The woman spotted sharing a steamy kiss in the street with Poldark hunk Aidan Turner is a globe-trotting executive who says she’s a “badass”.

Persian-Swede marketing manager Tara Derakshan was seen cosying up to the actor in Soho, Central London last week.

She speaks four languages – Arabic, Swedish, English and French – and worked in New York until last year for a foundation protecting children around the world.

She moved to the UK last year to become a marketing director for digital advertising platform, Kiosked, relocating to London.

When the Mirror approached Tara she at first declined to comment, but later said it was not her in photos with Aidan.

But in several of her Facebook photos, she is wearing the same brand of sunglasses as those of the woman in the street with Aidan. Both share the same clearly identifiable mole on their left cheek.

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Aidan’s representatives didn’t comment. But, asked to confirm whether he is still single after the pictures with Tara, the star shied away, saying: “I can’t say that.”

Last year, Tara – who declares herself a feminist on her Instagram profile – set up a global network for “young and badass women” in “urban cities”, with friends in Berlin, Stockholm, New York and London.

Tara had been linked to entrepreneur Richard Settlewell, 35, who set up dogsitting website DogBuddy. The pair had posed up in several glamorous locations around the world as recently as April, but Tara told the Mirror that she was not currently in a relationship.

Tara is embarking on a charity trek across the Iranian desert to raise £3,000 in support os the female survivors of war.

She told friends: “Money will go directly to provide tools and resources needed to move these women from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency.”

Meanwhile in an exclusive chat with the Mirror, actor Turner revealed his mum is the “number one” woman in his life. “If I’m late coming home I have to text my mum,” he admits.

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“I’m a very good boy, I behave myself. My Mum is number one in my life.”

He has not brought up the shirtless scenes that gripped six million BBC viewers on Sunday night with his mother, adding: “Me and mum don’t talk about steamy stuff – at all.”

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But – despite his kiss in the street with Tara – he says he has not found himself irresistible to women, stating: “I never get women throwing themselves at me, never.”

Aidan has had four serious romances, all with actresses. First was India Whisker, in 2004, then Charlene McKenna, from 2007 to 2009, followed by Being Human co-star Lenora Crichlow, until 2011

In 2012 he began dating Irish actress Sarah Greene. They split late last year.