
Acting
Rakhee Sharma
Rakhee Sharma is known for National Theatre Live: Macbeth (2018), The Bay (2019) and The Long Shadow (2023). Rakhee trained as an actress and deviser at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. During her training she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Bursary. As well as work in film and documentary, her most recent theatre work includes Macbeth (National Theatre) and The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca (Manchester Royal Exchange).
Acting credits
7.5A politician learns just how quickly things can go terribly wrong when a career-defining live TV interview goes off the rails due to a surprise coughing attack.
Choked Up
2023
7.0A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.
Incompatible
2022
9.0The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the crown by forces of elemental darkness. Shakespeare’s most intense and terrifying tragedy, directed by Rufus Norris, sees Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff return to the National Theatre to play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2018
