Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer, influencer and singer of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the

2010 Ghana Movie Awards The 2010 Ghana Movie Awards was the maiden edition of the ceremony to reward cinematic achievement in Ghana Film Industry. The event was held at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra on 25 December 2010. '' Sinking Sands'', Juliet Ibrahim, Nadia Buari, Yv ...

for her role in '' 4 Play''. She has been referred to as the "Most Beautiful West African Woman" according to A-listers Magazine.

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

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and

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due to civil wars. 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 The Ghana Institute of Languages is located in Accra, the capital of Ghana, and teaches English, French, German, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian languages. It was established in 1961 by the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Ini ...

, where she studied English, French, and Spanish. She also studied marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations at the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The University of Media, Arts and Communication- Institute of Journalism (UniMAC-IJ), formerly the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), is a public university in Ghana. The University is a merger of the erstwhile Ghana Institute of Journalism, the ...

. 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'. She can speak English, French and Spanish.

Career

Ibrahim made her acting debut in the 2005 film ''Crime to Christ'' starring

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. Her first

Nollywood Nollywood, a portmanteau of Nigeria and Hollywood, is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term goes back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in ''The New York Times''. Due to the history ...

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'' 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

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movies, in Yoruba language films, and also in Ladan Aure, a

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Language film.

Filmography

Awards and recognition

* 2010: Achievement Award – City People Magazine,

Accra Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of ...

* 2010: Ghana Movie Personality of the Year – City People Magazine,

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* 2010: Best Lead Actress in a movie – Ghana Movie Awards * 2014: Best Ghanaian Actress – City People Entertainment * 2016: Actress of the year – Starzzawards

References

External links

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Juliet Ibrahim Foundation
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