 Samia's big break came in 2000, when she beat both Suzanne Shaw and Kimberley Walsh to get the role of Maria Sutherland in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street", where she has been at the centre of some of the show's biggest storylines.In Autumn 2009, she took a short break from her role as Maria in "Coronation Street" on maternity leave and resumed her role in the show in May 2010.Samia won an episode of "Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes" impersonating Holly Valance.