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Sofia Essaïdi
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Essaïdi in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony
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| Native name |
صوفيا السعيدي
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| Born | 6 August 1984 Casablanca, Morocco |
| Origin | Moroccan-French |
| Genres | French pop R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Mercury Universal Music |
| Associated acts | Star Academy Kamel Ouali |
Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي; born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father, Lhabib Essaïdi, and a French mother, Martine Adeline Gardelle.
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.
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 [fr] choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009.
Discography
Album
| Year | Information | Charts position | ||
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| 2005 | Mon cabaret
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Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
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Singles
| Year | Title | Charts position | Album | ||
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| 2004 | "Roxanne" | 20 | 34 | 13 |
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| 2005 | "Mon cabaret" | – | – | – | |
| "Après l'amour" (Digital single only) |
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| 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
- 2004 "Et si tu n'existais pas" (with Toto Cutugno)
- 2007 "Il n'y a plus d'après" (with Tomuya)
- 2010 "If" (As one of the artists of Collect If Aides 25 Ans)
- 2010 "La voix de l'enfant" (with Natasha St Pier & Bruno Solo)
Awards
- 2009 – NRJ Music Awards : Francophone Group/Duo of the Year ( She was one of the artists who starred in the musical Cléopâtre)
- 2010 – NRJ Music Awards : Francophone Female Artist of the Year
- 2010 – Les jeunes talents de l'année: On 12 February 2010 she won Best Actress at Les jeunes talents de l'année 2009 (Young Talents of the Year 2009)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 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 |
| 2017 | Murders in Auvergne | Aurélie Lefaivre | Thierry Binisti | TV movie |
| 2018 | Insoupçonnable | Leila Baktiar | Christophe Lamotte & Frédéric Garson | TV series (9 episodes) |
| 2019 | Kepler(s) | Alice Hadad | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2020 | La Promesse | Sarah Castaing | Anne Landois | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2022 | Nostalgia | Arlette | Mario Martone | |
| 2022 | Women at War | Caroline DeWitt | Alexandre Laurent | TV mini-series (8 episodes) |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Location | Notes |
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| 2009–2010 | Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte | Cleopatra | Palais des Sports | National / Belgium / Switzerland Tour |
| 2018–2019 | Chicago | Velma Kelly | Théâtre Mogador | First French-language production |
See also
In Spanish: Sofia Essaïdi para niños
