Nagra recalls her years growing up in the Belgrave district of Leicester as a "great childhood."
Nagra attended Northfield House Primary School in Leicester, where as a six-year-old she was in her first play, War of the Worlds.
At the age of seven, Nagra suffered a burn that resulted in a scar on her leg ; the scar was later incorporated into the story line of her 2002 breakout film Bend It Like Beckham.
