Juliet Ibrahim

{{Infobox person

| image = Juliet Ibrahim.png

| caption = Ibrahim in 2017

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| alt = Actor, producer and singer, Juliet Ibrahim

| name = Juliet Ibrahim

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| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| education = Ghana Institute of Languages; Ghana Institute of Journalism

| occupation = Actor, author, singer, film producer

| awards = {{ubl|2010: Achievement Award – City People Magazine, Accra

|2010: Ghana Movie Personality of the Year – City People Magazine, Lagos

|2010: Best Lead Actress in a movie – Ghana Movie Awards

|2014: Best Ghanaian Actress – City People Entertainment

|2016: Actress of the year – Starzzawards}}

| years_active = 2005–present

| family = Sonia Ibrahim (sister)

}}

Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer,{{cite web | url=http://www.ameyawdebrah.com/photos-juliet-ibrahim-premieres-movie-number-1-fan-lagos/ | title=Juliet Ibrahim Film Number 1 Fan Premieres | access-date=25 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729181959/http://www.ameyawdebrah.com/photos-juliet-ibrahim-premieres-movie-number-1-fan-lagos/ | archive-date=29 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://thenet.ng/photos-ay-bryan-okwara-others-attend-juliet-ibrahims-movie-premiere-in-lagos/ | title=Juliet Ibrahim film Premieres | publisher=The Net | access-date=25 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723105145/http://thenet.ng/2014/07/photos-ay-bryan-okwara-others-attend-juliet-ibrahims-movie-premiere-in-lagos/ | archive-date=23 July 2014 | url-status=live }} and singer{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonlinegh.com/new-video-juliet-ibrahim-feat-amon-sholala/|title=New Video: Juliet Ibrahim Feat. Amon – Sholala|website=EOnlineGH.Com|date=15 February 2016 |access-date=5 August 2019}} of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in 4 Play. She has been referred to as the "Most Beautiful West African Woman" according to A-listers Magazine.{{cite web | url=http://www.informationng.com/2013/11/magazine-names-juliet-ibrahim-as-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-west-africa.html | title=Nigerian Magazine names Juliet Ibrahim the Most Beautiful West African Woman | date=12 November 2013 | publisher=informationng.com | access-date=25 July 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.bellanaija.com/2013/11/06/ghanaian-actress-juliet-ibrahim-is-a-listers-magazines-most-beautiful-woman-in-west-africa/ | title=Juliet Ibrahim is A Listers Magazine Most Beautiful Woman | date=6 November 2013 | publisher=Bella Naija | access-date=25 July 2014}}{{Cite web |title=Juliet Ibrahim, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Juliet-Ibrahim-1664 |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704171554/https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Juliet-Ibrahim-1664 |url-status=dead }}

Early life and education

Juliet Ibrahim was born on 3 March 1983 to a Lebanese father and a Ghanaian-Liberian mother in Accra. She is the oldest child and has two sisters, including the actress Sonia Ibrahim, and a brother. Juliet and her siblings spent the longest part of their childhood in Lebanon and Ivory Coast due to civil wars. She had her primary education in Lebanon, then proceeded to Ivory Coast for her secondary education, where she lived with her parents. She studied at the Ghana Institute of Languages, where she studied English, French, and Spanish. She also studied marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.{{cite news | title=Silverbird Cinemas Weekly Magazine | work=July 18–24, 2014 edition (Page 13) | date=18 July 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.royalsignaturegh.com/www.julietibrahim.net/bio.php | title=Juliet Ibrahim Biography | publisher=royalsignaturegh.com | access-date=26 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726044103/http://www.royalsignaturegh.com/www.julietibrahim.net/bio.php | archive-date=26 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://buzzghana.com/juliet-ibrahim-biography-personal-profile/ | title=Juliet Ibrahim Biography | date=9 May 2014 | publisher=BuzzGhana | access-date=26 July 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.informationng.com/2014/06/celebrity-bio-ghanaian-actress-juliet-ibrahims-biography.html | title=Juliet Ibrahim Biography | date=24 June 2014 | publisher=informationng.com | access-date=26 July 2014}}

Ibrahim has commented that in Africa she is not regarded as a black woman because of her skin tone, but outside Africa, she is recognized as being black. She objected to the term 'half-caste' and said that she was 'Black and proud of it'.{{Cite news|title="Why are you so selfish with this beauty"- Fan reacts to Juliet Ibrahim's latest photo|url=https://theindependentghana.com/2020/06/why-are-you-so-selfish-with-this-beauty-fan-reacts-to-juliet-ibrahims-latest-photo/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=The Independent Ghana|language=en|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315161333/https://theindependentghana.com/2020/06/why-are-you-so-selfish-with-this-beauty-fan-reacts-to-juliet-ibrahims-latest-photo/|url-status=dead}} She can speak English, French and Spanish.

Career

Ibrahim made her acting debut in the 2005 film Crime to Christ starring Majid Michel. Her first Nollywood film was Yankee Boys and she has featured in more than 50 films afterward. In 2014, she produced her first film Number One Fan, where she stars as an actress being stalked on by a fan in the film. Her second movie Shattered Romance{{Cite web|url=http://bunmiodunowo.com/juliet-ibrahims-shattered-romance-premieres-to-a-sold-out-audience-in-accrasee-pictures/|title=Welcome to Bunmio Dunowo|website=bunmiodunowo.com|access-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508011811/http://bunmiodunowo.com/juliet-ibrahims-shattered-romance-premieres-to-a-sold-out-audience-in-accrasee-pictures/|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}} which features Nigerian and Ghanaian actors, launched amidst fanfare in Accra, Ghana, on 5December, 2014. Her new TV series; Every Woman Has a Story, where she debuted her directorial skills, is airing on Terrestrial TV, and her new reality show, The Perfect Assistant, will be unveiled soon. She has also featured in Twi movies, in Yoruba language films,{{cite web|url=http://naijagists.com/life-after-marriage-mercy-aigbe-ft-juliet-ibrahim-in-new-yoruba-movie-photos/|website=NaijaGists|title=Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim features in first Yoruba movie with Mercy Aigbe}} and also in Ladan Aure, a Hausa Language film.{{Cite web |url=http://pulse.ng/movies/juliet-ibrahim-actress-stars-in-1st-hausa-movie-ladan-noma-id4705671.html |title=Actress stars in first Hausa movie "Ladan Noma" |access-date=5 April 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510155940/http://pulse.ng/movies/juliet-ibrahim-actress-stars-in-1st-hausa-movie-ladan-noma-id4705671.html |url-status=dead }}

Filmography

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Crime to Christ (2005) - Naomi
In The Eyes of My Husband (2007) - Vanessa
Yankee Boys (2008)
Losing You (2008)
Royal Storm (2009)
Restore My Love (2009)
Naked Weapon (2009)
Dead End (2008)
Lost Desire (2008) - Suzzy
Blood Fight (2007)
Beautiful King (2009)
Tattoo Boys (2009)
Missing Child (2009) - Princess Rose
Honor My Will (2008)
Cash Adventure (2008)
Hidden (2009)
Last Hope (DNA test) (2009)
Marriage of sorrows (2009)
Queen's Pride (2010)
Enemy of My Soul (2009)
Princess Rihanna (2010)
Millions (2010)
4play (2010) - Nivera
4play reloaded (2010) - Nivera
Crazy Scandal (2010)
Beyond love (2010)
Master of the Game (2011)
Battle of love (2011)
30 Days in Atlanta (2014) - MD's Wife
A Certain Night (2014) - Gail
Number One Fan (2014) - Lala
Shattered Romance (2015) - Suzanne
Teens Life (2015)
Anniversary (2015)
Black Bride (2016)
My Angel (2015) - Angela
Perfect Crime (2017) - Mercy
10 days in sun city (2016)
London Fever (2016)
Ladan Noma (2016) - Clara
Akpe: Return of the Beast (2019)
Aki and Pawpaw (2021) - Brenda
Red Carpet (2022)
Nine (2023) - Ellis
All's Fair in Love (2024) - Irene

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Awards and recognition

2010: Achievement Award – City People Magazine, Accra{{Cite web |title=GhanaWeb Blog: Ghanaian Movie Stars Honoured In Accra |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/blog.article.php?blog=1603&ID=1000006068 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |archive-date=4 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704171332/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/blog.article.php?blog=1603&ID=1000006068 |url-status=dead }}
2010: Ghana Movie Personality of the Year – City People Magazine, Lagos{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Juliet Ibrahim |url=https://irokotv.com/actors/1034/juliet-ibrahim |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704171739/https://irokotv.com/actors/1034/juliet-ibrahim |archive-date=4 July 2023 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=irokotv.com}}
2010: Best Lead Actress in a movie – Ghana Movie Awards{{Cite web |title=Ghana Movie Awards (2010) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003550/2010/1/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=IMDb |language=en}}
2014: Best Ghanaian Actress – City People Entertainment{{Cite web |date=2015-08-17 |title=List of Ghanaian Winners at City People Entertainment Awards |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/List-of-Ghanaian-Winners-at-City-People-Entertainment-Awards-375677 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}
2016: Actress of the year – Starzzawards{{Cite web |title=Juliet Ibrahim's Biography – A Look At The Actress' Age and Life Before Fame - CGY.org |url=https://www.cgy.org/en/wiki/juliet-ibrahims-biography-a-look-at-the-actress-age-and-life-before-fame/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.cgy.org}}