Date of Birth: April 27, 1983
Nationality: Malaysian
PROFILE:
Highly motivated and versatile actress and host with over 10 years of film, television and stage experience. Aleya is also a radio presenter.
CORE AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Acting for film, stage and television.
Hosting and emceeing
Scriptwriting for TV programmes
Commercial talent
Radio Presenter
MOVIES:
Idola
Diari Romeo
Trauma
Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam
Man Laksa
Mukhsin
Semalam
Magika
TELEVISION:
Golden Teen Stuff
KFC Chicky Hour
Malaysian Idol Season One
KB Sentral
Amukan Puaka
Prahara
Chulia Street
Menghitung Hari
Kengkawan
Kopikau
Selamba Serius
The Breakfast Show, ntv7
STAGE:
Man For All Seasons
RADIO:
Hot.fm – Hotfm Two-O (Saturdays) and Menu Muzik (10am-1pm)
(On “live” everyday on tv9)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Commercial talent for baby food at 18 months.
Talent for Johnson&Johnson Clean&Clear ad (print and TVC) at 16 years.
Talent for TV commercials for SilkyGirl for eight years. (Contract expired 2009).
Host and scriptwriter for award-winning teen television magazine programme, Golden Teen Stuff, for over three years. (1996)
Co-host of children’s programme, KFC’s Chicky Hour for over two years.
Actor in films Mimpi Moon (directed by Shuhaimi Baba), Idola, Diari Romeo, Trauma (all Aziz M. Osman), Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam (Shuhaimi), Man Laksa (Mamat Khalid) and Mukhsin (Yasmin Ahmad).
Actor in telemovies Amukan Puaka, Prahara, Chulia Street and Menghitung Hari.
Actor in TV sitcoms Kengkawan, Kopikau and KB Sentral.
Actor in short movie, Semalam (director John Johan).
Actor in stage production of Actors Studio’s Man For All Seasons, directed by Joe Hasham. Nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the Third Boh Cameronian Arts Awards, 2005.
Emcee for several awards functions including the Phillips Jazz Competition for Young Musicians, 2003, and the Celcom Youth Ambassadors Awards, 2004.
Host of interactive TV show on Mango TV on 8TV and TV3.
Host of live National Day request show on RTM1, 2005
Co-hosted Malaysian Idol Season One, 2004.
Emcee and cook on Jom Makan tour for Unilever.
Emcee for “Secretary’s Week with Faizal Tahir and Sharifah Aleya” at Crown Princess Hotel, April 2008.
Spokesperson for cosmetic brand SilkyGirl (Silky Lips). (2004-2009)
Presenter on new Media Prima-owned radio station, Hot.FM
Co-hosted Channel 9 music programme, Latido, with younger sister, Sharifah Amani.
Co-hosted her own TV talk show, Selamba Serius, on ntv7 with Amani. Programme sponsored by SilkyGirl.
Hosted ntv7’s The Breakfast Show.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Won Best Newcomer award for TV3’s Anugerah Skrin awards 2003 for her role in film, Idola.
Won Best Supporting Actress award at the 17th Malaysian Film Festival, 2004, for her role in Trauma. The movie also participated in the Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Fukuoka, Japan, 2004.
Nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for the inaugural Malaysian ‘Emmies’ the Anugerah Sri Angkasa, 2005, for her role in Kopikau.
Interviewed Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla, boy band O-Town and DJ Bobo for YouthQuake, a teen newspaper with the New Straits Times. Also reviewed several Bollywood concerts and Deep Purple concert for the paper.
Sailed in the inaugural TAG Heuer Aquaracer Trophy event in the French Riviera, St Tropez, France, May 2005. The seven-man team from Malaysia came in 7th of 16 boats from around the world.
Appeared on covers of magazines I-Remaja, Remaja, Saji, Options (The Edge newspaper), Pengantin, BaiBoo, Mama and Baby, Metro Selebriti and also various other newspapers.
Top 5 nominee for Most Popular Radio Presenter for Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2009.
BACKGROUND:
Aleya is the eldest in a family of four girls. She is of Malay-Chinese-Arab-Bengali descent and speaks fluent English, Malay and a little Hindi.
Aleya started her “career” as a child extra at eight months in a telemovie. At 11 months she was yet in another telemovie, Maria, which starred the late Mustafa Noor, and her mother Fatimah Abu Bakar. At six she was a Palestinian refugee in Shuhaimi Baba’s movie, Selubung.
She is passionate about music, food, films, books (she’s potty over Harry Potter), traveling and loves water sports.
Aleya’s mother is a former journalist with an English daily and an experienced acting coach and media consultant (Salt Media Consultancy, Salt Shakers and Kelip-Kelip Sdn.Bhd.). Her father, Syed Zainal Rashid, is a businessman cum photographer with several exhibitions to his name. Sister Sharifah Amani is also an actress (Sepet, Gubra, Puaka Tebing Biru, Cinta, Mukhsin, Muallaf, CicakMan 2, Selamat Pagi Cinta, Sayang You Can Dance, Magika). Sharifah Aleysha starred in Yasmin Ahmad’s movie Muallaf, while Sharifah Aryana starred in Yasmin’s Mukhsin after appearing in Sepet, Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 1&2 and Puaka Tebing Biru.
INTERESTS:
Films, animals, books, swimming, water sports, music, travel, food.
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