- Has done commercials in the US, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and Beirut, Lebanon for Pepsi, Dannon Yogurt, Ariel Laundry Detergent, Skol, Dos Equis and many others.
- Collects swords and books.
- Is a licensed Cognitive Hypnotherapist. Used to work as a therapist at a mental health clinic run by renown Psychologist and Hypnotherapist Dr. Luca Bosurgi.
- Birth name is Saima, a Turkish origin name pronounced Sigh-meh. Sammy has been the nickname since childhood.
- Rides horses, and is trained in rifle & pistol shooting due to military background.
- Family ancestral origin is of Russo-Turkic from Tashkent, Uzbekistan (paternal) and Pashtun ethnicity from Kandahar, Afghanistan (paternal & maternal) coming from the Durrani clan of the Popalzai and Yusufzai tribes. They left with the deposed king Shah Shuja Durrani to British India 3 generations ago. Family joined the British Army shifting to Lucknow, UP (maternal) and the military camps of Rampur, U.P. (maternal) and Ambala, Punjab (paternal). One paternal grandfather was stationed in the British Army camp in Peshawar where he was KIA. After the partition the family settled in Khairpur, Interior Sindh, PK and Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parents migrated to the United States as young students in 1970. Father went to CW Post Medical College, LIU in NY. Mother went to Tufts University in Boston. Sammy was born in Boston and joined the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps after school. She is a Commissioned Officer, and a Prior Enlisted NCO. She has a B.A. and an M.S. from Boston University. She has one sister, a medical doctor specializing in internal medicine.
- Speaks Spanish. Has appeared in various Latino projects en Ingles y tambien en Espanol throughout the years on channels such as Univision.
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