Julia Rais

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Julia Rais
Her Most Gracious Che Puan
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BornJulia binti Abdul Rais
(1971-02-19) 19 February 1971 (age 53)
Kota Bharu, Kelantan Malaysia
Spouse
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(m. 1991)​
Issue
Names
Che Puan Julia binti Abdul Rais
House Bendahara (by marriage)
FatherAbdul Rais Yeop
Religion Sunni Islam
OccupationActress, model

Che Puan Julia Abdul Rais, (born 19 February 1971) is a Malaysian former model and actress. She is a member of the Bendahara dynasty as the second wife of Abdullah of Pahang, the 6th modern Sultan of Pahang and 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

Julia had a successful, but short, career in Malaysia as a film actress in the early 1990s and was known for her European features. She played the title character in the 1990 films Isabella and Mira Edora and in the 1992 film Nadia. Julia also had roles in the films Hati Bukan Kristal, Driving School, and Suci Dalam Debu. She received two awards and a nomination for Best Actress at the 9th Malaysian Film Festival in 1991. She ended her acting career shortly after marrying into the Pahang royal family.

Early life and family

Julia was born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan on 19 February 1971. She is of Malay and British ancestry. She is the daughter of Abdul Rais Yeop, a Malaysian businessman and former board member of Sri Jaya Vehicles, from his second marriage to a British wife. She grew up in Damansara Jaya with her late father and late stepmother, Zaedah-tul Laily @ Lily Ibrahim. She has a sister, the late Zalina, and two stepsiblings, Mohd Rafiza and Fazlyn. She is also a cousin of the politician Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz and a step-cousin of award-winning actress Juliana Ibrahim.

Career

Julia began acting and modelling in the late 1980s in television commercials for Procter & Gamble and Rejoice Shampoo. Her first film was the 1990 romance film Isabella, where she played the title character. From 1990 to 1992 she appeared in several films as a supporting character. She played Nina, a journalist, in the film Hati Bukan Kristal and was the lead role in the comedy Driving School. She also had lead roles in the films Mira Edora, Nadia, and Suci Dalam Debu.

At the Malaysian Film Festival in 1991, Julia won the Bintang Harapan Award and the Best Film Award for Hati Bukan Kristal and was nominated for Best Actress for Mira Edora.

She ended her career in the entertainment industry shortly after marrying into the Pahang royal family.

Marriage and issue

In 1991 she married Al-Sultan Abdullah, who was then the heir-apparent to the Sultanate of Pahang, as his second wife. [1] [2] Her husband's first wife is Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. [1] They had a private ceremony at Fraser's Hill. [1]

Upon her marriage she was bestowed the honorific prefix of Che Puan (equivalent to the English "Lady") as a Sultan's consort that was non-royal blood. [3] She is styled as Yang Amat Berbahagia (Her Most Gracious).

Her husband succeeded his father as the sixth Sultan of modern Pahang on 15 January 2019. He was the sixteenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) from 31 January 2019 until 30 January 2024. [4] [5]

She and the sultan have three daughters together:

Personal life

Julia is a practitioner of Sunni Islam and a spiritual follower of Yasmin Mogahed. [8]

She lives in Great Britain with her mother, who is British. [1] She did not attend the wedding of her eldest daughter in 2018. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1990IsabellaRoziMarwan Alkatiria Malaysia - Indonesia joint venture film
Hati Bukan KristalNinaRaja Ahmad Alauddin
Mira EdoraMira EdoraZulkifli M. Osman
Driving SchoolSallyOthman Hafsham
1992NadiaNadiaRahman Adam
Suci Dalam DebuRinaZulkifli M. Osman

Television film

YearTitleRoleTV ChannelNotes
1990Surat Untuk Aminah TV1
MonaMona
1991Siapa Bunuh Alice?Julia

Television

YearTitleRoleTV ChannelNotes
19902+1Sofi TV3 Episode: "Sofi"
TahunTitleNotes
1989Rejoice Shampoo
Salem cigarettes
1990Nestle Coffee-mate

Videography

Music videos
YearSong TitleSinger
1989"Isabella"Amy Search


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