Zara is a stand-up comedian and actor in theatre, film and TV. She is an actress in Richard Gadd's series Half Man, and has previously played a journalist in ITV's Karen Pirie series. She' had roles in BBC series Scot Squad and The Chief. She will soon be announced as an actress in an upcoming new BBC Drama series, coming in 2027.

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She has written and starred in multiple BBC Short Stuff Sketches. Zara is a voiceover performer for BBC Radio Series Noising Up and played Zenab in BBC Radio 4 Drama Curry Canyon. She was also a voiceover impressionist for The BBC's Raiders of the Lost Archive series.

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Zara played a supporting artist for Jemima Goldsmith's 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' and has a starring roles in short films, including Silver Squares and Sean Connery Lab Short 'Checkout'.

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Her first comedy gig was broadcast on STV during Edinburgh Fringe 2017. She wrote and performed in sketches for The Late Show while playing in comedy clubs and festivals across the UK.

 

By 2018 She was headlining venues and had been shortlisted for Scottish Comedian Of The Year. She has since hosted BBC's The Comedy Underground and performed standup on Socially Distant with Susan Calman. Zara has now written and performed in her own BBC Comedy Shorts, available on the BBC iPlayer and has a BBC Comedy Underground podcast episode on BBC Sounds.

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Previously she fronted a campaign for First Bus and Comic Relief's Big Night In, she was an actor in an award-winning Solace Women's Aid Campaign, a global advert for Liz Earle Skincare and another for Sainsbury's. 

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Zara has performed on stage in theatres, alongside Joe Pasquale in Spamalot, with Kevin Kennedy in The Commitments and in Ellen Kent's Die Fledermaus.

 

She is available as an actor and comedian for TV, Film, corporate and brand collaborations, events, hosting and workshops.