She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award (Featured Actress) for her role in "The American Pilot" by David Greig at Manhattan Theatre Club and appeared recently with NAATCO in "Out of Time" at The Public Theatre directed by Les Waters and Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" in a co-production with The Transport Group.
After playing Tania in Kureishi/ Stephen Frears' My Beautiful Laundrette, she had television roles in Albion Market, Coronation StreetShe played Felicity (Flick) Khan, the first South Asian character to appear as a series regular in 1990, Tandoori Nights an early half hour Comedy/Drama on UK's Channel 4 featuring an all South Asian cast (2 series), Farrukh Dhondy's Romance, Romance, Calling the Shots, and Wing and a Prayer( 2 series) a legal drama nominated for a BAFTA award.
She also appeared in Jack Gold's film The Chain, Steven Lisberger's Slipstream and Pratibha Parmar's Khush.
[2] US film and TV work includes: "Girl Six" directed by Spike Lee and CBS'"Law & Order" and "The Good Wife".
Her son, Kiran Chapman was featured as a child in A Heartbeat to Baghdad, a play about the US/Iraq War at The Flea Theatre NYC.