Samia Smith

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birthname = Samia Maxine Ghadie
birthdate = Birth date and age|1982|7|13|df=y
location = Eccles, Salford, England
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othername = Samia Ghadie
Samia Smith
yearsactive = 1994-
spouse = Matthew Smith (2005- )
homepage = http://www.samiaghadie.co.uk/
notable role = Maria Sutherland in "Coronation Street"
InsideSoap Awards = Sexiest Female 2005
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Samia Maxine Smith (née Ghadie) (born 13 July 1982 in Eccles, Greater Manchester) is an English actress of English, French and Lebanese descent.

Career

She made her acting debut when she was 11, appearing in a single episode of "Cracker" ("The Big Crunch"). She then made appearances in "Children's Ward", "Heartbeat", "Doctors", and the children's series, "Life Force". Her big break came in 2000, when she beat Suzanne Shaw and Kimberley Walsh to the role of Maria Sutherland in Coronation Street. [ [http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/samiasmith/ Smith, Samia - Who’s who on UK TV from hellomagazine.com, HELLO! ] ]

Her film debut was a role of Sara in There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Smith was placed 52nd in the 2003 "FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World", and voted sexiest female by the readers of Inside Soap magazine in 2005. In the same year she impersonated Holly Valance in a celebrity version of "Stars In Their Eyes"- Which she won'. [ [http://eleven.aol.co.uk/enhPhotoGalleryPollPopup.adp?popupgalleryid=2842&photoid=3&pause=1&country=uk Sexy Female Soap Stars - AOL Photo Gallery ] ] She also appeared alongside her "Coronation Street" castmates in a celebrity version of the TV show "Family Fortunes" in December 2006. [ [http://www.corrieblog.tv/2006/12/family_fortunes.html Corrieblog: Family Fortunes Corrie Christmas Special ] ]

Personal life

She married Matthew Smith, a property developer, on 10 September, 2005 after a seven month engagement. [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1026824_samia_i_still_love_street_life Samia: I still love Street life - Film and tv - Entertainment - Manchester Evening News ] ]

She has also pledged her future to the ITV soap [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/film_and_tv/s/1026824_samia_i_still_love_street_life Samia: I still love Street life - Film and tv - Entertainment - Manchester Evening News ] ] and confirmed that she finds her sex symbol status weird in an interview with The Mirror. [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tv/soaps/2007/11/28/corrie-s-maria-reveals-all-89520-20170270/ Corrie's Maria reveals all - Mirror.co.uk ] ]

Samia went to the same school as her on-screen husband Rob James-Collier.

References

External links

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before = Suranne Jones as Karen McDonald
title = Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female
as Maria Sutherland
years = 2005
after = Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann