Sofia Essaïdi (; 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 choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009.
Discography
Album
YearInformationCharts positionFRSWIBEL2005Mon cabaret Studio album Released: 22 August 2005 Format: CD, digital downloadCléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte Soundtrack Released : 25 August 2008
Singles YearTitleCharts positionAlbumFRSWIBEL2004"Roxanne"2034132005"Mon cabaret"–––"Après l'amour"(Digital single only)–––2008"Femme d'aujourd'hui" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)89427Cléopâtre, 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 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 Martone2022Women at WarCaroline DeWittAlexandre LaurentTV mini-series (8 episodes)
Theatre Year Title Role Location Notes 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
References
External links
Sofia Essaïdi on Discogs , Official website of Sofia Essaidi (in French)