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Sofia Essaïdi
Born	August 6, 1984 (1984-08-06) (age 25) Casablanca, Morocco
Origin	Morocco
Genres	French pop R&B
Occupations	Singer Dancer Actress
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Mercury Universal Music
Associated acts	Star Academy Kamel Ouali
Website	Sofia-Web.com

Sofia Essaïdi (born August 6, 1984) is a Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.

Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 2.1 Album 2.2 Singles 3 Filmography 4 External links

[edit] Career

From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She was very popular due to being quite charismatic and also having a particularly refined voice, with many critics and the professors in the academy considering Sofia to be not just the best that year, but one of the best students in the history of Star Academy France overall. However she eventually finished second to Elodie Frégé. From March 12 to August 7, 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Tunisia and Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday. She had made a very impressive album that was remarked by the critics titled mon cabaret. Shortly after this young rising star steps into the audition of a major role, Cleopatra. Sofia fights extremely hard to get the lead. Sofia shows the producers her talents, ability to sing, dance and act. She shines among those other thousands of performers that wanted the role in various countries such as France, Belgium, Morocco, United States and many more. Two years of auditions have finally paid off when she got the lead in the new musical comedy produced by the talented choreographer Kamel Ouali. Sofia didn't just audition for Cleopatra but also auditioned for the lead of a movie called Aicha produced by Yamina Benguigui, her performance in the movie was outstanding. The musical comedy of Cleopatra opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris January 29, 2009. Cleopatra is the biggest musical comedy that has ever been made in France.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Album

Year	Information	Charts position
		FR	SWI	BEL
2005	Mon cabaret Studio album Released: August 22nd, 2005 Format: CD, digital download	41	100	46
2008	Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte Soundtrack Released : August 25th, 2008	11	25	32

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Charts position			Album
		FR	SWI	BEL
2004	"Roxanne"	20	34	13	Mon Cabaret
2005	"Mon cabaret"	–	–	–
	"Après l'amour" (Digital single only)	–	–	–
2008	"Femme d'aujourd'hui" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)	8	94	27	Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
	"Une autre vie" (& Florian Etienne) (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)	—	—	—
2009	"L'accord" (& Christopher Stills) (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)	7	-	-

[edit] Filmography

• Appeared in the movie Iznogoud in 2005.
• Appeared in the DVD Autour de la guitare of Jean-Félix Lalanne, released in 2007.
• Aïcha in the TV movie Aïcha, realised by Yasmina Benguigui in 2007, and broadcasted in 2008 on France 2.

[edit] External links

• Official website, in French

v • d • e Star Academy France Host Nikos Aliagas Winners Jenifer Bartoli (2001) · Nolwenn Leroy (2002) · Élodie Frégé (2003) · Grégory Lemarchal (2004) · Magalie Vaé (2005) · Cyril Cinélu (2006) · Quentin Mosimann (2007) Other notable contestants Mario Barravecchia (2001) · Jean-Pascal Lacoste (2001) · Olivia Ruiz (2001) · Houcine (2002) · Georges-Alain Jones (2002) · Jérémy Chatelain (2003) · Emma Daumas (2003) · Morganne Matis (2003) · Michal Kwiatkowski (2004) · Sofia Essaïdi (2004) Singles "La Musique (Angelica)" (2001) · "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (2002) · "Paris Latino" (2002) · "La Bamba" (2003) · "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (2003) · "L'Orange" (2003) · "Laissez-moi danser" (2004) · "Adieu monsieur le professeur" (2004) · "Santiano" (2005) ·

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