Nadia Sawalha (/səˈwəlxə/; born 18 November 1964) is an English actress, television personality, writer, TV cook and vlogger.
She played the role of Gina in the ITV comedy Second Thoughts from 1992 to 1994, and Annie Palmer on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1997 to 1999.
Sawalha presented a number of television programmes in the early 2000s, whilst taking a break from Loose Women.
[2] She is the daughter of the Jordanian-born British actor Nadim Sawalha and his English wife Roberta Lane.
She is the sister of television actress Julia Sawalha and has appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank with her.
Her other acting television credits include Casualty, Which Way to the War and ITV police drama, The Bill.
Sawalha has also appeared in the films Clockwise (1986), Which Way to the War (1994), Slave of Dreams (1995), The Vanishing Man (1996) and the BBC Victorian drama Station Jim (2001), Caught in the Act (1997).
[5] In 2001, Sawalha presented the short-lived ITV quiz programme It's Not the Answer, with Peter Dickinson as the announcer.
In the same year and on the same network, Sawalha also co-presented with Jeremy Milnes for one series of the programme Keeping Up with the Joneses.
She presented the 2009 programme Eating in the Sun,[7] produced by her husband Mark Adderley, in which Sawalha is challenged by celebrity chefs to cook in their favourite holiday restaurants.
In January 2011, Sawalha starred in the sixth series of ITV's Dancing on Ice with Scottish professional Mark Hanretty, but was voted out in a double elimination in the first week, along with Angela Rippon and her partner Sean Rice.
[citation needed] In April 2012, she began co-presenting Saturday Cookbook on ITV Breakfast with chef Mark Sargeant.
[citation needed] From 27 October to 29 December 2013, Sawalha and Kaye Adams co-hosted a series of Sunday Scoop, a cookery show.
Sawalha started a YouTube channel with fellow Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams.
It had a monthly cost of £1.99 and included their weekly The No-Named Sunday show which features different segments from memes, cooking, newspapers, book reviews, Teddy Talks, and an occasional livestream for members only.