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11 may 2009
EastEnder Nina Wadia: My kinky fans want me to be a dominatrix
Source: www.people.co.uk
Sunday People - UK
As bossy EastEnder Zainab Masood she appeals to men who like a woman in control.
But star Nina Wadia, 40, is amazed at the mail she gets from kinky fans worldwide wanting her to act as dominatrix for them.
Nina, who has played feisty catering company chief Zainab for nearly two years, said: "I get a number of letters from Germany and America.
"A lot of them are from people who want me to dress in a certain way - you can imagine the kind of thing we're talking about here - and visit them with a view to playing the dominatrix.
"Most of the letters are harmless enough - if more than a little bit kinky!
"I've only received one which gave me cause for concern and I took that to the EastEnders office to deal with." Mum-of-two Nina said: "There's a guy called Steve The Pipe Cleaner who is keen for me to visit him in his home and clean his very large pipe at some point.
"I've politely declined and also said no to visiting these people who want me to dominate them.
"I suspect some are just having a laugh and at least it shows they are tuning in to EastEnders.
"I've had letters from guys in the US military and from war veterans.
"Maybe those getting in touch include women.
"Some people sign their names Jo and Pat so it's possible Zainab is having an effect on girls as well as on guys."
Nina, who was in hit TV comedy series Goodness Gracious Me, revealed that she also gets letters from viewers wanting to know if Zainab will get into bed with her son Syed in a shock soap storyline.
She laughed: "There's been a rumour going round about this but, as far as I know, it's just a rumour.
Parents
"It started in the EastEnders Green Room. We got bored one day and started talking about the possibility of the two of them getting together. The rumour just seemed to grow from there."
In real life Mumbai-born Nina lives in west London with composer husband Raiomond Merza, her five-year-old daughter and two-yearold son.
She met Raiomond in Canada and within five minutes he told her they would marry.
"It was very romantic," she said. "I'm fortunate to have the best husband in the world."
Family-minded Nina's one regret is that her parents did not live to see her achieve such fame. She said: "They died young - mum was only 62 and dad 71.
"I miss them so much but don't rule out the possibility that they are still watching over me.
"I went into hospital for an operation in March and firmly believe they were there with me in my room.
"Their presence was so real while I was under anaesthetic - I was talking to them, touching my mum, she was touching me, we were having a laugh. It was wonderful.
"And I'm sure my father is there at my home. I have a swingseat in the conservatory and it occasionally swings without anybody being close. It wouldn't surprise me if dad is keeping an eye on us."
Nina also believes her mum got in touch with her moments after she died.
The star recalled: "She was in hospital with kidney disease and one morning I sat bolt upright in bed and told my husband, 'My mum has just said goodbye to me'.
"When we got to the hospital we discovered she had died at around the time I felt her presence in our bedroom." Nina believes her parents would have been proud of the way she and Nitin Sanatra, who plays Zainab's husband Mas, have proved a hit in EastEnders.
She has also has a movie role in I Can't Think Straight about a lesbian love affair between two beautiful young women.
She said: "My character delights in spitting into a drink her employer has ordered and spends most of the film waiting for this snooty lady to take a sip.
"I got the part because I did a very good spit at the audition. Some of those auditioning didn't bother to impress with their spitting abilities." But Nina probably won't do more film work while she concentrates on her BBC1 soap role. She said: "I'm grateful that the scriptwriters have made Zainab funny as well as hard-edged. I would get depressed if she just nasty and blunt.
" Playing that kind of character might get me some interesting mail but probably wouldn't put a smile on my face."
I Can't Think Straight is out on DVD now
jon.wise@people.co.uk
Wadia think about these?
Goodness Gracious Me
Nina first shot to fame in BBC's Goodness Gracious Me in 1998. She played different characters including "Mrs I can make it at home for nothing" and was one half of The Competitive Mothers.
Loose Women
Straight-talking Nina, pictured on ITV1 lunchtime show Loose Women with Leslie Ash, has been a panel member 28 times since 2005. She has had guest slots in other TV hits including Holby City.
Bend It Like Beckham
Movie credits include the 2002 Brit hit Bend It Like Beckham. Nina played a wedding guest in the comedy, which helped launch the careers of Keira Knightley and ER beauty Parminder Nagra.
Perfect World
As chocoholic secretary Maggie in the 2000 TV comedy Perfect World, Nina was constantly on the verge of quitting her job working for lazy and obnoxious boss Bob Slay, played by Paul Kaye.