Ashling O'Shea

From 2015 to 2021, O'Shea performed in various stage productions, including My Name is Rachel Corrie, Keeping Faith, Dear Children, Sincerely, Eris and Run(a)way, among others.

O'Shea was also cast as Rumi Joshi, a main character of the eight-part television series Rebel Cheer Squad, which was released in 2022.

Following her departure from the soap, O'Shea performed in The Lesson at Theatre503 in early 2024, and portrayed Ursula Wilson in the 2025 television series The Crow Girl.

[1] In 2022, O'Shea explained in an interview that she did not train in a "traditional sense", and believed that part-time courses and young companies are a great choice for actors who wish to refine their skills in a more financially feasible way.

[1] O'Shea praised the company, referring to it as her "industry support system and lifelong friends" that emboldened her as a performer but "nurtured" her as a workshop facilitator.

Between 2017 and 2021, O'Shea performed in various theatre productions, including Keeping Faith, Dear Children, Sincerely, A Family Affair, Eris, A Missed Call Away and Chameleon, among others.

[7] O'Shea was also cast as a main character, Rumi Joshi, on the British teen thriller Rebel Cheer Squad, a sequel to Get Even.

[1] In March 2022, it was announced that O'Shea had joined the cast of the British soap opera Hollyoaks as Nadira Valli, a matchmaker and love interest and old childhood friend for Shaq Qureshi (Omar Malik).

[10] O'Shea called joining the soap a "surreal" experience, explaining, "I've grown up watching the show, and their hard-hitting storylines, so it's a privilege as an actor to be able to be a part of that legacy".

[10][11] During O'Shea's time on the soap, Nadira's storylines on the soap have included her engagement to Shaq, an affair with Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw), being outed on her wedding day, a romantic relationship with Lacey Lloyd (Annabelle Davis), being manipulated by Rayne Royce (Jemma Donovan), becoming a suspect in Rayne's murder and having a fling with Camilla Bassington-Hart (Dylan Morris).