Maya Sondhi

Maya Sondhi (born {{circa}} 1983){{Cite news |last=Pike |first=Molly |date=27 April 2021 |title=Line of Duty's Maya Sondhi avoided getting drunk with her mates in case she spilled spoilers |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/line-dutys-maya-sondhi-avoided-23988941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504102518/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/line-dutys-maya-sondhi-avoided-23988941 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |access-date=30 March 2022 |work=Daily Mirror |quote="Maya, 48"}} is a British actress and screenwriter. She was born in Birmingham, England.{{Cite news |last=Westbrook |first=Caroline |date=31 March 2019 |title=Who is Maya Sondhi – aka Line Of Duty's Maneet Bindra and EastEnders screenwriter? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/31/who-is-maya-sondhi-aka-line-of-dutys-maneet-bindra-and-eastenders-screenwriter-9072737/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630230206/https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/31/who-is-maya-sondhi-aka-line-of-dutys-maneet-bindra-and-eastenders-screenwriter-9072737/ |archive-date=30 June 2019 |access-date=1 July 2019 |work=Metro |location=UK}} She attended the National Youth Theatre before going on to study at LAMDA.{{Cite news |last=Bushell |first=Garry |date=17 May 2019 |title=Line of Duty: Maya Sondhi tells of behind the scenes antics on cop show |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1128607/maya-sondhi-line-of-duty-bbc-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630230935/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1128607/maya-sondhi-line-of-duty-bbc-series |archive-date=2019-06-30 |access-date=1 July 2019 |work=Daily Express |authorlink=Garry Bushell}}{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=23 April 2004 |title=Stars In Their Eyes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/23/guesteditors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630231648/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/23/guesteditors |archive-date=30 June 2019 |access-date=1 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}} She is the creator and writer of D.I Ray.{{Cite web |title=ITV commissions compelling crime thriller DI Ray starring Parminder Nagra |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-compelling-crime-thriller-di-ray-starring-parminder-nagra |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009030612/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-compelling-crime-thriller-di-ray-starring-parminder-nagra |archive-date=9 October 2021 |access-date=13 October 2021 |website=itv.com/presscentre}} As an actress she has appeared in Line of Duty and Citizen Khan.

Television

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Broadcaster ! scope="col" \| {{abbr\|Ref\|Reference(s)}}
2002 \| Brum \| Firewoman \| BBC One/CBeebies \|
rowspan="2" \| 2005 \| Family Affairs \| Shireen Taymour \| Channel 5 \|{{Cite news \|date=4 December 2005 \|title=Sparks fly as Charlie and Tracy get together \|work=The Daily Record \|page=11}}
Judge John Deed \| Carole \| BBC One \|{{Cite web \|title=Judge John Deed - S4 - Episode 6: Popular Appeal \|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/9rhj/judge-john-deed-popular-appeal/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102020/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/9rhj/judge-john-deed-popular-appeal/ \|archive-date=2017-12-23 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|website=Radio Times \|language=en}}
2005, 2008 \| {{sort\|Bill\|The Bill}} \| Mariza/Kim Law \| ITV \|
2006 \| Fair City \| Sholeh Tenniz \| RTÉ One \|
2006, 2016 \| Silent Witness \| Rosa Cassalle/DC Shona Clarke \| BBC One \|{{Cite web \|title=Part 1, River's Edge, Series 19, Silent Witness - Credits - BBC One \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zyl30/credits \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208182127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zyl30/credits \|archive-date=2016-02-08 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|publisher=BBC}}
2007, 2009, 2014 \| Casualty \| Carly Grahame/Ravinder Theara/Anita Johar \| BBC One \|{{Cite web \|title=Casualty \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/39/casualty \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816082148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/39/casualty \|archive-date=2018-08-16 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|publisher=BBC Media Centre \|language=en-GB}}
2008 \| Doctors \| Gina Saunders \| BBC One \|{{Cite web \|title=VIP Treatment, Series 10, Doctors - BBC One \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqm99 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117202138/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqm99 \|archive-date=2018-11-17 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|publisher=BBC}}
2009 \| Collision \| Nurse \| ITV/STV/UTV \|
2012–2014 \| Citizen Khan \| Shazia Khan / Shazia Malik \| BBC Two \|{{Cite web \|date=29 October 2014 \|title=Interview with Maya Sondhi, Citizen Khan's daughter Shazia Khan, Bobby Friction - BBC Asian Network \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029nql1 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301062516/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029nql1 \|archive-date=2017-03-01 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|publisher=BBC}}
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 \|{{Cite news \|title=Who's who in Line of Duty season 4? A guide to the cast and characters \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/line-duty-season-4-guide-cast-characters/maya-sondhi-pc-maneet-bindra/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123939/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/line-duty-season-4-guide-cast-characters/maya-sondhi-pc-maneet-bindra/ \|archive-date=2017-12-27 \|access-date=2017-12-22 \|work=The Telegraph \|language=en-GB}}
rowspan="2" \| 2018 \| The Split \| Dawn McKenzie \| BBC One \|
Midsomer Murders \| Aisha Khalique \|

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

2002

| Brum

| Firewoman

| BBC One/CBeebies

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Family Affairs

| Shireen Taymour

| Channel 5

|{{Cite news |date=4 December 2005 |title=Sparks fly as Charlie and Tracy get together |work=The Daily Record |page=11}}

Judge John Deed

| Carole

| BBC One

|{{Cite web |title=Judge John Deed - S4 - Episode 6: Popular Appeal |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/9rhj/judge-john-deed-popular-appeal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223102020/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/9rhj/judge-john-deed-popular-appeal/ |archive-date=2017-12-23 |access-date=2017-12-22 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}

2005, 2008

| {{sort|Bill|The Bill}}

| Mariza/Kim Law

| ITV

2006

| Fair City

| Sholeh Tenniz

| RTÉ One

2006, 2016

| Silent Witness

| Rosa Cassalle/DC Shona Clarke

| BBC One

|{{Cite web |title=Part 1, River's Edge, Series 19, Silent Witness - Credits - BBC One |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zyl30/credits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208182127/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zyl30/credits |archive-date=2016-02-08 |access-date=2017-12-22 |publisher=BBC}}

2007, 2009, 2014

| Casualty

| Carly Grahame/Ravinder Theara/Anita Johar

| BBC One

|{{Cite web |title=Casualty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/39/casualty |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816082148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/39/casualty |archive-date=2018-08-16 |access-date=2017-12-22 |publisher=BBC Media Centre |language=en-GB}}

2008

| Doctors

| Gina Saunders

| BBC One

|{{Cite web |title=VIP Treatment, Series 10, Doctors - BBC One |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqm99 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117202138/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fqm99 |archive-date=2018-11-17 |access-date=2017-12-22 |publisher=BBC}}

2009

| Collision

| Nurse

| ITV/STV/UTV

2012–2014

| Citizen Khan

| Shazia Khan / Shazia Malik

| BBC Two

|{{Cite web |date=29 October 2014 |title=Interview with Maya Sondhi, Citizen Khan's daughter Shazia Khan, Bobby Friction - BBC Asian Network |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029nql1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301062516/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029nql1 |archive-date=2017-03-01 |access-date=2017-12-22 |publisher=BBC}}

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

|{{Cite news |title=Who's who in Line of Duty season 4? A guide to the cast and characters |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/line-duty-season-4-guide-cast-characters/maya-sondhi-pc-maneet-bindra/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123939/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/line-duty-season-4-guide-cast-characters/maya-sondhi-pc-maneet-bindra/ |archive-date=2017-12-27 |access-date=2017-12-22 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB}}

rowspan="2" | 2018

| The Split

| Dawn McKenzie

| BBC One

Midsomer Murders

| Aisha Khalique

Screenwriting

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! class="unsortable" scope="col" \| Episodes ! scope="col" \| Broadcaster
2014 \| {{sort\|Kumars at No. 42\|The Kumars at No. 42}} \| 4 episodes \| {{sort\|BBC 2\|BBC Two}}
2016 \| EastEnders \| 2 episodes \| {{sort\|BBC 1\|BBC One}}
2016 \| Mount Pleasant \| 1 episode \| Sky One
2017 \| {{sort\|Break\|The Break}} \| 1 episode \| {{sort\|BBC 3\|BBC Three}}
2018 \| Ackley Bridge \| 1 episode \| Channel 4
2022 \| DI Ray \| 4 episodes \| ITV

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Episodes

! scope="col" | Broadcaster

2014

| {{sort|Kumars at No. 42|The Kumars at No. 42}}

| 4 episodes

| {{sort|BBC 2|BBC Two}}

2016

| EastEnders

| 2 episodes