Vanidah binti Imran (born 8 February 1973) is a Malaysian actress, model and television host. In 2007, she received the Best Female Actress award at 20th

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. She is mixed of

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- Javanese descent. She is formerly main host of

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’s women magazine show ''Nona''. The show is talking about women life, healthy lifestyles and family. She eventually became the main host of the show from 2 January 2011 took over

Maya Karin Maya Karin Roelcke (born 29 October 1979) is a Malaysian film actress, television host and singer, known for '' Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam'', '' Anak Halal'', '' Ombak Rindu'' and '' Munafik 2''. She holds the Malaysia Film Festival record ...

Early life

Born in

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to a Penangite Indian father and a Malay mother of Javanese descent who died when she was still a child, Vanidah grew up and spent her teenage years in

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and completed her secondary education at

Convent Bukit Nanas S.M.K. Convent Bukit Nanas (abbreviated CBN) is an all-girls school located at Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest schools in Malaysia and is widely known as CBN. Convent Bukit Nanas is one of the ...

. Vanidah was the 1st Runner-Up of Miss World Malaysia 1993 and she also won the subsidiary title Miss Photogenic.

Personal life

She was married to a Malaysian actor named Rashidi Ishak on 1 October 2000, now both has divorced since 9 August 2018 after being married for 17 years with whom she had two children named Mikail Aimran (born 2002) and Maryam Rashika (born 2004). She obtained her English Studies degree after four years of studies at

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in 2015. She earned a Master's Degree in

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from

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in March 2022. She was an active and performing member of

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practitioner group named ''Seni Silat Cekak Pusaka Ustaz Hanafi Malaysia''. She represented Malaysian team to perform the Malay traditional martial arts in Chungju

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(WMC) 2019 in South Korea.

Filmography

Film

Television

Television series

Telemovie

Theater

Vanida also involved in theaters such as ''Megat Terawis'' (1994), ''Anak Tanjung'' (1995), ''Selendang Umi'' (1997), ''Laila Majnun'' (1998), ''Keris Sang Putri'' (1999), ''Tun Perak'' (2000), ''Lantai T. Pinkie'' (2000), ''Anugerah'' (2002) and ''Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka'' (2002). Her other theatre credits including ''Visits'' (2003), ''Moh Ho Huan'' (2005), ''Lantai T. Pinkie, KL'' (2006), ''Wangi Jadi Saksi'' (2006), ''Lantai T.Pinkie, Ipoh'' (2006), ''Nyonya'' (2007), ''Putra Merdeka'' (2007), ''Sirah Junjungan'' (2009), ''

Mahsuri Mahsuri binti Pandak Mayah was a young woman who lived in Pulau Langkawi, an island in northwestern Kedah, Malaysia, during the late 18th century. According to folklore, she was accused of adultery and executed by stabbing. Her tomb, ''Makam Ma ...

'' (2009), ''Cuci The Musical'' (2009) ''Baik Punya Cilok'' in 2015.

Awards and nominations

Malaysian Film Festival

Skrin Awards

References

External links

* {{authority control Malaysian actresses People from George Town, Penang Malaysian people of Malay descent 1973 births Living people Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian people of Javanese descent Malaysian Muslims