paloma-faith-michael-mcelhatton-kosar-ali-cast-starz-prequel-series-1234776226/amp/

References
  1. Maher, Kevin. "Rocks, the teenage Britflick that became the awards darling" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  2. "Rocks stars: meet the teenage cast of the hot new British film". the Guardian. March 8, 2020.
  3. Tutt2021-03-30T10:41:00+01:00, Louise. "'Rocks' stars Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali talk acting inspirations, future plans". Screen.
  4. "How Lucy Pardee spots future film stars in the wild". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. "Rocks star Kosar Ali: 'People can't decide if they want black women to be their shield or their target'". The Independent. October 25, 2020.
  6. McCann, Allison (September 18, 2020). "The Nigerian-British Writer Putting Black Joy on Stage and Screen". New York Times.
  7. "Rocks: Cast of unknowns wins big at British Independent Film Awards | Ents & Arts News | Sky News". Archived from the original on 2021-03-10.
  8. "Meet Kosar Ali – the BAFTA-nominated teen star of 'Rocks'". 9 March 2021.
  9. Reporter, Ikran Dahir BuzzFeed News. ""PRU" Star Kosar Ali Explained That Controversial Somali Lesbian Line". www.buzzfeednews.com.
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