ukku Nahar is "so scared of cats".
The \'EastEnders\' actress - who has joined the BBC soap in February this year as Habiba Ahmed - admitted she\'s "terrified" of lots of pets, but bizarrely she\'s a big fan of "bigger animals".
She told Inside Soap magazine: "Everyone who knows me knows that I\'m so scared of cats - basically of all house pets - I\'m just terrified.
"If I see a dog coming towards me down the street, I try to avoid it. But weirdly I love bigger animals.
"I went to Marbella Zoo recently, and I saw the monkeys. One jumped on my back and I fed a baby one. I\'m not scared of those animals at all - it\'s weird!"
The 23-year-old star also opened up about meeting other celebrities, and she insisted \'Hotline Bling\' hitmaker Drake is the only famous face she\'d be too excited to meet.
She said: "Honestly, I don\'t really get starstruck. But perhaps if I met Drake, maybe I would then? Imagine if he had a guest spot in \'EastEnders\'? I know Habiba would die!"
Meanwhile, Rukku admitted video game hero Lara Croft would be her "dream role" after being obsessed with 2001 blockbuster \'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider\' as a child.
She added: "I\'m a really big fan of Marvel movies, so I would love to star in one of those.
"I love those kind of films where there\'s a load of action going on, and a strong female lead. \'Tomb Raider\', as well - I would love to play Lara Croft.
"It\'s a dream role. Angelina Jolie was fantastic in it! That was one of the first films that I was really obsessed with as a kid."
