Nethra Tilakumara

Neethra Rita Tilakumara was born in Westminster, central London on 14 June 1999, the eldest child of four.

[5] Tilakumara began her career as a child actress with the role of Singing Soraya in the 3D comedy film Horrid Henry: The Movie.

[6] After a seven year hiatus, Tilakumara returned to acting, making her television debut in the role of Jamila Khan in the final episode in the third series of the BBC One military drama Our Girl, which aired on 24 July 2018.

[7][8] From August 2019 to April 2021, Tilakumara played Yasmin, a waitress at the café the characters frequent, in the BBC iPlayer coming of age comedy-drama Flatmates, a spin-off of the CBBC children's sitcom Millie Inbetween.

[9][10] In September 2019, Tilakumara joined the main cast of the CBBC sitcom So Awkward as Kat, the girlfriend of Oliver 'Ollie' Coulter (Archie Lyndhurst), for its fifth series, a role she would reprise in the sixth series, making her final appearance in the October 2020.