Sharifah Amani

Infobox actor
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caption = Sharifah Amani with her long hair
birthname = Sharifah Amani binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|6|10
location = Selangor, MAS
notable role = Arianna in Cinta (2006)
Orked in Sepet (2004)

Sharifah Amani Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya (born June 10 1986, Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian actress. She is the second daughter of veteran Malaysian actress, Fatimah Abu Bakar.cite news|last=Tan|first=Emily|title=The Secret Life of Sharifah Amani.|publisher=Sun2Surf.com|date=2006-05-22|url=http://www.sun2surf.com/articlePrint.cfm?id=14177|accessdate=2007-08-24] Sharifah is of Malay-Chinese-Arab-Bengali parentagecite news|last=Abdullah|first=Jamiliah|title=Aleya bintang semakin berkilau.|publisher=Utusan Malaysia|date=2005-07-10| url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2005&dt=0710&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Hiburan&pg=hi_01.htm|accessdate=2007-08-24] and speaks fluent English, Malay and some Hindi. As a teen writer for the "New Straits Times"' YouthQuake, Amani covered assignments like the Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla press conference, concerts by Bollywood stars, Deep Purple and the 3rd IIFA Awards in Genting Highlands. Sharifah has also dabbled in theatre, having acted as Ophelia in the Bangsar Actors Studio’s Hamlet "(2005)", directed by Faridah Merican. [http://www.pensonic.com/possessed/Cast.html Possessed Official site: Cast & crew] ]

Film

She is most famous for portraying the character Orked in Yasmin Ahmad's Orked trilogy. The first two films are "Sepet" and "Gubra". In the latest installment, "Mukhsin", Sharifah Amani plays the adult version of Orked who "meets" her 10 year-old self (played by her younger sister, Sharifah Aryana). [ [http://drowmage.wordpress.com/tag/mukhsin/ Blog article @ wordpress.com] ]

She previously played the supporting role as a sexually abused teenager in the film "Gol & Gincu".

She co-stars in the Malaysian film, "Cinta", where she is one of ten actors playing 5 different couples portraying different situations based on the theme of love and relationships. Her mother co-stars with her in this movie. [http://malaysia.movies.yahoo.com/Cinta/movie/13919/ Cinta @ Yahoo! Malaysia movies] ]

In the Cantonese Malaysian horror movie, "Possessed", she plays a supporting role as Fara, the assistant and close friend of a Chinese girl, Lisu, who migrated to Malaysia to make it big as a singer. Unfortunately, Lisu is brutally murdered and Fara, as the only witness of the murder, goes insane and is committed to a mental asylum.

She is currently working on an upcoming film "Muallaf", where she will be acting with Sharifah Aleysha, another one of her younger sisters. This film will also be directed by Yasmin Ahmad. [ [http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/MoviesTheatre/20070328144303/Article/indexpull_html New Straits Time article] (not available as of 2007-08-24)] In order to fulfill her role in the movie, she shaved her head bald because in one of the scenes in the movie her character's head is shaved by the father for being too 'wild'. [ [http://www.bharian.com.my/Wednesday/Nasional/20070613001426 Berita Harian article] (not available as of 2007-08-24)]

Television

Following the relative success of "Gol & Gincu" [ [http://www.redfilms.com.my/golgincu.htm Gol & Gincu official website] ] in the supporting role as a sexually abused teenager, she reprises this role later in several guest appearances in the TV series based on the movie (Gol & Gincu The Series), as originally broadcasted in 2006 on the Malaysian TV channel, 8TV.

In 2006, she also hosted a make-over TV show (sponsored by Revlon "Silky Girl") on NTV7 with her elder sister, Sharifah Aleya.

In March 2007, TV3 (Malaysia) has started broadcasting the dramedy series "Emil Emilda" in their "Samarinda" timeslot, starring Sharifah Amani as the lead role of Emilda. [ [http://gambar.blogspot.com/search/label/Emil%20Emilda Blog entries @ blogspot.com] ] She stars in title role of Emilda, a bespectacled geeky filing clerk working in a fictitious TV station, where she catches the attention of the CEO due to her hard-working nature and passion for the broadcasting industry. The CEO finds out his long-lost son, Emil/Boboi who has been missing following a car accident 20 years ago has been sighted. En route to follow-up on the information regarding his son, he dies when his private helicopter crashes. It is then revealed in his will that he has chosen Emilda to be his temporary replacement as CEO until his son can be located to be his rightful heir. [ [http://mentallydisturbed.blogspot.com/2007/01/promo-time-yeahh-kids.html Blog article @ blogspot.com] ]

Controversy

In 2006 at the 19th Malaysian Film Festival, when accepting her award as Best Actress she said “"I sound, like, stupid, if I speak Malay, so I’ll speak English",” [ [http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2006/8/20/education/15161812 The Star article] (not available to public as of 2007-08-24)] . She later claimed that she was misquoted when her statement was translated by the Malay media.

List of films

*"Sepet" (2004)
*"Gol & Gincu" (2005)
*"Gubra" (2006)
*"Cinta" (2006)
*"Possessed" (2006)
*"Puaka Tebing Biru" (2007) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997258/ Puaka Tebing Biru] at Internet Movie Database]
*"Mukhsin" (2007)
*"Muallaf" (To be released)

List of dramas

*"Emil Emilda" (2007)
*"Sinderela" (2008)

Awards

18th Malaysian Film Festival 2005
* Most Promising Newcomer Award "(Sepet)"19th Malaysian Film Festival 2006
* Best Actress Award "(Gubra)"

References