Maya Sondhi

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Maya Sondhi (born c. 1983) [1] is a British actress and screenwriter. She was born in Birmingham, England. [2] She attended the National Youth Theatre before going on to study at LAMDA. [3] [4] She is the creator and writer of D.I Ray . [5] As an actress she has appeared in Line of Duty and Citizen Khan .

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Television

YearTitleRoleBroadcasterRef
2002 Brum Firewoman BBC One/CBeebies
2005 Family Affairs Shireen Taymour Channel 5 [6]
Judge John Deed Carole BBC One [7]
2005, 2008 The Bill Mariza/Kim Law ITV
2006 Fair City Sholeh Tenniz RTÉ One
2006, 2016 Silent Witness Rosa Cassalle/DC Shona Clarke BBC One [8]
2007, 2009, 2014 Casualty Carly Grahame/Ravinder Theara/Anita Johar BBC One [9]
2008 Doctors Gina Saunders BBC One [10]
2009 Collision Nurse ITV/STV/UTV
20122014 Citizen Khan Shazia Khan / Shazia Malik BBC Two [11]
2015Professor Branestawm ReturnsRadio Producer BBC One
2016 DCI Banks Christine Farinelli ITV
20162019 Line of Duty Maneet Bindra BBC One/BBC Two [12]
2018 The Split Dawn McKenzie BBC One
Midsomer Murders Aisha Khalique

Screenwriting

YearTitleEpisodesBroadcaster
2014 The Kumars at No. 42 4 episodes BBC Two
2016 EastEnders 2 episodes BBC One
2016 Mount Pleasant 1 episode Sky One
2017The Break1 episode BBC Three
2018 Ackley Bridge 1 episode Channel 4
2022 DI Ray 4 episodes ITV

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