Mariyam Afeefa | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Gn. Atoll Education Centre |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2006–present |
Mariyam Afeefa (born 29 July 1983) is a Maldivian actress. She has established a career in Maldivian films and is the recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards. She was featured in listings of the nation's most popular personalities.
Afeefa made her film debut in Ahmed Nimal's critically and commercially successful romantic film Vaaloabi Engeynama (2006), which fetched her first Gaumee Film Award for Best Actress. She then worked in several short films and television series before making her second collaborating with Nimal for his erotic horror thriller Khalaas (2008), followed by Abdul Fahtah's horror film Jinni (2010) where she received a Maldives Film Awards nomination as Best Actress for the latter. She was voted as the "Most Entertaining Actress" in the SunFM Awards for two consecutive years. In 2011, she was bestowed with her second Gaumee Film Award for Best Actress for her performance as the gluttonous wife, in the Moomin Fuad-directed crime tragedy drama Loodhifa (2011).