{"id":42462,"date":"2025-04-28T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/?post_type=story&p=42462"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T05:29:51","slug":"isha-kaur-athwal-the-bradford-teen-actor-balancing-stardom-and-schoolbooks","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/isha-kaur-athwal-the-bradford-teen-actor-balancing-stardom-and-schoolbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Isha Kaur Athwal: The Bradford teen actor balancing stardom and schoolbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

(April 28, 2025) <\/strong>Thirteen-year-old Isha Kaur Athwal in the UK is a young actor with a growing list of screen credits, a deep connection to her Punjabi roots, and a clear sense of discipline that anchors both her creative and academic life. Currently in Year 9 at Bradford Grammar School, Isha recently played the lead role of Zara in <\/span>High Hoops<\/span><\/i>, a 10-episode CBBC comedy series that follows the spirited escapades of a girls\u2019 basketball team. The series, created by Sinead Fagan and written by Chris Grady, was shot in Halifax, West Yorkshire where Isha relocated temporarily from her home in Idle, Bradford..<\/span><\/p>\n

Her work in <\/span>High Hoops<\/span><\/i> joins an already impressive resume that includes voice acting in <\/span>Pip and Posy<\/span><\/i> (Channel 5), where she voiced Frankie the cat for four years, and her live-action performance as Anneena in <\/span>Biff, Chip and Kipper<\/span><\/i> on CBeebies. She began her acting journey at the age of five with a role in the feature film <\/span>The Runaways<\/span><\/i>, and has appeared in national campaigns for Children in Need and Morrisons.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just went along with it and enjoyed all the experiences, even the jobs I didn\u2019t get,\u201d the actor tells <\/span>Global Indian<\/span><\/i><\/a>, summing up her open and determined approach to the acting world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Isha