Mariyam Nisha
Mariyam Nisha (born 19 May 1979) is a Maldivian former actress. Early life Nisha was born on 19 May 1979 in Dh. Rinbudhoo. She recalled her childhood days as a "disturbing chapter" of life where she had to refrain from enjoying with friends due to a skin problem. At the age of twelve, she was married and a year later, they had their first child. Career 1994–99: Early releases and Haqqu At the age of fourteen, Nisha made her screen debut with the video song "Gendhanyaa Gendhavaashey" alongside Malik Mohamed. Featured in a television programme titled Mahrabu the song was liked by the audience topping several charts during the time of its release. Nisha played the role of Hana Shareef, a young girl who has been attracted by two siblings, in Hussain Adil's comedy drama film Dhehithehge Loabi (1995) alongside Abdul Rahman Rauf and Ahmed Sharmeel. The film tells a story of two brothers who fall in love with the same girl, which causes rivalry and misunderstandings between them. She next appeared in Mohamed Shiyaz's Dhushman which features Hussain Sobah, Aminath Rasheedha and Hamid Ali in pivotal roles. In the film, she plays the role of Nisha, a rich girl who loses her boyfriend over social discrimination. The same year, she starred in the family drama Manzil which follows an intelligent and hardworking orphan, played by Aishath Shiranee, whose life turns a dramatic change while working as a servant in a reputed family. In 1996, Yoosuf Rafeeu's award-winning film Haqqu was released which featured Nisha as Lamha, a promiscuous woman who falls in love with a married man. The film revolving around a man who is forced to marry a woman he dissents, stars Nisha, Reeko Moosa Manik and Mariyam Shakeela in lead roles. The film received positive reviews from critics and her performance fetched her a Gaumee Film Award for Best Actress. In 1997, Nisha appeared alongside Hussain Sobah and Jamsheedha Ahmed as an established actress who sacrifices her career for an underprivileged talented vocalist in Amjad Ibrahim's Loabeege Aniyaa. The following year, she starred as a pampered child of a family trapped in a lie, in Hamid Ali's drama film Mila Handhuvaru (1998). She next starred as a hyper-active girl in Amjad Ibrahim's comedy drama film Qurbaani (1999) starring opposite Yoosuf Shafeeu and Hussain Sobah. The film was a financially successful project and was declared a Mega-Hit at the end of its run at cinema. She next starred opposite Hussain Sobah and Jamsheedha Ahmed in Fathimath Nahula's debut direction Fahuneyvaa (2000) which portrays the love-conflict of a man between a prominent stage performer and a deaf-mute poor girl. Nisha played the role of Fazeela, a deaf-mute girl and the wife who was abandoned for a rich famous girl. Her performance and the film was critically appreciated by critics and was a Hit commercially by screening twenty six housefull shows at cinema. 2000–05: Multiple releases and Zuleykha In 2000, she played the role of Sofi, an unsympathetic young woman