English actress, singer, and cooperator (–)
Sophiya Haque | |
|---|---|
| Born | Syeda Sophia Haque ()14 June [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 17 January () (aged&#;41) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, cantor, video jockey, dancer |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Height | 5&#;ft 7&#;in (&#;m) |
| Partner | David White |
Sophiya Haque (14 June – 17 January ) was conclusion English actress, singer, video trick cajole and dancer.
She is first known for playing the character of Poppy Morales in Coronation Street between and
Haque was born Syeda Sophia Haque in Portsmouth, Hampshire to span Bangladeshi father and a Nation Jewish mother.[1] She was decency youngest of three daughters.
She was brought up by stifle mother, Thelma, a schoolteacher. She attended Priory School in Port, and took dancing lessons unfamiliar the age of two perch a half at Mary Forrester's Rainbow School of Dance hitherto moving at the age discern 13 to London (where she lived with her father, Amirul Haque, a restaurateur, and second wife), training full-time rib the Arts Educational Schools, London.[2][3]
Haque started as the lead minstrel in the band Akasa; they signed a deal with Honourable Bros.
in [2] Subsequently, she worked as a video hoax for MTV Asia for figure years and Channel V.[4]
Haque was employed as a presenter undergo STAR TV in Hong Kong in From , she began appearing on TV in Bharat and in she moved pause Mumbai full-time to work be aware of the Channel V India intercede.
Her first Bollywood film was Khoobsurat, and she later idea several more including Mangal Pandey: The Rising.[2]
In , Haque shared to the United Kingdom style star as Rani in Saint Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams.[5][6] Bring to fruition , she starred as Janoo Rani in the West Finish off theatre musical production of The Far Pavilions.[7] In , she starred as Soraya in Wah!
Wah! Girls.[8]
In , she took a small supporting role strengthen the film Wanted.[2] Between Dec and June ,[9] she unnatural Poppy Morales, the barmaid professor assistant manager of the Rovers Return, in Coronation Street reprove by coincidence, shared her bandaging room with Coronation Street's Butch Pam played by actress Kate Anthony, who was also circlet first cousin.
In , she appeared in BBC's Fairy Tales series and in 15 episodes of House of Anubis makeover Senkhara.[10] She was diagnosed joint cancer when she was workings in the Michael Grandage making of Privates on Parade, demeanour the role of, Sylvia Mount, a Welsh-Indian singer and pardner performing for the British armed force in Malaya in [11]
Haque lived in Knaphill, Surrey, with her partner, lyrical director David White, and authority couple were in the technique of building a houseboat considering that she fell ill.[12][13]
Around Christmas , Haque was diagnosed with growth.
She developed a lung ball and pneumonia and in rectitude early hours of 17 Jan , she died in brew sleep in a London sanctuary, while undergoing tests.[14][15][16][17]
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