Tiara Jacquelina

Tiara Jacquelina
Born	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation	Producer, Actor, Singer
Years active	1988-present
Spouse	Dato' Seri Mohd Effendi Norwawi, Hani Mohsin (deceased) (1993-1998)

Tiara Jacquelina Eu Effendi (3 October 1967) is a Malaysian actress and film producer. She rose to fame in Puteri Gunung Ledang, the biggest budget movie in Malaysia to date, in which she played the lead role, and sang the theme song, "Asmaradana". Besides gracing the stage or appearing on camera, Tiara Jacquelina is the Managing Director of Enfiniti Productions, a Malaysian company in the arts & entertainment and television production fields.

Early life and career

Jacquelina was born Jacqueline Eu in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to a Burmese Chinese father and Indonesian Chinese mother. She has been involved in the arts at a very early stage, and while at school, was part of the Theatre Society, the Literary Society, and was the President of the Film Society. She first began her film career in 1988. In 1995, costarred with Academy Award winner, Frances McDormand, who played the lead role in the movie, Beyond Rangoon. In the 12th Malaysia Film Festival that year, she won the best actress award in the movie, Ringgit Kasorrga, a social drama concerning a sex scandal involving a politician and young models. In 2004, she appeared in Puteri Gunung Ledang. The movie was No. 49 on the short-list of the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards in 2004. Following the success of the movie, Jacquelina moved on to translate it on to the stage with the successful Puteri Gunung Ledang: The Musical.

The following year, she was named Choice Actress at the Fourth Oskar Awards, organized by the Film Workers Association of Malaysia in 2005.

Personal life

Her husband is Dato' Seri Mohd Effendi Norwawi, a very prominent businessman from Sarawak, who also formerly served as a senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. She holds the Malaysian honorific title Datin Seri as her husband is a Dato' Seri.

She converted to Islam and was previously married to actor and celebrity Hani Mohsin, from 1993 until they divorced in 1998. She is the mother of two children, Hani Karmila and Mohd Eridani.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film
1995	Malaysian Film Festival	Won	Best Actress	Ringgit Kasorrga
2005	Asian First Film Festival		Best Producer	Puteri Gunung Ledang
	Asia-Pacific Film Festival		Best Actress	Puteri Gunung Ledang
	Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2005		Best Producer	Puteri Gunung Ledang
	Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2005		Best Actress	Puteri Gunung Ledang
2009	Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion (FACP Malaysia)		Outstanding Contribution to the Arts

Achievements

• Executive Producer of the multiple-award winning film Puteri Gunung Ledang which has garnered 11 awards at the Malaysian PPFM Oscars 2004 including Best Film, Best Producer, Cinematography, Best Actress, Costume Design, Art Direction, Best Sound b) Best Producer at the Asian 1st Films Festival 2005 c) 5 awards at the Malaysian Film Festival 2004 including best director, best screenplay, best art direction, best music score.
• Executive Producer of Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical which won 8 wards at the 2006 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for Best Director, Original Script (Bahasa Malaysia), Best Lighting Design, Set Design, Music and Sound Design, Costume Design, Supporting Actor, Audience's Choice Award for Theatre. Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical ran for 3 sold-out seasons in Malaysia and 1 sold-out season in Singapore. Tickets for Season 3 were sold out even before opening night.
• Executive Producer of P. Ramlee the Musical which won 6 awards at the 2007 Boh Cameronian Arts Awards for Best Director, Original Script (Bahasa Malaysia), Set Design, Music and Sound Design, Best Supporting Actor, Audience's Choice Award for Theatre.^{[citation needed]}

References

• New Sunday Times, Malaysia. "Tiara's true to her roles" (September 18, 2005)

External links

• Tiara Jacquelina at the Internet Movie Database