Sophia Jawad is an Iraqi

Iraqi people

The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...

 actress and model

Model (person)

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 based in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

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Career

Jawad has played in over twenty student productions as the New York Film Academy

New York Film Academy

New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...

, and in 2009 she portrayed the character Gertrude

Gertrude

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 in the Shakespeare play Hamlet

Hamlet

The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...

. She has also participated in an Iraqi theatre project in 2006 entitled "For Iraq" whereby she played the main role.

She attended the Abu Dhabi Film Festival

Middle East International Film Festival

Abu Dhabi Film Festival is an international film festival. Created in 2007, the ceremony is held annually in October in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage , under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the ADACH...

 for the movie, "Sun Dress".

Along with acting, Jawad is listed with numerous modelling agencies in the Emirates and has modelled on a Syrian hair style cat walk in 2007, as well as appearing in a jewellery advertisement aired by Abu Dhabi TV

Abu Dhabi TV

Abu Dhabi Al Oula is an Arabic television station that originally launched in 1969 but was re-launched in 2000 and again in 2008. It broadcasts from Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company...

 and appearing in a music video for famous Emirati singer Hussain Al Jassmi

Hussain Al Jassmi

Hussain Al Jassmi is a popular Arabic-language singer from the United Arab Emirates. He rose to prominence after the release of his first single Bawada'ak, which was a success. Al Jassmi's next single was Wallah Mayiswa which sold thousands of copies and acquired him well-liked acceptance...

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She is fluent in English

English language

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, Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 and Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

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Filmography

• Wind (2010)
• Sun Dress - Halima (2010)
• Tombs Secrets (2010)
• Sowar Ya Sowar (2006)

External links

• Sophia Jawad at Starnow