Tiara Jacquelina

Tiara Jacquelina Abdullah (born 3 October 1969 as Jacqueline Eu) is a Malaysian actress of Burmese Chinese father and Indonesian Chinese mother. She rose to fame in "Puteri Gunung Ledang", the biggest budget movie in Malaysia to date, in which she played the lead role, and sang the theme song, "Asmaradana". The movie was No. 49 on the short-list of the Best Foreign Film Category at the Academy Awards in 2004. Following the success of the movie, Tiara moved on to translate it on to the stage with the successful .

Tiara has also co-acted with Academy Award winner, Frances McDormand, who played the lead role in the movie, Beyond Rangoon (1995). In the 12th Malaysia Film Festival that year, she won the best actress award in the movie, "Ringgit Kasorrga", a social drama concerning a sex scandal involving a politician and young models. She was named Choice Actress at the Fourth Oskar Awards, organized by the Film Workers Association of Malaysia in 2005.

Tiara, holds the Malaysian honorific title "Datin Seri", has been involved in the arts at a very early stage. While at school, she was part of the Theatre Society, the Literary Society, and was the President of the Film Society. She enjoys horse-riding as a form of relaxation with her family, good food, and painting. Tiara is the mother of two children, Hani Karmila (9) and Mohd Eridani (6).

Her husband is Dato' Seri Mohd Effendi Norwawi, a senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in Malaysia. She converted to Islam and was previously married to actor, celebrity and host of Wheel of Fortune's Malaysia "Roda Impian" Hani Mohsin Hanafi (who died suddenly on 25 July 2006).

Tiara Jacquelina – bio

o Best Producer, Asian 1st films festival 2005 (Puteri Gunung Ledang) o Best Actress, Asia Pacific film festival 2005 (Puteri Gunung Ledang) o Best Producer, Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2005 (Puteri Gunung Ledang) o Best Actress, Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2005 (Puteri Gunung Ledang) o Best Actress, Malaysian Film Festival 1995 (Ringgit Kasorgga)

Executive Producer of the multiple –award winning film Puteri Gunung Ledang which has garnered:

o 11 awards at the Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2004 including Best Film, Best Producer, Cinematography, Best Actress, Costume Design, Art Direction, Best Sound o Best Producer, Asian 1st films 2005 o 5 awards at Malaysian Film Festival 2004 including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Music Score

Executive Producer of Puteri Gunung Ledang - the Musical which won 8 awards at the 2006 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for:

o Best Director, Original Script (Bahasa Malaysia), Best Lighting Design, Set Design, Music and Sound Design, Costume Design, Supporting Actor, Audience’s Choice Award for Theatre

Executive Producer of P.Ramlee – the Musical which won 6 awards at the 2007 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for:

o Best Director, Original Script (Bahasa Malaysia), Set Design, Music and Sound Design, Best Supporting Actor, Audience’s Choice Award for Theatre

Favorite quotes:

Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern; live your own life and follow your own star

- Wilfred Peterson

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream

- Mike Melville




References

* New Sunday Times, Malaysia. "Tiara's true to her roles" (September 18, 2005)

External links

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