Juliet Ibrahim

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Juliet Ibrahim
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Ibrahim in 2017
Born
Accra, Ghana
EducationGhana Institute of Languages; Ghana Institute of Journalism
Occupation(s)Actor, author, singer, film producer
Years active2005–present
Family Sonia Ibrahim (sister)
Awards
  • 2010: Achievement Award – City People Magazine, Accra
  • 2010: Ghana Movie Personality of the Year – City People Magazine, Lagos
  • 2010: Best Lead Actress in a movie – Ghana Movie Awards
  • 2014: Best Ghanaian Actress – City People Entertainment
  • 2016: Actress of the year – Starzzawards

Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer, [1] [2] and singer [3] of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in 4 Play . She has been referred to as the "Most Beautiful West African Woman" according to A-listers Magazine. [4] [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Juliet Ibrahim was born on 3 March 1983 to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian-Liberian mother in Accra. She is the oldest child and has two sisters, including the actress Sonia Ibrahim, and a brother. Juliet and her siblings spent the longest part of their childhood in Lebanon and Ivory Coast due to civil wars. [7] She had her primary education in Lebanon, then proceeded to Ivory Coast for her secondary education, where she lived with her parents. She studied at the Ghana Institute of Languages, where she studied English, French, and Spanish. She also studied marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Ibrahim has commented that in Africa she is not regarded as a black woman because of her skin tone, but outside Africa, she is recognized as being black. She objected to the term 'half-caste' and said that she was 'Black and proud of it'. [12] She can speak English, French and Spanish.

Career

Ibrahim made her acting debut in the 2005 film Crime to Christ starring Majid Michel. Her first Nollywood film was Yankee Boys and she has featured in more than 50 films afterward. In 2014, she produced her first film Number One Fan, where she stars as an actress being stalked on by a fan in the film. Her second movie Shattered Romance [13] which features Nigerian and Ghanaian actors, launched amidst fanfare in Accra, Ghana, on 5December, 2014. Her new TV series; Every Woman Has a Story, where she debuted her directorial skills, is airing on Terrestrial TV, and her new reality show, The Perfect Assistant, will be unveiled soon. She has also featured in Twi movies, in Yoruba language films, [14] and also in Ladan Aure, a Hausa Language film. [15]

Filmography

Awards and recognition

See also

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