Actress Sair Khan’s past relationship with Emmerdale star Simon Lennon

Coronation Street actress Sair Khan, who has played Alya Nazir since 2014, was in a two‑year relationship with fellow soap star Simon Lennon, known for his role as Ben Tucker in Emmerdale. The pair met in December 2017 at a Buckingham Palace gala celebrating the National Youth Theatre’s 60th anniversary. They split in 2019, with sources citing demanding work schedules and Khan’s intensive swimming training for Channel 4’s “Sink or Swim” as factors that “pushed the relationship to breaking point.” That same year Khan publicly mourned the death of her mother.

The couple’s romance received renewed attention after Coronation Street introduced Khan’s on‑screen cousin, Idris Nazir, whose storyline intersected with other characters, but the focus remains on Khan’s off‑screen personal history.