Samia Smith

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Samia Smith
Born	Samia Maxine Ghadie 13 July 1982 (1982-07-13) (age 25) Eccles, Salford, England
Other name(s)	Samia Ghadie Samia Smith
Years active	1994-
Spouse(s)	Matthew Smith (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.

1 Career
2 Personal Life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

As Maria Connor in Coronation Street

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.^[1]

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.^[2] She also appeared alongside her Coronation Street castmates in a celebrity version of the TV show Family Fortunes in December 2006.^[3]

[edit] Personal Life

She married Matthew Smith, a property developer, on 10 September 2005 after a seven month engagement. She also revealed she is desperate to have children with him.^[4]

She has also pledged her future to the ITV soap^[5] and confirmed that she finds her sex symbol status weird in an interview with The Mirror.^[6]

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