The Sex Education actress spoke to pupils about the challenges she faced breaking into acting
Actress Rakhee Thakrar returned to her old school in Leicester to tell hundreds of pupils how persistence and determination helped her build her acting career.
The former EastEnders star explained how few opportunities there had been for her to get into the industry when she was at Soar Valley College.Her return to Rushey Mead was part of the BBC's Share Your Story Tour.Ms Thakrar started off in youth theatre in the city before gradually finding more work around the Midlands."I came from quite humble beginnings and I grew up on a council estate.
As well as working on Eastenders, she has since gone on to star in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education.
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