Rishabh Shah (born 17 December 1997) is a British actor. He had his breakout role as Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (2022). He has also appeared in the short film The Long Goodbye (2020), the feature films The Sweet East (2023) and Do Revenge (2022), the Netflix thriller series Obsession (2023) and the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series Overcompensating (2025).
Early life and education Rish Shah was born and raised in Enfield, North London. His parents are from Mumbai and Vadodara. He attended Grange Park Primary School and then Haberdashers' Boys' School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Linguistics from King's College London.
Career In 2017, Shah appeared in the Merdel Theatre Company production of The Plains of Delight at Clapham Fringe Festival and the Fullscreen web series PrankMe by Hazel Hayes. In 2019, he made his television debut with guest appearances in Russell T Davies' Years and Years and the medical soap opera Doctors, both on BBC One. He also had stage roles in You're Dead, Mate at the Nutshell in Winchester and Torch Song Trilogy at the Turbine Theatre in London.
Shah appeared in Riz Ahmed's 2020 Oscar winning short film The Long Goodbye as Ahmed's younger brother. Shah took over the role of Kirin Kotecha in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from Adam Fielding for the character's return in 2020. He was named a 2021 Brit to Watch by Variety.
Shah made his feature film debut in 2021 as Ravi in the Netflix film To All the Boys: Always and Forever and Varun Dutta in the romantic comedy film India Sweets and Spices opposite Sophia Ali.
The following year he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and made his debut as superpowered teen Kamran in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. He went on to play Russ in the Netflix comedy film Do Revenge. He starred in the Netflix limited thriller series Obsession and appeared in the Amazon film Sitting in Bars with Cake. In 2024, Shah appeared in the Netflix autobiographical drama Joy.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2020 The Long Goodbye Karim Short film 2021 To All the Boys: Always and Forever Ravi India Sweets and Spices Varun Dutta 2022 Do Revenge Russ 2023 The Sweet East Mohammad Sitting in Bars with Cake Owen2024JoyArun2026The Moment Jamie
Television Year Title Role Notes 2019 Years and Years Ahmed Episode 6 Doctors Rajdeep Mishra Episode: "Failing to Stop" 2020 Casualty Virat Dewala Episode #34.32 Emmerdale Kirin Kotecha 5 episodes 2022 Ms. Marvel Kamran 5 episodes (main cast) Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Documentary; episode: "Assembled: The Making of Ms Marvel" 2023 Obsession Jay Farrow 4 episodes 2025 Overcompensating Miles 8 episodes
Web Year Title Role Notes 2017 PrankMe Asif 4 episodes
Stage Year Title Role Notes 2017 The Plains of Delight Jerry Clapham Fringe Festival 2019 You're Dead, Mate The Man The Nutshell, Winchester Torch Song Trilogy Alan Turbine Theatre, London
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External links
Rish Shah at Conway van Gelder Grant https://newsprostory.com/rish-shah/