Amira Masood (also Shah) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Preeya Kalidas.
The girlfriend, and later wife, of Syed Masood (Marc Elliott), Amira first appeared on screen in the episode broadcast on 7 May 2009.
Kalidas quit the show in January 2010 to concentrate on a career in music, filming her final scenes in March 2010.
Her final episode was broadcast on 26 April 2010, after Amira discovered that her husband was gay and had been having an affair with Christian Clarke (John Partridge).
On 11 September 2012, it was confirmed that Kalidas would return to play Amira once more in a brief guest appearance, in the buildup to the permanent departure of Syed and Christian from the show.
Still trying to get into Zainab's good books, Amira takes over at Bushra Abbasi's (Pooja Ghai) event and sings beautifully to the guests.
She begins to get to know Albert Square and its residents, and gets a job at Tanya Branning's (Jo Joyner) beauty salon.
Amira then starts planning for the wedding, and enlists a reluctant Christian Clarke (John Partridge) to help her.
She worries about her wedding when Christian goes to Spain and when she finds out her father's legal team has found a loophole in order to free him.
Qadim comes back the next day and agrees to give his blessing and pay for the wedding after realising how much Masood has done for Amira.
She decides to go back to work at Masala Queen, the family's curry business, and when she is alone with Syed, she dresses up sexily in an attempt to seduce him, as they have still not consummated the marriage.
They later both agree to wait to try for a baby, but after spending time with Kamil, Amira tells Syed she is feeling broody and throws away her tablets.
Qadim demands to know why Amira is scared of Christian, so Syed reveals that he's a gay man in a sham marriage.
Amira asks her to keep the pregnancy a secret, and as she drives out of Walford with her father, she clutches her stomach and smiles.
Three days later, Qadim returns to Walford, looking for Syed, and reveals that Amira is unable to eat or drink due to the recent revelation.
Amira and Zainab then both try to manipulate Syed into spending more time with his daughter, including organising a family party for Yasmin's birthday.
However, Yusef suggests that Christian may return at any time, and that Amira's best hope of keeping Syed would be to move to Pakistan with him.
Christian returns to Walford to spend Christmas with his sister Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), and attempts to make Syed jealous by kissing other men.
After Anthony Moon (Matt Lapinskas) removes a cockroach for Amira, he develops a crush on her and attempts to impress her.
She tells Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) that the sex felt wrong, empty and cheap, and Anthony overhears this.
She calls Anthony a fool for liking her, then goes to Syed and tells him she has to leave as she knows that he will never love her, and asks him to look after Yasmin for a while.
"[9] Marc Elliott commented: "I think the audience is ready now to see some sort of conclusion to a story that's been bubbling for a bit.
She predicted that it will help Zainab and Syed get closer as she'll want her grandchild and it may make her feel like her son is a proper man.
[15] On 11 September 2012, it was confirmed that Kalidas would reprise the role again in a temporary appearance, in the buildup to the permanent departure of Syed and Christian from the show.
Several Walford men have fallen under her spell, not least her brother-in-law-to-be Tamwar, who made an ill-conceived drunken lunge at her on his birthday – earning himself a smack across the face for his efforts.
She left the square under a dark cloud, but watch out Chryed — she's back!Kalidas insisted that "Amira truly loves Syed".
She explained to Digital Spy at the British Soap Awards: "Her world collapses around her, so she ends up coming back to Syed, the man she truly loves.
The wedding and its build-up were filmed over a two-week period, and Kalidas was in full costume for one of them, including make-up and mehndi designs on her hands, which took two and a half hours to apply each day.
"[20] Amira's dress and scarf were handmade and the costume was bought in an Asian boutique in East London and sent to India for a fitting.
"[24] The episode shown on 1 January 2010, in which Syed marries Amira, received overnight ratings of 11.64 million viewers, an average audience share of 39.3%.