 Samia was placed 53rd in the 2003 "FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World", and voted sexiest female by the readers of "Inside Soap" magazine in 2005.Samia married Matt Smith, a property developer, at St Philip's Church in Alderley Edge, Cheshire on 10 September 2005 after a seven-month engagement.On 19 October 2009, she gave birth to a baby girl, Freya, following which she left "Coronation Street" temporarily on maternity leave.