Quick Facts
Biography
Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي, born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father and a French mother.
Career
From 30 August to 13 December 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She eventually finished second to Elodie Frégé. From 12 March to 7 August 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday. She released her first album called Mon cabaret. Later, she starred in the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009. She recently starred in the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She placed as the runners up with her partner, Maxime Dereymez.
Discography
Album
| Year | Information | Charts position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | SWI | BEL | ||
| 2005 | Mon cabaret
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Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
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Singles
| Year | Title | Charts position | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | SWI | BEL | |||
| 2004 | "Roxanne" | 20 | 34 | 13 | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 2009 | "Bien après l'au-delà" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre) | - | - | - | |
Guest Vocals
- 2004 "Et si tu n'existais pas" (with Toto Cutugno)
- 2007 "Il n'y a plus d'après" (with Tomuya)
- 2010 "If" (As one of the artists of Collect If Aides 25 Ans)
- 2010 "La voix de l'enfant" (with Natasha St Pier & Bruno Solo)
Awards
- 2009 – NRJ Music Awards : Francophone Group/Duo of the Year ( She was one of the artists who starred in the musical Cléopâtre)
- 2010 – NRJ Music Awards : Francophone Female Artist of the Year
- 2010 – Les jeunes talents de l'année: On 12 February 2010 she won Best Actress at Les jeunes talents de l'année 2009 (Young Talents of the Year 2009)
- "Aïcha : le téléfilm de France 2 reçoit le prix Européen Civis à Berlin". Première (in French). 11 May 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Iznogoud | Belbeth | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 2009—2012 | Aïcha | Aïcha | Yamina Benguigui | TV Series (4 Episodes) |
| 2012 | La clinique de l'amour! | Jennifer Gomez | Artus de Penguern, Gábor Rassov | |
| 2014 | Mea Culpa | Myriam | Fred Cavayé | |
| 2015 | Up & Down | Leïla | Ernesto Oña | TV Movie |
| 2017 | Murders in Auvergne | Aurélie Lefaivre | Thierry Binisti | TV Movie |
| Dans l'ombre du tueur | Leila Baktiar | Eric Valette | TV Series (10 Episodes) |