Tara Divina is a British actress and was born and raised in Essex to parents of Indian and Maltese heritage. She began acting from an early age in plays and musicals written by her father and went onto study at a leading drama school in London, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Tara graduated from drama school early after being offered the role of Yasmeen in Gurinder Chadha's feature film 'Blinded by the Light'. Shortly after she made her TV debut in Season 6 of BBC's 'Line of Duty' playing PC Lisa Patel. She has since played Dr Leila Joshi in Series 2 of the hit comedy-drama 'Back to Life' on BBC3. In her next release, she portrays DS Anita Suppiah in the TV movie conspiracy thriller 'The Trick' directed by Pip Broughton.