Sofia Essaïdi

صوفيا السعيدي
Sofia Essaïdi

Essaïdi in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony
Background information
Born (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984
Casablanca, Morocco
Origin Moroccan
Genres French pop
R&B
Occupation(s) Singer
Dancer
Actress
Years active 2003–present
Labels Mercury
Universal Music
Associated acts Star Academy
Kamel Ouali
Website Sofia-Web.com

Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي, born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father and a French mother.

Career

From 30 August to 13 December 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She eventually finished second to Elodie Frégé.[1] From 12 March to 7 August 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday. She released her first album called Mon cabaret. Later, she starred in the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009. She recently starred in the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She placed as the runners up with her partner, Maxime Dereymez.

Discography

Album

Year Information Charts position
FR SWI BEL
2005 Mon cabaret
41
100
46
2008
Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
  • Soundtrack
  • Released : 25 August 2008
11
25
32

Singles

Year Title Charts position Album
FR SWI BEL
2004 "Roxanne" 20 34 13
Mon Cabaret
2005 "Mon cabaret"
"Après l'amour"
(Digital single only)
2008 "Femme d'aujourd'hui" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre) 8 94 27 Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
"Une autre vie" (& Florian Etienne) (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)
2009 "L'accord" (& Christopher Stills) (Musical comedy Cléopâtre) 7 - -
2009 "Bien après l'au-delà" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre) - - -

Guest Vocals

Awards

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
2005 Iznogoud Belbeth Patrick Braoudé
2009—2012 Aïcha Aïcha Yamina Benguigui TV Series (4 Episodes)
2012 La clinique de l'amour! Jennifer Gomez Artus de Penguern, Gábor Rassov
2014 Mea Culpa Myriam Fred Cavayé
2015 Up & Down Leïla Ernesto Oña TV Movie

References

  1. Et-Tayeb Houdaifa (19 December 2003). "Sofia ? Star sûrement, mais... cela n’a pas suffi". La vie éco (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  2. "Aïcha : le téléfilm de France 2 reçoit le prix Européen Civis à Berlin". Première (in French). 11 May 2010.

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