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She is a first cousin of the singer Mike d'Abo, whose daughter Olivia d'Abo is also an actress.
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Maryam appears as Gladys in a new movie version of Dorian Gray, now in production and due for release in 2009.
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She studied for an acting career at the Drama Centre, London, paying her way by working as a model in commercials.
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Although nearly all her work is in English, Maryam has also occasionally acted in productions in French, a language she has spoken well since childhood.
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She has said she has a "fear of explosions". But this can hardly count as a phobia!
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Maryam grew up mainly in Paris and Geneva.
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Maryam appeared as Queen Rosalind in Catherine Cyran's movie The Prince & Me 2, released in February 2006.
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Maryam is a 'Bond Girl' - she played Kara Milovy, James Bond's cello-playing Russian girlfriend in The Living Daylights (1987). She also later wrote, produced and presented Bond Girls Are Forever (2002).
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Maryam's first language is English, but she speaks French well and can also get by in German and Dutch.
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Maryam is half Dutch and half Georgian, but she was born in London.