Samia Ghadie
Samia Ghadie was born in Eccles, England, United Kingdom on July 13th, 1982 and is the Soap Opera Actress. At the age of 41, Samia Ghadie biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Samia Maxine Longchambon (née Ghadie, previously Smith; born 13 July 1982) is a British actress.
She is best known for playing the role of Maria Connor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000.
Early life
Samia Ghadie was born in Eccles, Greater Manchester to Joseph, a French-Lebanese shop owner and Patsy, an English actress whom he met whilst working in Abu Dhabi. Samia lived there for a period as a child. She has a brother named Tariq.
Personal life
Samia married Matt Smith, a property developer, at St Philip's Church in Alderley Edge, Cheshire on 10 September 2005 after a seven-month engagement. On 19 October 2009, she gave birth to a baby girl, Freya, following which she left Coronation Street temporarily on maternity leave. On 4 January 2011, she and her husband announced that they had separated by mutual agreement. On 4 November 2011, she revealed that she had reverted to her maiden surname of Ghadie following a decree absolute which had been granted the same day. In May 2015, she announced her engagement to French professional ice skater Sylvain Longchambon. They married in August 2016. Their son, Yves Joseph Longchambon, was born on 24 September 2015.
Samia's father Joseph died of cancer on 14 April 2009.
Career
Longchambon first appeared as an extra in Coronation Street at the age of eight and ten years ago, she became a regular on the program. She made her first credit television appearance when she was 11 years old, appearing in a Cracker episode ("The Big Crunch"). She has appeared in Children's Ward, Heartbeat, Doctors, Only One Jimmy Grimble (Filmport film) and the children's series Life Force. Maria Sutherland was the subject of ITV soap opera Coronation Street's 2000 edition, beating Suzanne Shaw and Kimberley Walsh to win the role of Maria Sutherland. She took a short break from her work as Maria in Coronation Street on maternity leave and then resumed her role in the show in May 2010. Holly Valance appeared in Their Eyes on an episode. She has also appeared in Bo' Selecta! Suranne Jones and co-star Suranne Jones appeared in Coronation Street in 2004 as part of a Coronation Street sketch.
Longchambon competed in the eighth series of Dancing on Ice in January 2013, partnering with French professional ice skater Sylvain Longchambon. Nevertheless, she was concussed a few days into pre-series training and then dropped out in week eight of the competition, losing out in a skate-off to Luke Campbell.