Samia Smith
 

Samia Maxine Smith (née Ghadie) (born 13 July 1982 in Eccles, Greater Manchester) is an English actress of 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.[1]

She and Jennie McAlpine also recently[when?] participated in a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; they won £50,000 for charity.

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

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

Personal life

She married Matthew Smith, a property developer, in Chester[4] on 10 September 2005 after a seven month engagement, They currently reside on the outskirts of Congleton in Cheshire.[5]

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]

Smith went to the same school as fellow Coronation Street actor Rob James-Collier, who portrayed her late on-screen husband Liam Connor.

Smith's father, Joseph Ghadie, died of cancer on 14 April 2009.[7]

On 21 April 2009, she and her husband announced that they were expecting the couple's first baby in October.

Samia Smith In Barbados 12x HQ
 

Samia Smith - 12th British Soap Awards in London, 08.05.2010 - 14x
 

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Samia Smith - Closer magazine - 3x
 

Samia Smith - TV Choice Awards in London, 6.09.2010 - 10x
 

Samia Smith - British Soap Awards 14.05.2011 (x3)
 

Samia Smith - Nicky Johnston Photoshoot 2004 (x11)
 

Samia Smith - Corrie Studios Manchester 24.5.2012 (x12)
 

Samia Ghadie @ Launch of Liverpool One's open air ice rink - 08-11-2013 (x33)
 

Samia Ghadie @ Gatsby Experience at Old Trafford, Manchester - 23-11-2013 (x4)
 

Samia Ghadie - Opening of Baroque Dublin 30-11-2013 (x5)
 

Samia Ghadie - OnoUno Winter Collection 05-12-2013 (x8)
 

Samia Ghadie - Neighbourhood Manchester 07-02-2014 (x7)
 

Samia Ghadie @ Out for a walk in Alderley Edge, Chesire - 15-04-2014 (x21)
 

Samia Ghadie @ Outside the ITV studios in London - 28-04-2014 (x4)
 

Samia Ghadie - Great Manchester Run May 2014 (x16)
 

Samia Ghadie - Charlie Condous Leaving Party In Madchester May 2014 (x21)
 

Samia Ghadie @ British Academy Television Awards in London 18-05-2014 (x19)
 

Samia Ghadie - At the Launch of CBeebies Land at Alton Towers - 23-05-2014 (x9)
 

Samia Ghadie @ Ryan Thomas 30th Party 07-06-2014 (x14)
 

Samia Ghadie @ ITV Studios in London - 06-08-2014 (x7)