Sasha Behar

British actress

Sasha Behar

Born|  (1971-07-05) 5 July 1971 (age 53)

London, England

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1994–present
Partner| Jamie Glover
Children| 2

Sasha Behar (born 5 July 1971)[1] is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Maya Sharma in the soap opera Coronation Street.

## Career

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Behar portrayed the character of villain Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2003 to 2004. The role won her the Best Villain award at the 2005 British Soap Awards.[2] Her other television credits include Holby City, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, Messiah and Lewis. She also guest starred in the Doctor Who episode "The Fires of Pompeii", playing Spurrina and played Dr Mortimer in Sherlock (2012). Her theatre credits include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and The Island Princess, Eastward Ho and The Malcontent, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3]

## Personal life

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Behar has two daughters Edie and Ava with her partner, actor Jamie Glover. They currently live in Brixton, south London.[4]

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1994 | Hercule Poirot's Christmas | Pilar Estravados / Conchita Lopez | Television film
1997 | Bugs | Yasmine
\- The Revenge Effect (1997) | TV series
1997 | Thief Takers | Yasmin
\- After the Goldrush (1997) | TV series
1999 | The Bill | Doctor
\- Pillow Talk (1999) | Police procedural
2000 | North Square | Stevie Goode | Legal drama
2002 | Holby City | Nandita Gupta
\- Shadow of a Doubt: Part Two (2002) | Medical drama
2002 | Rescue Me | Emma Peters | Romantic comedy
2003 | Doctors | Maxine Longhurst
\- Appearances (2003) | Soap opera
2003–2004 | Coronation Street | Maya Sharma | Soap opera
2005 | The Government Inspector | Nan | Television film
2005 | Casualty | Liz Marcart
\- Sweet Revenge (2005)
\- Desperate Measures (2005)
\- A Question of Loyalty (2005)
\- Fat Chance (2005) | Medical drama
2007 | Cake | Rita | Short film
2007 | Lewis | Catherine Linn
\- Whom the Gods would Destroy (2007) | Police procedural
2007 | Sold | Sarah Glenson
\- Episode 1.4 (2007) | Situation comedy
2008 | Messiah: The Rapture | Salma Al Fulani | Television film
2008 | Incendiary | Bomber's Wife | Feature film
2008 | Doctor Who | Spurrina
\- The Fires of Pompeii (2008) | TV series
2010 | Jonathan Creek | Harriet Dore
\- The Judas Tree | TV series
2010 | New Tricks | Emma Woodford
\- It Smells of Books | TV series
2011 | The Shadow Line | Laing | TV series
2011 | Injustice | Natalie Chandra | TV series
2011 | Strike Back: Project Dawn | Iman Zubedah/Mahmood | TV series
2012 | Sherlock | Dr Mortimer
\- "The Hounds of Baskerville" | TV series
2012 | Holby City | Alex Broadhurst | TV series
2013 | Luther | Dani Lane
\- Episode 3.1 | TV series
2013 | Case Histories | Layla Minyawi
\- Jackson and the Women | TV series
2014–2015 | Da Vinci's Demons | Seer | TV series
2017 | Modus | Raja Cooper | TV series
2018 | Unforgotten | Jamila Faruk | TV series
2019 | A Friend | Mum | Short film
2019 | A Working Mom's Nightmare | Detective | Television film
2021–present  | Fireman Sam | Sergeant Rose Ravani (voice)  | Children's television series (UK/US version)
2020  | Fireman Sam: Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky | UK/US version
Television movie
2021  | Foundation | Mari  | Apple TV series

## References

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1. ^ "Book of the Week: At the Existentialist Cafe Episode 4 - Read by Sasha Behar". Retrieved 11 June 2021.
2. ^ "Street triumphs at TV soap awards". BBC. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
3. ^ "Agency CV" (PDF). Ken McReddie Associates. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
4. ^ Kingston, Victoria. "Jamie Glover: Keep it in the Family". South West Mag. Retrieved 11 August 2009.

## External links

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* Sasha Behar at IMDb