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.

Television

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Year Title Role Broadcaster Ref
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
2012–2014 Citizen Khan Shazia Khan / Shazia Malik BBC Two [11]
2015 Professor Branestawm Returns Radio Producer BBC One
2016 DCI Banks Christine Farinelli ITV
2016–2019 Line of Duty Maneet Bindra BBC One/BBC Two [12]
2018 The Split Dawn McKenzie BBC One
Midsomer Murders Aisha Khalique

Screenwriting

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

References

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  1. ^ Pike, Molly (27 April 2021). "Line of Duty's Maya Sondhi avoided getting drunk with her mates in case she spilled spoilers". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022. Maya, 48
  2. ^ Westbrook, Caroline (31 March 2019). "Who is Maya Sondhi – aka Line Of Duty's Maneet Bindra and EastEnders screenwriter?". Metro. UK. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ Bushell, Garry (17 May 2019). "Line of Duty: Maya Sondhi tells of behind the scenes antics on cop show". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ Brooks, Xan (23 April 2004). "Stars In Their Eyes". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "ITV commissions compelling crime thriller DI Ray starring Parminder Nagra". itv.com/presscentre. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Sparks fly as Charlie and Tracy get together". The Daily Record. 4 December 2005. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Judge John Deed - S4 - Episode 6: Popular Appeal". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Part 1, River's Edge, Series 19, Silent Witness - Credits - BBC One". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Casualty". BBC Media Centre. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  10. ^ "VIP Treatment, Series 10, Doctors - BBC One". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Interview with Maya Sondhi, Citizen Khan's daughter Shazia Khan, Bobby Friction - BBC Asian Network". BBC. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Who's who in Line of Duty season 4? A guide to the cast and characters". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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