Priya Nandra-Hart is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Sophie Khan Levy.

Her storylines have focused on her surprising arrival and reuniting with her son Davinder "Nugget" Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) after years estranged; hiding a secret daughter Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) from Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara); her one-night-stand with Peter Beale (Thomas Law) upon arrival; revealing Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam) sexually assaulted her and then forced her to leave; settling into the Panesar family; her feuds with Ravi, Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry), Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton), Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) and Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) and her relationships with Ravi, Nish, and Martin Fowler (James Bye).

For Khan Levy's portrayal of Priya, she was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" accolade at the Inside Soap Awards 2024.

Suki eventually leads Ravi, Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) to Nugget, where it is revealed he is staying with Priya.

Storming out, she later has a one-night stand with Peter Beale (Thomas Law) after meeting in Peggy's wine bar.

Priya begins a romance with Martin Fowler (James Bye) after they have a date in Peggy's wine bar.

Avani, in a bid to ruin their date, makes inappropriate comments about Martin and spills water on his lap.

Priya becomes suspicious when Suki, Eve and Vinny start making amends with Nish, and believes that they are scheming to inherit his assets when he dies.

As part of his plan to gain Nish's trust and take his money, Vinny evicts Priya from the Panesar house, and she lodges with Martin and Zack Hudson (James Farrar).

She decides to get revenge on Nish by luring him to the Minute Mart, handcuffing him, and demanding that he films a video taking back his lie that they slept together.

She eventually begins to reconcile with the pair after saving Nugget and Denzel's friendship and helping Avani after her first relationship proves unsuccessful; she later provides them with emotional support when Nish is arrested for the murder of Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters).

On 21 September 2023, the production team for EastEnders announced Sophie Khan Levy and "rising star" Aaliyah James had assumed the roles of Priya Nandra-Hart (Khan Levy) and Avani Nandra-Hart (James) devised in a plot-twist surrounding established character Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) discovering a secret and estranged daughter and exploring his former "bittersweet" off-screen relationship with Priya.

I watched EastEnders when I was growing up, so to see so many familiar faces and to walk onto the set is a dream come true.

She told Inside Soap she started filming a week after auditioning for Priya, adding she had "little time to think".

[5] Thiara agreed with Khan Levy – scenes showing Priya and new love-interest Martin would let viewers see there is "unfinished business".

[7] Speaking to Inside Soap, Thiara explained that the both "could be a great team" and his thought on rekindling their relationship would grant them to be a "power-couple".

"[7] Khan Levy told Inside Soap that Priya and Ravi would grow closer over the period of Nugget falling ill to his over usage of anabolic steroids.

[13] Priya doesn't take the news lightly, leading to her arguing with Nish regarding her loyalty not extending to woman-abusers.

[18] Priya embarks on a feud with long-standing character Kat Mitchell (Jessie Wallace) after she enters a relationship with Nish.

[3] It was confirmed on 13 March 2024 by EastEnders a new romance between Martin Fowler (James Bye) and newcomer Priya would appear on-screen in the following weeks.

[21] The plot would develop as Martin discovers the truth about Stacey Slater's (Lacey Turner) affair with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen).

[23] The scene that showed Martin, confused of Ravi's arrival with the same flowers and assume Priya wanted to explore polyamory garnered attention on Twitter.

[24] Their last date was ruined by Avani, who couldn't resist but make comments about calling Martin "Daddy" and then intentionally spilling water on his lap, playing it off as an accident.

"[26] On her reaction to finding out the news, Khan Levy told Inside Soap: "It's a total shock because what's going on with Nugget isn't on Priya's radar at all.

"[27] Laura Denby of Radio Times speculated "newcomer Priya" could be the "potential seventh woman" in the most recent "whodunit" storyline "The Six".

[28] Inside Soap branded Khan Levy's character as "Naughty Priya" whilst also adding her actions are questionable.

[21] The scene displaying Martin assuming Priya wanted to explore polyamory with Ravi was noted to have left fans "in hysterics", with multiple users on the social media platform Twitter commenting about it after garnering a lot of attention.