Draft:Maya Saroya

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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[edit]

Television[edit]

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

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Aladdin Beguiling Woman

Stage[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "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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