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Carole Samaha كارول سماحة
Carole Samaha in an interview on LBC
Background information
Born	25th of July 1972, Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Arabic Music, Arabesque
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1999 – present
Associated acts	Marwan Khoury
Website	www.carolesamaha.com

Carole Samaha (Arabic: كارول سماحة) is a Lebanese musician and actress. She has released three studio albums. Carole has a masters degree in acting and directing, which she has earned in 1999. She has won two Arab Music Awards^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Carole was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 25 July 1972 to Antoine Samaha of Kenshara and Nouhad Hawi of Dhour Choeuir. Carole grew up with her parents, having only one dream since childhood, being on stage.

Carole says she used to ignore her studies in order to attend movies and plays behind her parents' back^{[citation needed]}. She started her career as an actress in the theatre as well as television.

[edit] Theatre

As the Arab directors describe her while she is on stage. She smoothly changes from one state of mind to another.

[edit] Musicals era - present

Ever since she introduced herself to Mansour Rahbani, one of the biggest Lebanese and Arab composers, she experienced a turning point in her career as she shifted from Drama to Musical theatre, in a few years she achieved a huge success in female leading roles.

Carole today is considered to be a whole artist by the Arab Media.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Videography

[edit] Awards

• Carole has won the award of Best female artist of the year in 2003 for her album Helm, given to her in the Arab Music Awards Contest which was held in Dubai.^{[citation needed]}
• Carole has won the award of Best album of the year in 2006 for her album Adhwaa El Shohra, given to her in the ART Music Awards which was held in Cairo.^{[citation needed]}
• Along with Mohammed Hamaki, Karl Wolf, Abri and others. Carole was nominated for The Best Arab Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. Carole lost the award for Karl Wolf. This is the biggest nomination in Carole's career.

Her new single "Jeet" debuted at number 4 on Rotana's PEPSI Top 20 Charts, reaching number 1 the next week, making it her first number 1 on that chart.

[edit] External links

• Carole Samaha website