Sasha binti Mohd Saidin (born 20 December 1976) is a Malaysian singer and actress. She was formerly a member of the Malaysian pop group "Elite".

Early life

Sasha was born to an

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mother, Siti Aisyah Abdullah and a

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father, Mohamad Saidin Osman. She has an older brother and a younger brother. She was educated at

Bukit Bintang Girls' School , motto_translation = Without God, All is in vain , established = 1893 , closed = 2000 , type = All-girls secondary school , status = Closed , religion = Christian , denomination = Th ...

. She graduated with a diploma in 2002 at

KDU University College UOW Malaysia KDU University College (Formerly known as KDU University College) is a private university college in Malaysia, with its flagship campus in Utropolis Glenmarie, Shah Alam. Established in 1983, and a pioneer in Malaysian private ...

and a

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from the

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Career

Sasha started modelling at the age of seven after being spotted by a modelling agency in a shopping complex. By thirteen, she started to model for fashion shoots and later, at seventeen, catwalk shows. In 1996, Sasha attended an open audition at the KRU Records in 1996 and was selected as one of the members of "Elite".

Personal life

Sasha married to Jason Skinner (Johan Abdullah Skinner) in 2003. However, the couple divorced in 2007. She then married an Indonesian, Salyo Priyanto Notosoemarsono, giving birth to a son in 2010. The couple divorced in 2012. In January 2020, Sasha married her school friend, Sirhan Wahab. The couple had known each other since

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. She plans to reside in the

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as her husband works in the financial sector there. Sirhan has two children from his previous marriage.

References

1976 births Living people Alumni of the University of East Anglia Malaysian actresses Malaysian television personalities Malaysian people of English descent Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims {{Malaysia-singer-stub