Rita Siddiqui is half-Italian and half-Pakistani and was born and raised in London. Aged 15, she was on the front cover of Touch magazine with R&B artist Jay Sean. At 18, she went onto travel independently to parts of Africa and Asia - this was self-funded. Rita did volunteer projects throughout her travels. At 19, she was on Mongolian TV Acting and Presenting. Rita has written, produced, presented and edited programmes for C1 Television. Rita has always been passionate about acting and studied Drama throughout school. She has pursued and worked on numerous films. Rita studied Broadcast Journalism on a BJTC-accredited course at Staffordshire University where she graduated with a 1st. At University, she co-presented a radio show for three years, produced, edited and presented TV and radio packages. Rita has continued to pursue her acting career after graduating.