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==Early life and education==
Thakrar was born around 1984, and grew up in the St Matthew's area of Leicester, England. She is of Indian descent, and both parents worked in factories.

She attended Taylor Primary School[1] and Soar Valley College. She took drama as a GCSE subject and acted in a play at the Phoenix Theatre. As a teenager, Thakrar became involved with Hathi Productions, a theatre club based in Leicester run by Jez Simons, her drama teacher, who has written for EastEnders.

She was going to study textile design, but decided to take a year out, which led to several roles on the stage as well as learning a lot about the theatre production.