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Ambika Mod says the 'glass ceiling is always getting higher' for South Asian actors
The actress gained recognition for her roles in BBC medical drama This Is Going To Hurt and Netflix adaptation One Day
An overworked junior doctor, an aspiring writer and now a ruthless assassin.
Ambika Mod's TV credits are becoming as diverse as the roles are complex.
The actress broke through as the overwhelmed Shruti in BBC medical drama This Is Going To Hurt in 2022, and gained wide recognition for her starring role as Emma Morley in Netflix's miniseries adaptation of David Nicholls' bestselling novel One Day.
Mod, who joins the cast of Black Doves for the second season of the streamer's spy thriller, tells BBC Newsbeat she is careful about the roles she takes on.
As the daughter of Indian immigrants the 31-year-old, from Hatfield, says a "central tenet" of her work is to "change how South Asian women are seen on-screen and the characters that we are seen in".
Her latest role sees her portray an agent of the covert spy operation Black Doves
She has previously spoken about not having access to the same "privilege", external some of her fellow actors do when it comes to roles.
Fans have questioned why she hasn't gone on to appear in as many roles as her One Day co-star Leo Woodall, who's since appeared in major films including Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and A24's Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony.
Addressing this remark, Mod tells Newsbeat she thinks "there's definitely an issue in this industry with systemic racism".