Laura Nezha (born 16 September 1990) is an Albanian singer, actress, and director.

Life and career

Laura Nezha was born in the city of Fier and moved to the capital Tirana at a very young age. She started singing when she was only five years old in various children events. At twelve years old, she competed in the first season of the talent show "Gjeniu i vogël", where she earned the Third Prize among thousands of contestants from different Albanian-speaking territories. In

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, she won the First Prize in the RinFest music competition. Nezha rose to fame after participating in the major musical event

Kënga Magjike Kënga Magjike (; ) is an annual music competition organised by the Albanian television broadcaster Televizioni Klan. The music competition has been broadcasting annually since its inauguration in 1999 with the exception of 2020. The first edi ...

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, with the song "Jo s'e di", receiving great acclaim from the public. A year later, in 2012, she participated in

Top Fest Top Fest was an Albanian music competition organised by Top Channel. It began airing in 2004 with its last edition being in 2015. The event was annually held in Tirana, Albania. The songs were usually performed in Albanian with artists from Albani ...

, with the song "Edhe pse gabim". She graduated from the University of Arts for directing, in 2014. For her thesis, she directed the play True West (Perëndim i vërtetë) in the National Theatre of Albania, which resulted in success. She has acted in numerous theatre plays throughout the years, such as in ''

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'', '' A Streetcar Named Desire'', '' What the Butler Saw'', '' Hamlet'', and many more, making theatre her biggest artistic achievement. In 2016, Laura Nezha participated in the Albanian version of the dancing competition "Dance With Me" where after 15 weeks of different dance numbers, she won the First Prize. In 2017, she voice acted in the Albanian-language version of '' Moana'', where she voiced the titular character. After 6 years, she returned to

in 2017, with the song "Je dashuri".

Discography

* 2011: ''Jo s'e di'' * 2012: ''Edhe pse gabim'' * 2016: ''Luv That'' * 2017: ''Je dashuri''

Theatre

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

Gjeniu i vogël , - , rowspan="1", 2004 , rowspan="1", "Herself" , Third Prize , RinFest , - , rowspan="1", 2007 , rowspan="1", "Herself" , First Prize , Dance With Me Albania , - , rowspan="3", 2016 , rowspan="3", "Laura & Renato" , First Main Prize , , - , 6th Night Prize , , - , 12th Night Prize ,

References

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