Sofia Essaïdi

Sofia Essaïdi
صوفيا السعيدي
Sofia Essaïdiصوفيا السعيدي
	Essaïdi in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony
Background information
Born	6 August 1984 (age 40); Casablanca, Morocco
Origin	Moroccan
Genres	French pop; R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer; Dancer; Actress
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Mercury; Universal Music
Website	Sofia-Web.com

Sofia Essaïdi (Template:Lang-ar, born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. 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.^[1]

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^[fr] choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009.

In 2011, She appeared in the first season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She placed as the runners up with her partner, Maxime Dereymez with 38% of the public votes. This table shows the route of Sofia Essaïdi and Maxime Dereymez in Danse Avec Les Stars. In the final, the freestyle wasn't rated.

Week	Dancing style	Music	Judge points			Total	Result
Week	Dancing style	Music	Alessandra Martines	Jean-Marc Généreux	Chris Marques	Total	Result
1	Quickstep	"Anything Goes"—Cole Porter	8	9	8	25/30	Safe
2	Jive	"Great Balls Of Fire"—Jerry Lee Lewis	8	8	8	24/30	Safe
3	Foxtrot Samba Marathon (+6 points)	"Singin' in the Rain" – Gene Kelly (from Singin' in the Rain) "You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees (from Saturday Night Fever)	9	10	8	33/38	Safe
4	Tango Rumba	"I Kissed a Girl" – Katy Perry "Comme d'habitude" – Claude François	9 10	10 10	9 9	57/60	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz Salsa Cha-cha-cha Marathon (+40 points)	"Hedwig's Theme" – from Harry Potter "Mambo No. 5" – Perez Prado "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor	5 + 8 9 + 8	9 + 8 9 + 8	9 + 8 7 + 7	135/160	Safe
6	Quickstep Rumba Freestyle	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" – Marilyn Monroe "Calling You" – Jevetta Steele Last Dance - Donna Summer	9 + 9 10 + 10 N/A	10 + 9 10 + 9 N/A	9 + 9 10 + 10 N/A	114/120	Runner-Up (32%)

Week	Dancing style	Music	Judge points				Bonus points	Total points	Ranking
			Marie-Claude Pietragalla	Jean-Marc Généreux	Shy'M	Chris Marques
Special Christmas	Rumba	"My Heart Will Go On"—Céline Dion	10 + 10	10 + 10	10 + 10	10 + 10	10 points	90/120	2nd

Discography

Album

Year	Information	Charts position
Year	Information	FR	SWI	BEL
2005	Mon cabaret Studio album Released: 22 August 2005 Format: CD, digital download	41	100	46
2008	Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte Soundtrack Released : 25 August 2008	11	25	32

Singles

Year	Title	Charts position			Album
Year	Title	FR	SWI	BEL	Album
2004	"Roxanne"	20	34	13	Mon Cabaret
2005	"Mon cabaret"	–	–	–
2005	"Après l'amour" (Digital single only)	–	–	–
2008	"Femme d'aujourd'hui" (Musical comedy Cléopâtre)	8	94	27	Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte
2008	"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)^[2]

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
2018	Insoupçonnable	Leila Baktiar	Christophe Lamotte & Frédéric Garson	TV Series (9 Episodes)
2019	Kepler(s)	Alice Hadad	Frédéric Schoendoerffer	TV Series (6 Episodes)
2020	La Promesse	Sarah Castaing	Anne Landois	TV Series (6 Episodes)
2022	Nostalgia	Arlette	Mario Martone

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Location	Notes
2009–2010	Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte	Cleopatra	Palais des Sports	National / Belgium / Switzerland Tour
2018–2019	Chicago	Velma Kelly	Théâtre Mogador	First French-language production

References

^ Et-Tayeb Houdaifa (19 December 2003). "Sofia ? Star sûrement, mais... cela n'a pas suffi". La vie éco (in French). Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ "Aïcha : le téléfilm de France 2 reçoit le prix Européen Civis à Berlin". Première (in French). 11 May 2010.

External links

Sofia Essaïdi at IMDb
Sofia Essaïdi on Discogs
Official website, Official website of Sofia Essaidi (in French)

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[1] Et-Tayeb Houdaifa (19 December 2003). "Sofia ? Star sûrement, mais... cela n'a pas suffi". La vie éco (in French). Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[2] "Aïcha : le téléfilm de France 2 reçoit le prix Européen Civis à Berlin". Première (in French). 11 May 2010.

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v t e Star Academy France
Winners	Jenifer Bartoli (2001) Nolwenn Leroy (2002) Élodie Frégé (2003) Grégory Lemarchal (2004) Magalie Vaé (2005) Cyril Cinélu (2006) Quentin Mosimann (2007-2008) Mickels Réa (2008) Laurène Bourvon (2012-2013) Anisha Jo (2022) Pierre Garnier (2023-2024)
Other notable contestants	Mario Barravecchia (2001) Jean-Pascal Lacoste (2001) Patrice Maktav (2001) Olivia Ruiz (2001) Houcine (2002) Georges-Alain Jones (2002) Jérémy Chatelain (2002) Emma Daumas (2002) Morganne Matis (2003) Michał Kwiatkowski (2003) Sofia Essaïdi (2003) Sofiane Tadjine-Lambert (2004) Jérémy Amelin (2005) Dominique Fidanza (2006) Cynthia Brown (2006) Mathieu Edward (2007-2008) Claire-Marie Bron (2007-2008) Alice Raucoules (2008) Joanna Lagrave (2008) Louis Albi (2022) Tiana Da Rocha (2022) Julien Lieb (2023-2024) Helena Bailly (2023-2024) Lénie Vacher (2023-2024)
Singles	"La Musique (Angelica)" (2001) "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (2002) "Musique" (2002) "Paris Latino" (2002) "La Bamba" (2003) "L'Orange" (2003) "Laissez-moi danser" (2004) "Adieu monsieur le professeur" (2004) "Je ne suis pas un héros" (2005) "Santiano" (2005) "Y'a qu'un ch'veu" (2006) "Porque te vas" (2006) "Bangla Desh" (2007-2008) "Chante" (2008) "Parce qu'on vient de loin" (2012-2013) "Ne partez pas sans moi" (2022) "Au bout de mes rêves" (2023-2024) "Recommence-moi" (2024)

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Specials	Christmas 2012 Le grand show (2017)
Tours	Danse avec les stars, la tournée
Celebrity winners	M. Pokora Shy'm Emmanuel Moire Alizée Rayane Bensetti Loïc Nottet Laurent Maistret Agustín Galiana Clément Rémiens Sami El Gueddari Tayc Billy Crawford Natasha St-Pier
Professional winners	Katrina Patchett Maxime Dereymez Fauve Hautot (x4) Grégoire Lyonnet Denitsa Ikonomova (x4) Candice Pascal Anthony Colette

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