Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer and singer of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the

2010 Ghana Movie Awards The 2010 Ghana Movie Awards was the maiden edition of the ceremony to reward cinematic achievement in Ghana Film Industry. The event was held at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra on 25 December 2010. ''Sinking Sands'', Juliet Ibrahim, Nadia Buari, Yvon ...

for her role in '' 4 Play''. She has been referred to as the "Most Beautiful West African Woman" according to A-listers Magazine.

Early life

Juliet Ibrahim was born to a Lebanese father and a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

- Liberian mother. She is the oldest child and has two sisters including the actress

Sonia Ibrahim Sonia Ibrahim is an actress, television presenter and model of Lebanese, Liberian and Ghanaian descent and is the younger sister of actress Juliet Ibrahim. Career In December 2013, Ibrahim was elected as the new host of ''Phamous tv'' progra ...

, and a brother. Juliet and with her siblings spent the longest part of their childhood in

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and

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due to civil wars. She had her primary education in Lebanon, then proceeded to Ivory Coast for her secondary education where she lived with her parents. She studied at the Ghana Institute of Languages, where she studied English, French and Spanish. She also studied marketing, Advertising and Public Relations at the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The Ghana Institute of Journalism is a public university in Ghana. The institute has accreditation from the National Accreditation Board. History The Ghana Institute of Journalism was established on 16 October 1959 by Kwame Nkrumah, the first pre ...

. Ibrahim has commented that in Africa she is not regarded as a black woman because of her skin tone, but outside Africa she is recognized as being black. She objected to the term 'half-caste' and said that she was 'Black and proud of it'.

Career

Ibrahim made her acting debut in the 2005 film ''Crime to Christ'' starring

Majid Michel Majid Michel (born 22 September 1980) is a Ghanaian actor, model, television personality, evangelist and a humanitarian. He received nominations for ''Best Actor in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2 ...

. Her first

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film was ''Yankee Boys'' and she has features in more than 50 films afterward. In 2014 she produced her first film ''Number One Fan'', where she stars as an actress being stalked on by a fan in the film. Her second movie ''Shattered Romance'' which features Nigerian and Ghanaian actors, launched amidst fanfare in Accra, Ghana on 5 December 2014. Her new TV series; ''Every Woman Has A Story'' where she debuted her directorial skills is airing on Terrestrial TV and her new reality show, ''The Perfect Assistant'', will be unveiled soon. She has also featured in

Twi Twi () is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17-18 million speakers in total, includ ...

movies, in

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language films, and also in Ladan Aure, a

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Language film.Actress stars in first Hausa movie "Ladan Noma"
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Filmography

Awards

* 2010: Achievement Award – City People Magazine,

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

* 2010: Ghana Movie Personality of the Year – City People Magazine,

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* 2010: Best Lead Actress in a movie – Ghana Movie Awards * 2014: Best Ghanaian Actress – City People Entertainment * 2016: Actress of the year – Starzzawards

References

External links

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Juliet Ibrahim Foundation
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Juliet Ghanaian film actresses Ghanaian people of Lebanese descent Ghanaian people of Liberian descent Musicians from Accra Living people Ghanaian film producers Ghanaian women film producers Actresses in Yoruba cinema Year of birth missing (living people)