Zoha Rahman was born in Pakistan and moved to the UK in 2012. After getting a law degree from university, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. While in the infancy of her career, Zoha landed a role in the upcoming Marvel film, ‘Spiderman: Far From Home,’ where she plays a close school friend of Peter Parker a.k.a Spiderman, played by Tom Holland.

This is a huge milestone for South Asians, especially Pakistani and Muslim, folks as the call for representation and diversity in Hollywood has been an on-going movement for the past few years. With Asians slowly etching their way in Hollywood – with films such as ‘Always Be My Maybe’ and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ leading the way – seeing Zoha portray the first Hijabi character, in as big a production as an MCU film, is a big step in the right direction.

We sat down with Zoha to learn more about how she landed the role, what her favourite memory from set is and who her favourite superhero is! Spoiler alert: it’s not Spiderman. Keep on reading!