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Maya Saroya (born 24 February) is a British screen, stage, and voice actor. She played a leading role of Edina Corbett in BBC One's period drama Call The Midwife (2022). She also had roles in Disney's Aladdin (2019)[1], Howards End (2017) and Ackley Bridge (2018) for Channel Four. She has had recurring roles as Jessica Holten in BBC One's Casualty, and as Charita in the BBC's Doctors.
She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2023 | Doctors | Charita Sharma | |
2022 | Call The Midwife | Edina Corbett | |
2022 | Casualty | Jessica Holten | |
2021 | Doctors | Charita Sharma | |
2018 | Ackley Bridge | Meesha Peerzada | |
2018 | Howards End | Earnest Young Woman | |
2017 | Doctors | Ramita Uddin | |
2017 | Eastenders | Ms Kapoor |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Aladdin | Beguiling Woman |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Climate Change Festival | Leah | TheaterLab New York | Lorca Peress |
2016 | The Dishonoured | Shaida/ Gulzar | Arcola Theatre | Janet Steel |
2016 | The Dishonoured | Shaida/Gulzar | UK Tour | Janet Steel |
2015 | Warde Street | Yasmeenah | Park Theatre | Jenny Eastop |
2014 | Love In The 21st Century | Mel | Soho Theatre | Gill King |
2012 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puck | Drama Studio | Gill King |
Audio
Year | Title | Role | Author/ Director |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Everything The Light Touches | Shai | Janice Pariat |
2022 | The Lost Man of Bombay (The Malabar House Series) | Narrator | Vaseem Khan |
2022 | The War Master: Future Phantoms | Marina Khatri | Scott Handcock |
2021 | The Earthspinner | Narrator | Anuradha Roy |
2021 | A Night At The Frost Fair | Narrator | Emma Carroll |
2021 | The Electricity of Every Living Thing | Various | Katherine May |
2021 | The Christmas Pig | Happiness | J K Rowling |
2021 | Secrets Of The Stars | Narrator | Maria Kuzniar |
2021 | Joker Moon: A Wild Cards Novel | Narrator | George R R Martin |
2021 | Last Night | Narrator | Mhairi McFarlane |
2021 | The Dying Day (The Malabar House Series) | Narrator | Vaseem Khan |
2020 | Torchwood: Among Us | Mara | Scott Handcock |
2020 | Amazing Muslims Who Changed The World | Narrator | Burhana Islam |
2020 | I'm Ready For Big School | Narrator | Ladybird |
2020 | The Ship of Shadows | Narrator | Maria Kuzniar |
2020 | Midnight At Malabar House | Narrator | Vaseem Khan |
2020 | Climate Rebels | Narrator | Ben Lerwill |
2020 | To Lahore With Love | Narrator | Hina Belitz |
2020 | Metamorphoses | Narrator | Ovid |
2019 | It's Not About the Burqa | Narrator | Mariam Khan |
2019 | The Runaways | Narrator | Fatima Bhutto |
2019 | Torchwood: Iceberg | Amira | Scott Handcock |
2018 | The One Who Wrote Destiny | Neha | Nikesh Shukla |
2018 | Imprison The Sky | Narrator | A. C. Gaughen |
2018 | When I Hit You | Narrator | Meena Kandasamy |
2016 | The Secret Lives Of the Amir Sisters | Farah | Nadiya Hussain |
Personal life
She was born and raised in London, and lives between London and New York City. She has an economics and history degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
References
- ^ "Aladdin il live action della Disney con Will Smith stasera su Rai 1: trama e cast". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
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