Dina Mousawi

Dina Mousawi appeared on Coronation Street in November 2004 as Verinder Ghir, an employee of Dev Alahan who worked at his shop in Swinton.

Born to an Iraqi father and Ukrainian mother, she was raised in Baghdad. The family moved to Bradford in 1986 however to escape the Iran-Iraq War. After attending Salt Grammar School, she trained at Stage 84 Yorkshire School of Performing Arts.

Other credits include roles in Dalziel and Pascoe, Cold Feet, King of Bollywood and the 2003 feature film Asylum.