Sophiya Haque

Career Haque started as the lead vocalist in the band Akasa; they signed a deal with Warner Bros. in 1988.

Haque was employed as a presenter at STAR TV in Hong Kong in 1992. From 1994, she began appearing on TV in India and in 1997 she moved to Mumbai full-time to work on the Channel V India service. Her first Bollywood film was Khoobsurat, and she later made several more including Mangal Pandey: The Rising. In 2005, she starred as Janoo Rani in the West End theatre musical production of The Far Pavilions. In 2012, she starred as Soraya in Wah! Wah! Girls.

In 2008, she took a small supporting role in the film Wanted. she played Poppy Morales, the barmaid and assistant manager of the Rovers Return, in Coronation Street and by coincidence, shared her dressing room with Coronation Street's Auntie Pam played by actress Kate Anthony, who was also her first cousin.

In 2012, she appeared in BBC's Fairy Tales series and in 15 episodes of House of Anubis as Senkhara. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was working in the Michael Grandage production of Privates on Parade, playing the role of, Sylvia Morgan, a Welsh-Indian singer and dancer performing for the British troops in Malaya in 1948.

Personal life and death Haque lived in Knaphill, Surrey, with her partner, musical director David White, and the couple were in the process of building a houseboat when she fell ill.

Around Christmas 2012, Haque was diagnosed with cancer. She developed a lung clot and pneumonia and in the early hours of 17 January 2013, she died in her sleep in a London hospital, while undergoing tests.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Khoobsurat Herself Special appearance (as Sophia Haque) 2000 Snip! Tara Alai Payuthey Lead Dancer in song 'September Madham' Tamil film, special appearance Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Dancer in song 'Aisa Pehli Baar Hua Hai' 2001 Indian Herself (as Sofia Haque) 2002 Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya Dancer in Red Saaree opposite Akshay Kumar in song "zindagi ko bina pyaar koi kaise guzare" Santosham Mehbooba Song Telugu film, 'Mehbooba' Song 2003 Pehli Nazar Ka Pehla Pyaar: Love at First Sight Dancer Sandhya 2004 Udhaya Dancer in song 'Thiruvellikeni Rani' Tamil film, special appearance 2005 The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey Singer/dancer in song 'Rasiya', Uncredited 2008 Wanted Puja Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors Anna Singh (as Sophia Haque) 2013 Jadoo (final film role)

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Fur TV Mrs Slaughter 1 episode: Rent Boys/Hot Pussy Fairy Tales Ameera 1 episode: The Empress's New Clothes 2008–2009 Coronation Street Poppy Morales 60 episodes 2012 House of Anubis Senkhara 44 episodes

Music videos Year Song Singer Album Role Notes 1998 "Yuhi Kabhi Mila Karo" Zubeen Garg Yuhi Kabhi Dancer Uncredited

Theatre Year Title Role Theatre 2002 Bombay Dreams Rani Apollo Victoria and Shaftesbury Theatre 2005 The Far Pavilions Kabir Bedi 2012 Wah! Wah! Girls Soraya Theatre Royal Stratford East/Peacock Theatre Privates on Parade Sylvia Morgan Noël Coward Theatre London's West End