High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Preeya Kalidas (born 21 June 1980) is a British singer and actress of Indian descent. She plays Amira Masood in the soap opera EastEnders. She returned to a career in singing, with her single "Shimmy" being released in July 2010 taken from her debut album (I`m Over It) Constant Craving, was supposed to be released in September 2010, but has been postponed until March 2012 due to work commitments.