Sasha Behar

Sasha Behar Biography

Sasha Behar (born 25 September 1971) is a British actress, known for portraying Maya Sharma in the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street.

Background

Born in London, Behar is the eldest of three children, and has two younger brothers. She has two daughters with her boyfriend, the actor Jamie Glover. They currently live in Brixton, South London.

Training

Behar trained at The Poor School, in London's King's Cross.

Career

Behar played Maya Sharma in Coronation Street from 2003 to 2004. 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 Ho and The Malcontent, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Behar also starred in the 2008 film Incendiary.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Hercule Poirot's Christmas	Pilar Estravados	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	Coronation Street	Maya Sharma (2003–2004)	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
	Lewis	Catherine Linn - Whom the Gods would Destroy (2007)	Police procedural
	Sold	Sarah Glenson - Episode 1.4 (2007)	Situation comedy
2008	Messiah: The Rapture	Salma Al Fulani	Television film
	Incendiary	Bomber's Wife	Feature film
	Doctor Who	Spurrina - The Fires of Pompeii (2008)	TV series
2010	Jonathan Creek	Harriet Dore - The Judas Tree	TV series
2011	The Shadow Line	Laing	TV series
	Injustice	Natalie Chandra	TV series
	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

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