Sasha Behar is an English actress, known for playing Maya Sharma in the soap opera Coronation Street.
Career Behar has two British Soap Award nominations, one for Best Exit and one for Best Storyline. From 2003 to 2004 she played the villain Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. The role won her the Best Villain award at the 2005 British Soap Awards.
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 Hoe and The Malcontent, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Personal life Behar was born in London to an English mother and a Pakistani father. She is the eldest of three children, having two younger brothers. Behar did her stage training at The Poor School, in King's Cross, London.
Behar has two daughters with her partner, actor Jamie Glover. They currently live in Brixton, south London.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 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 versionTelevision movie2021FoundationMariApple TV series2025BergeracUma DalalUKTV series (5 episodes)
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