Bharti Patel is an English actress, known for playing midwife Ruhma Carter on the BBC soap opera Doctors. For her portrayal of Ruhma, she was nominated for numerous awards at the National Television Awards, British Soap Awards and Inside Soap Awards. In 2024, she played Maya Houssain in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Patel made her professional acting debut as a shop assistant in an episode of the BBC drama series Screenplay. In 2003, she appeared as a dancer in the feature film What a Girl Wants. In 2012, she played Ursula and Verges in a production of Much Ado About Nothing at the World Shakespeare Festival. In 2015, Bharti began playing Ruhma Carter in the BBC soap opera Doctors. The next year, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at The British Soap Awards. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the Hulu series Find Me in Paris as Mama Khan, and in 2019, she played Manju in the BBC Two sitcom Don't Forget the Driver. In 2024, Doctors was cancelled by the BBC and Patel remained in her role as Ruhma until its final episode. Later that year, she played Maya Houssain in fellow BBC soap opera EastEnders.