Nadia Sawalha is a British television personality, vlogger, actress and cook. She is most commonly known for being a regular panellist on the daytime talk show "Loose Women", alongside the likes of Andrea McLean and she also played Annie Palmer on the BBC soap "EastEnders".
How old is Nadia Sawalha?
Nadia Sawalha was born on the 18th November, making her 59 years old. She was born in Croydon and still currently resides there with her family.
Nadia Sawalha family
Nadia Sawalha's husband is Mark Adderley, a director, producer and writer. They have share two daughters Maddie Adderley and Kiki-Bee Adderley, and Mark has two daughters from previous relationships. They also have two dogs named Toffee and Chi Chi, who are both cockapoos.
Her parents are Roberta Lane and Nadim Sawalha (a Jordanian-born British actor). On her YouTube channel she refers to them as Betty and Teddy.
Does Nadia Sawalha have a sister?
Nadia has two sisters, and she is the middle sibling. Her elder sister, Dina Sawalha was an art teacher, and her younger sister Julia Sawalha is an actress who has appeared in many shows and films but is most famously known for playing Saffy in the sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous".
Nadia Sawalha YouTube channel
You can find Nadia Sawalha on YouTube, under the channel name: The Sawalha-Adderleys. Initially, she started out doing vlogs with her friend and Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams, but has since progressed into family vlogging, as well as film and TV reviews and cooking.
She has a close-knit family and group of friends who regularly feature on their channel. These include her parents, Mark's mum, their friend Lisa and Nadia's big sister Dina, who she often does cooking videos with in a section called 'Curly Cooks of Croydon'.
Her mother-in-law Nanny Di is also a regular guest on the channel, who participates in lots of their reviews and the 'Green-Fingered Hell' section, where she does gardening with her son (Mark).
Throughout December, you can watch The Sawalha-Adderleys Vlogmas. They post daily festive videos onto their channel and record lots of Christmassy content including Christmas advert and party food reviews, light displays, shopping vlogs, the making of their snow village and their highly popular annual video of going into the loft and getting the Christmas decorations down. Mark and Nadia often dress up in fun festive outfits too.
Nadia Sawalha and Mark Adderley run several podcasts together including 'Confessions of a Modern Parent', 'Agony Aunt and Uncle'', 'How To Stay Married (So Far)' and 'Popcorn Junkies Movie Reviews'.
Nadia Sawalha Instagram
As well as YouTube, Nadia has a big presence on social media, particularly Instagram (her username is @nadiasawalha). As well as commenting on serious topics, she posts lots of fun and light-hearted content. She shares several posts about body-positivity, often re-creating "realistic" versions celebrity photos.
Nadia Sawalha health
Throughout the years, Nadia has been very open on television, social media and YouTube about her miscarriages and struggles to get pregnant. She also talks about what it's like to become a parent in your 40s. She has spoken publicly about her tinnitus and and psoriasis, as well as her hair loss journey through perimenopause.
Nadia also announced into 2022 that she had been diagnosed with ADHD and she has a series of videos on her YouTube account that document her experiences.
Her husband Mark Adderley has also been honest on their YouTube channel and his Instagram account about his alcoholism and addiction, as well as bipolar and ADHD.
TV shows with Nadia Sawalha
Having acted for many years, Nadia has appeared on several shows including "EastEnders", "The Bill" and "Benidorm". She has also taken part in reality TV shows "Celebrity Big Brother", Dancing On Ice", "The Celebrity Circle" and "Celebrity MasterChef", which led her to writing cookbooks.
Nadia has even presented many daytime television shows including "Loose Women", "Wanted Down Under" and "Nadia's Family Feasts".
Nadia Sawalha books
Nadia has written several books over the years, including six cookbooks, one of them being Nadia and Kaye: Disaster Chef (which she co-wrote with pal, presenter and journalist, Kaye Adams) and another book about her and her husband's decision to home-school their children, which was written by both of them.
One reviewer said: "This will help and interest and delight anyone who has any kind of opinion on the education system. Even if you think it’s brilliant and effective I’m sure there will be interesting insights into how it isn’t effective for all. Most importantly though, it is a book that could help countless people. It helped me. I went through HELL in school. Funny, maybe, because I wasn’t bad at school, but I constantly felt belittled and trodden on and had my self-confidence (metaphorically) beaten out of me by some (not all) teachers."
A reviewer said: "I love this book, it's now one of my favourite cookbooks at the moment. I find it easy to use, the recipes work and there a great section about freezing. I'm a working mother and there is some helpful information on freezing foods is a really useful. I recommend this book!"
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