Zainab Hasan is well known for her many roles in the theatre and for WRITING WRONGS - EQUAL MEASURE, a piece she wrote and performed for the Donmar Warehouse.
She starred as the titular role of ANTIGONE at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre shortly after a run at the Hampstead Theatre in LOTUS BEAUTY, CHASING HARES at The Young Vic and BRASSIC FM at the Gate Theatre.
Alongside theatre she has also filmed roles in CASUALTY (BBC One) and MARYLAND (BBC2, Century Films).
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTIGONE | Antigone | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Max Webster |
| LOTUS BEAUTY | Tamwant | Hampstead Theatre | Pooja Ghai |
| CHASING HARES | Amba | Young Vic | Milli Bhatia |
| RICE | Nisha | Orange Tree Theatre/ATC | Matthew Xia |
| THE WELKIN | Mary | National Theatre | James Macdonald |
| BLANK | Zainab | Donmar Warehouse | Maria Aberg |
| TIMON OF ATHENS | Hortensia | Royal Shakespeare Company | Simon Godwin |
| TARTUFFE | Mariam | Royal Shakespeare Company | Iqbal Khan |
| TAMBURLAINE | Olympia/Anippe | Royal Shakespeare Company | Michael Boyd |
| HIJABI MONOLOGUES | Mariam/Khadija | Bush Theatre | Milli Bhatia |
| THE TEMPEST | Gonzalo | Donmar Warehouse/St Ann's Warehouse, NYC | Phyllida Lloyd |
| SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY | Calpurnia/Metellus Cimber | Donmar Warehouse | Phyllida Lloyd |
| BOY | Blonde Woman/Woman with T | Almeida Theatre | Sacha Wares |
| HENRY IV | Hostess/Sir Walter Blunt/ | St.Ann's Warehouse NY | Phyllida Lloyd |
| CATALINA (R & D) | Catalina/Kath | Untold Theatre/Ovalhouse Theatre | Daniel Goldman |
| HENRY IV | Hostess | Donmar Warehouse | Phyllida Lloyd |
| CORAM | Sofia | National Theatre Studio | Richard Weinman |
| THE CLASS BY LUKE BARNES | Lorraine | National Youth Theatre | Juliet Knight |
| TORY BOYZ | Muznah | Ambassadors Theatre | Thomas Hescott |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | Lady Capulet | Ambassadors Theatre | Paul Roseby |
| PRINCE OF DENMARK | Bernada | Ambassadors Theatre | Anthony Banks |
| RED RIDING HOOD | Parminder Shah | Latitude Festival | Anna Niland / Kane Husbands |
| CHIMERA | Wolf | Wildworks | Bill Mitchell |
| AGAMEMNON | Clytemnestra | Weekend Arts College | Che Walker |
| ON THE DOLE | Melissa | Lyric Theatre | Kemi David |
| OTHELLO | Emilia | Brockley Jack Theatre | Jennifer Lunn |
| ROMEO AND JULIET | Nurse | Oval House Theatre | Toby Clarke |
| NINE ROOMS | Young Mother | Old Vic Tunnels | Toby Clarke |
| MACBETH | Lady Macbeth | Weekend Arts College | Che Walker |
| D | Nikki | Oval House Theatre | Toby Clarke |
| ROUTES | India | Hampstead Theatre | Thomas Hescott |
| THE BOYFRIEND | Tanya | Oval House Theatre | Ellen Miriam Harvard |
| END OF THE LINE | Woman on the tube | London Fringe Festival | Sabrina Mahfouz |
| TOTALLY OVER YOU | Kitty | Tricycle Theatre | Zoe Wilcox |
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASUALTY (3 EPISODES) | Hafsa | BBC |
| Title | Role | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRITING WRONGS FOR DONMAR WAREHOUSE | Wrote and performed Equal | Donmar Warehouse | Leian Darell |
