How the ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Creator and Star Cranked Up the Volume in Season 2

In 2021, the world was introduced to “Bashir With the Good Beard” and “Voldemort Under My Headscarf,” furious outbursts of passion and wit from the fictional band at the center of the British comedy series “We Are Lady Parts” (which streams on Peacock in the U.S.). Created by Nida Manzoor, the show stars Anjana Vasan as Amina, a nerdy PhD student whose mad guitar skills land her a place in Lady Parts, a pop-punk outfit made up of Muslim women played by Sarah Kameela Impey, Juliette Motamed and Faith Omole — all of whom perform the songs themselves. They’re managed by Momtaz (Lucie Shorthouse), who vapes under her niqab.