Afida Turner

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Afida Turner
Birth nameEba Nita
Born (1976-12-22) December 22, 1976 (age 47)
Auchel, Hauts-de-France, France [1]
Occupation(s)TV personality
Website afidaturner.com

Afida Turner (born Eba Nita on December 22, 1976) is a French media personality. In 2007, she married musician Ronnie Turner. In 2011, she released the singles Come With Me, followed by Born an Angel, from her studio album Paris-Hollywood.

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Turner has appeared in small roles in several films.

She also starred in the stageplay Requiem for une conne (2022). In 2022, she released the single Étienne .

Biography

Afida Turner was born in Auchel, France. [2] Her father was from Algeria and her mother from Réunion. When she was two years old, her father beat her mother to death. She lived with foster families until she was 16. [3] She then worked as a saleswoman in ready-to-wear and was once employed by the Parisian bar-lounge Buddha Bar. [4]

In the 1990s, she started a singing career, releasing the song "Crazy About You" in 1998. [5] She came to the public and media attention in 2002 by appearing in the second season of Loft Story , a reality show, as Lesly.

In 2002, Turner signed with Sony Music and released her first album called Rock Attitude under the name Lesly Mess. [6]

Turner made appearances in three films, Shut Up and Shoot (2006), The Sweep (2008) and Single Black Female (2009).

In 2011, she released her second album called Paris-Hollywood, including the smash hit single Come With Me. [7] She subsequently appeared as a guest star and host on various French TV shows.

In 2013, she played a role in the film Visions Interdites. [8]

In 2018, she played a role in the drama Lumière Noire by Enguerrand Jouvin. [9]

In 2022, she played the lead in Requiem pour une conne by Baptiste Souriau at Théâtre Trévise, Paris [10] starting in January and running successfully for six months. [11]

In July 2022, she released a cover version of Guesch Patti′s song Étienne . [12]

Personal life

She had a relationship with Coolio lasting two years and also with American boxer Mike Tyson. In 2007, she married musician Ronnie Turner, the son of Ike Turner and Tina Turner. [13] She started to use the name Afida Turner. [14] [15] [16] Ronnie Turner died aged 62 from colon cancer in Los Angeles on December 8, 2022. [17] [18]

Politics

On May 31, 2020, Turner announced her candidacy for President of France in the 2022 election. She ran on a platform opposing police violence and in favor of the Yellow Vests Movement. [19] If elected, she would have been the first female and first African President of the Republic. However, on January 11, 2021, she announced that she had withdrawn her candidacy.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Discography

Albums

Singles

Theater

Other endeavors

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  2. ↑ ia672b0n167120 Afida Turner, star du web et de la télé née à Auchel, L'Avenir de l'Artois, April 14, 2016
  3. ↑ "Afida Turner : "Tina pense que j'ai été sa fille dans une vie antérieure !" – France Dimanche". December 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Que sont-ils devenus ? - Afida Turner : "Je suis plus classe et apaisée"". June 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bio – AFIDA TURNER". Afidaturner.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lesly sort un album". May 18, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Afida Turner – Paris-Hollywood (2011, 256 KBPS, File)". Discogs . June 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Afida Turner dans le film Visions Interdites (Photos Exclusives)". Meltybuzz.fr. May 17, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Lumière noire". IMDb .
  10. ↑ "3 (Vraies) bonnes raisons d'aller voir Afida Turner au théâtre dans "Requiem pour une conne" !". January 25, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Afida Turner confie être atteinte de deux tumeurs".
  12. ↑ Afida Turner sort le single Etienne sur www.justmusic.fr
  13. ↑ "PHOTOS – Lesly Mess alias Afida Turner au côté de son mari Ronnie Turner et de sa belle-mère Tina Turner" (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  14. ↑ Lesly du "Loft 2" vit le rêve américain, désormais appelez-la... Afida Turner ! Archived September 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Pure People, March 27, 2009
  15. ↑ "Afida Turner | People". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  16. ↑ Lauren Provost (September 15, 2014). ""Un dîner presque parfait" s'arrête : retour sur une émission culinaire phénomène". Huffingtonpost.fr (in French). Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Autopsy reveals cause of death for Tina Turner's 'beloved' son Ronnie Turner". Los Angeles Times. December 13, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Tina Turner and Ike Turner's Son Ronnie Turner Dead at 62". TMZ . December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  19. ↑ @AfidaTurner (May 31, 2020). "DEAR FANS ,DEAR FRANÇAIS JE VOUS ANNONCE MA CANDIDATURE À LA PRÉSIDENTIELLE AFIN DE REMÉDIER AUX PROBLÈMES DES GILETS JAUNES ET DE SURCROÎT A CETTE POLICE VIOLENTE 🇫🇷" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  21. ↑ "TPMP People (C8) : Matthieu Delormeau sous pression avec Afida Turner, Cyril Hanouna lui offre un cadeau inespéré". April 9, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Un dîner presque parfait : Afida Turner rejetée, un invité quitte le repas, audiences renversantes pour W9 ?". April 8, 2022.
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