Mariyam Shifa

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Mariyam Shifa
Born (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 24)
NationalityMaldivian
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present
Spouse
Mohamed Tholal
(m. 2018;died 2019)
Children1

Mariyam Shifa (22 November 1999) is a Maldivian film actress, dancer and social media personality. She has earned over 1.7 million likes on TikTok.

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Early life

Shifa attributed her singing and dancing skills to her parents; her father being a prominent boduberu player and her mother being a singer, played a huge role in accomplishing her "dream of becoming an actor". [1] Naming Aishath Rishmy, Nuzuhath Shuaib and Ali Seezan as her inspirations, Shifa grew up in a cinema-friendly environment. [1]

Career

In 2018, at the age of seventeen, Shifa made her career debut with the suspense thriller film Dhevansoora (2018) written and directed by Yoosuf Shafeeu. [2] Revolving around a murder investigation, she played an imaginary doctor counselling the character played by Shafeeu; a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder. [3] The film received positive reviews from critics and was considered a "norm-breaker" for the Maldivian cinema. [4] Reviewing from Raajje.mv, Ismail Naail Nasheed considered her performance to be "good" despite being a newcomer though he noted that she "needs to polish her dialogue delivery in specific scenes which requires extreme emotion". [4] The following year, she played a small role in the Moomin Fuad-directed psychological horror thriller Nivairoalhi (2019) as a victim who get murdered by a religious extremist. [5] Starring opposite Niuma Mohamed, Yoosuf Shafeeu and Ahmed Asim, the film received majorly positive reviews from critics; Aishath Maaha of Dho? favored the performance of the actors and mentioned the "neat arrangement" of its screenplay though pointed out its "weak ending" to be unsatisfactory. [6] She next starred in Yoosuf Shafeeu's horror comedy film 40+ (2019), a sequel to 2017 released comedy film Naughty 40 , which was well received both critically and commercially. [7] Besides, she also played the role of Mizna, a straightforward simple girl who is concerned about her married life, in Mohamed Manik-directed psychological web series Haasaa . [8]

In 2020, she collaborated with Moomin Fuad for his period drama web television series Gamini . [9]

She also made a name for herself as a Dancer & performed in multiple shows in Maldives. She is also a social media influencer with almost 2 million likes on tiktok, she's one of the most known & talked about influencers in Maldives.

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2018 Dhevansoora Shiyadha [4]
2019 Nivairoalhi Hardy's friendSpecial appearance [6]
2019 40+ Lailaa [7]
2022 Hehes Zara [10]
2023 November Sana [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2019–2020 Haasaa MiznaMain role; 13 Episodes [8]
2020 Gamini Lubna's friendRecurring role; 2 Episodes [9]
2020–2021 Huvaa Kohfa Bunan HaifaMain role [12]
2021 Rumi á Jannat LizyGuest role; Episode: "Vaashey Mashaa Ekee" [13]
2021 Nafsu HudhaMain role; 10 episodes [14]
2022–2023 Lafuzu LaikaMain role; 32 episodes [15]
2022 Vihaali ShaneeGuest role in the segment "Lift Golhi" [16]
2022 Balgish HaayaMain role; 5 episodes [17]
2023 Yaaraa ShifaGuest role; "Episode 1 & 16" [18]
TBAReyreySpecial appearance
TBABeevunYasnaMain role

Short film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2020 Feehaali HerselfSpecial appearance [19]

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