Tahirah was born in South London, England to a Pakistani mother and Jamaican father. She trained at The BRIT School for Performing Arts as well as Identity School of Acting where she studied Theatre. Tahirah is probably most well known for playing 'Miss Rebecca Jessel' in the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor created by Mike Flanagan.

塔希拉出生于英国伦敦南部，母亲是巴基斯坦人，父亲是牙买加人。她曾在全英表演艺术学院和身份表演学院接受培训，在那里她学习了戏剧。塔希拉最出名的可能是在迈克·弗拉纳根 （Mike Flanagan） 创作的 Netflix 剧集《布莱庄园的闹鬼》中扮演“丽贝卡·杰塞尔小姐”。