Sasha Saidin | |
Birth Name: | Sasha binti Mohd Saidin |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1976 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Nationality: | Malaysian |
Occupation: | Singer, actress |
Years Active: | 1996–2016 |
Spouse: | |
Children: | Adam Aryasenna Notosoemarsono |
Relatives: | Zain Saidin (brother) |
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".
Sasha was born to an English-Italian mother, Siti Aisyah Abdullah and a Malaysian Malay father, Mohamad Saidin Osman.[1] She has an older brother and a younger brother. She was educated at Bukit Bintang Girls' School.[2] She graduated with a diploma in 2002 at KDU University College and a Bachelor of Business Information Systems from the University of East Anglia.[2]
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.[2] In 1996, Sasha attended an open audition at the KRU Records in 1996, and was selected as one of the members of "Elite".[2]
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.[3]
In January 2020, Sasha married her school friend, Sirhan Wahab. The couple had known each other since secondary school.[4] [5] She plans to reside in the United Arab Emirates as her husband works in the financial sector there.[5] Sirhan has two children from his previous marriage.[5]