EastEnders fans have been left floored after realising Sophie Khan Levy, who plays Priya Nandra-Hart, has a mega-famous mum. Priya (Sophie Khan Levy) rocked up to Walford last year with daughter Avani (Aaliyah James) as the ex-girlfriend and daughter of Ravi (Aaron Thiara). At the time, Ravi had no idea he had a secret daughter - leaving him and the rest of the Panesar family stunned.
And it didn’t take long for Priya and Avani to cause plenty of drama. Between the Panesar family drama and Priya’s own romance troubles, Priya and Avani’s time in the square has not been short of chaos. Over in the soap this week, Priya was left rallying around Avani with support, following nasty grandfather Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) almost dying, amid his terminal illness battle.
Away from the soap though, actress Sophie Khan Levy is no stranger to appearing on screens. In 2023, she played Gabrielle Ade in the harrowing true BBC drama, The Sixth Commandment. She also played Florence Pandhi in veterinary drama All Creatures Great and Small in 2022 and Beth in James Corden's Amazon Prime series Mammals.
However, fans have since realised that Sophie has a rather famous relative. Sophie’s mum is Shaheen Khan, who is best known for playing Mrs Bhamra in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. She also played Kiran Joghill in BBC’s medical soap drama Casualty in the late ‘80s, and has starred in the likes of BBC’s Doctors and Doctor Who .
Fans have shared their shock at Shaheen being So.
