Julia Rais

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Rais is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Julia. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Julia Aishah Abdul Rais
Her Most Gracious Che Puan
Jue Lia
che Puan Besar of Pahang state
Reign	\
Investiture	ment
Predecessor	Kalsom Abdullah
Successor	-
Born	Julia binti Abdul Rais (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971 (age 53) Kota Bharu, Kelantan Malaysia
Spouse	Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Issue	Tengku Puteri Raja Iman Afzan Tengku Puteri Raja Ilisha Ameera Tengku Puteri Raja Ilyana
Names Che Puan Julia binti Abdul Rais
House	Bendahara (by marriage)
Father	Abdul Rais Yeop
Mother	-
Religion	Sunni Islam
Occupation	Actress, model
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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:

• Her HighnessTengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan ^{[6] [7]} (born on 11 November 1992); married His Highness Tengku Abu Bakar Ahmad bin Almarhum Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Abdullah
  • His Highness Tengku Zayn Edin Shah (born on 23 July 2019)
  • Her Highness Tengku Aleya Norlini (born on 2 February 2022)
• Her HighnessTengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilisha Ameera (born on 1 October 1993)
• Her HighnessTengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Ilyana (born on 20 April 1997)

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

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1990	Isabella	Rozi	Marwan Alkatiri	a Malaysia - Indonesia joint venture film
	Hati Bukan Kristal	Nina	Raja Ahmad Alauddin
	Mira Edora	Mira Edora	Zulkifli M. Osman
	Driving School	Sally	Othman Hafsham
1992	Nadia	Nadia	Rahman Adam
	Suci Dalam Debu	Rina	Zulkifli M. Osman

Television film

Year	Title	Role	TV Channel	Notes
1990	Surat Untuk Aminah		TV1
	Mona	Mona
1991	Siapa Bunuh Alice?	Julia

Television

Year	Title	Role	TV Channel	Notes
1990	2+1	Sofi	TV3	Episode: "Sofi"

Advertisement

Tahun	Title	Notes
1989	Rejoice Shampoo
	Salem cigarettes
1990	Nestle Coffee-mate

Videography

Music videos

Year	Song Title	Singer
1989	"Isabella"	Amy Search

References

1. "Tengku Mahkota of Pahang weds Julia Rais | KLiK". www.klik.com.my.
2. "8 Facts About Sultan Abdullah Of Pahang, Malaysia's New King". January 24, 2019.
3. Tania Jayatilaka (20 September 2021). "Che/Cik Puan is a title bestowed upon non-royal wives of senior royals". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
4. "Taking a look at the new King of Malaysia as he is sworn in". January 31, 2019.
5. Euan McKirdy (24 January 2019) CNN News.
6. "Move over Kate and Meghan: 5 Malaysian royals who are making their mark". South China Morning Post. March 23, 2020.
7. "Meet Malaysia's millennial princess Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan". South China Morning Post. September 15, 2020.
8. Times, New Straits (October 6, 2019). "The strength within: Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan opens up to NST about mental health | New Straits Times". NST Online.
9. Naressa Khan. (23 February 2021). Style by South China Morning Post.

External links

• Julia Rais at IMDb