Sharifah Amani binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya (born 10 June 1986), better known by her

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Sharifah Amani, is a

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actress. She is the best known for her role as Orked in

Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...

's 'Orked' trilogy (''

Sepet ''Sepet'' is a 2005 Malaysian teen romantic comedy-drama film set in Ipoh, Malaysia. Directed by Yasmin Ahmad, it tells a tale of a love that blooms between a Chinese boy and a Malay girl. ''Sepet'' is a Malay word which, in this contex ...

Gubra ''Gubra'' is a 2006 Malaysian film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It was shot in 14 days in Ipoh, Malaysia. It is the sequel to ''Sepet'', and was followed by '' Mukhsin''. The title is a word in the local Penang or Kedahan variant of Malay use ...

'' and ''

Mukhsin ''Mukhsin'' is a 2006 Malaysian film directed by Yasmin Ahmad. It is the third instalment in the "Orked" trilogy. Shot in just 12 days, it won one award and one special mention at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (2007) under the chi ...

'').

Biography

She is the second daughter of veteran Malaysian actress, Fatimah Abu Bakar. Sharifah is mixed of

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parentage and speaks fluent English,

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and some

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. As a teenage writer for the ''

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'' YouthQuake slot, Amani covered assignments like the

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and

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press conference, concerts by

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stars,

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and the 3rd

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. Sharifah has also dabbled in theatre, having acted as

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in the Bangsar Actors Studio's ''

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'' (2005), directed by Faridah Merican.Possessed Official site: Cast & crew

Personal life

On September 10, 2022, she legally married the man of her choice who is also the CEO of Impact Integrated, Ahmed Faris Amir. The couple were married by the Head Imam of the Saidina Umar Al Khattab Mosque, Bukit Damansara and the Assistant Registrar of Marriages, Department of Islamic Religion in the Federal Territory (JAWI), Ustaz Mohd Rahimi P Ramlee officiated by the bride's father, Syed Zainal Rashid bin Syed Zainal Abidin Al-Yahya.

Career

Film

She is most famous for portraying the character Orked in

's ''Orked'' trilogy. The first two films are ''

'' and ''

''. In the latest instalment, ''

'', Sharifah Amani plays the adult version of Orked who "meets" her 10-year-old self (played by her younger sister, Sharifah Aryana). She previously played the supporting role as a sexually abused teenager in the film ''

Gol & Gincu ''Gol & (Dan) Gincu'' (''Goalpost and Lipsticks'') was a 2006 Malaysian TV series spun off from the 2005 film of the same title produced by Red Films and directed by Bernard Chauly, continuing upon the affairs of the all-female futsal team "Buk ...

''. 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.Cinta @ Yahoo! Malaysia movies
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'', 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

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. She is the main cast in '' Muallaf'', where she acts with Sharifah Aleysha, another one of her younger sisters. This film is also directed by

. To fulfil 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'.

Television

Following the relative success of ''

'' 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 ''Gol & (Dan) Gincu'' (''Goalpost and Lipsticks'') was a 2006 Malaysian TV series spun off from the 2005 film of the same title produced by Red Films and directed by Bernard Chauly, continuing upon the affairs of the all-female futsal team "Buk ...

''), as originally broadcast in 2006 on the Malaysian TV channel, 8TV. In 2006, she also hosted a make-over TV show (sponsored by

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''Silky Girl'') on NTV7 with her elder sister, Sharifah Aleya. In March 2007, TV3 has started broadcasting the

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series ''Emil Emilda'' in their ''

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'' timeslot, starring Sharifah Amani as the lead role of Emilda. 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.

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". This statement had been interpreted by some parties as if Sharifah was ridiculing the Malay language (being an official language used in the ceremony plus at the national level in Malaysia) when she had meant that she was not really fluent in it. She later claimed that she was misquoted when her statement was translated by the Malay media.

Filmography

Film

Other film credits

Television series

Telemovie

Television

Podcast

Awards and nominations

18th Malaysian Film Festival 2005 * Most Promising Newcomer Award ''(

)'' 19th Malaysian Film Festival 2006 * Best Actress Award ''(

)'' * the youngest winner of the category (20 years old)

References

External links

*
Sharifah Amani profile at Sinema Malaysia

Yahoo Celebrity Bio
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