Sarimah Ibrahim

Royal family of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Muhriz, The Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani, the Tunku Ampuan Besar Tunku Ali Redhauddin, the Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin
Muhriz's sisters Yang di-Pertuan Besar's sisters: Tunku Anne Dakhlah YBhg. Dato’ Abdul Malik Siti Mazeera Shazmi Izzam Siti Mazlina Siti Mazlynda Tunku Deborah YBhg. Dato' Ahmad Fuad Tunku Deannah YM Tengku Datuk Amran of Jelebu Tengku Amera Nafisah of Jelebu Tengku Nadia Azrina of Jelebu Tengku Dahira Azirah of Jelebu
Jaafar's family Tunku Naquiah, the Tunku Dara Tunku Mudzaffar, the Tunku Kecil Besar Tunku Nadzimuddin Che Puan Sarimah Ibrahim Tunku Sofia Najihah Tunku Miratun Madihah Dato' James Iskandar Jaafar-Greaves Putera Ryan Puteri Tahlia Tunku Nasaifuddin Che Puan Claire Rania Moore Tunku Arthur Idris Tunku Gabriella Amiera Tunku Nasruan Adil Tunku Naquiyuddin, the Tunku Laksamana Tunku Nurul Hayati of Kedah, the Tunku Puan Muda Tunku Mohammad Alauddin Putri Badrinise Alauddin Tunku Alayna Putri Tunku Alia Nadira Lorance Cheikh El Haddadin Tunku Nadia Sahiya Tunku Khairul-Zaim Tunku Imran, the Tunku Muda Serting Che Engku Puan Sri Nora Marzuki Tunku Khairil Imran Tunku Tarrant Tunku Abdul Rahman Aminu'llah Tunku Jawahir, the Tunku Puteri and Tengku Puan Panglima Besar of Pahang Tengku Azlan Shah, the Tengku Panglima Besar of Pahang Tengku Aslahuddin Jaafar of Pahang Sofia Tengku Muhammad Ayden Saladin of Pahang Tengku Azran of Pahang Tunku Irinah, the Tengku Puan Panglima Raja of Selangor Tengku Ahmad Shah of Selangor, the Tengku Panglima Raja of Selangor Tengku Alam Shah Amiruddin of Selangor Tengku Aiman Shahirah of Selangor Tunku Nadzaruddin, the Tunku Panglima Besar Tunku Mimi Wahida Tunku Muhammad Hazim Shah Raden Tunku Muhammad Mish’al Raden Tunku Ines Najihah Raden
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Che Puan Sarimah binti Ibrahim (born 19 February 1979)^[1] is a Malaysian television host, radio announcer, actress and singer.^[2]

Personal life

Sarimah was born in Dublin, Ireland to a Malaysian father of Malay descent, Ibrahim Ahmad who hailed from Batu Pahat, Johor and an Irish mother, Elizabeth Hanlon from Kilkenny, Ireland who converted from Catholicism to Islam prior to her marriage. She is the eldest of four siblings.^[3] She spent her secondary school years at the Emirates International School in Dubai, UAE. She also attends Wesley College, Dublin where she obtained her O-Levels. Sarimah holds an Advanced Diploma in Psychology from College of Allied Educators in Singapore and Bachelor's Degree of Psychology (Hons) from HELP University in Malaysia.^[4][5]

Career

In 2001, she released her debut album “Sarimah”. winning her Best Breakthrough Artiste at AIM Awards 2002. In 1998, she became the first Female Disney Channel Asia Host. In 2009 she became the first Malaysian celebrity to host the first season of The Biggest Loser Asia on Hallmark Channel Asia.^[6] She has won several awards as TV Host including Anugerah Seri Angkasa as Best TV Presenter in 2011. She continued her recording artist career with releasing a self produced English single ‘You On My Mind’ in 2013 and a Bahasa Malaysia single of ‘Destinasiku’ in 2016.

Expanding her artistic range and reach, Sarimah joined two popular Breakfast Show's as a radio announcer for Red FM alongside Lil Kev and Mix FM radio stations for its flagship breakfast programme the Mix Breakfast Show alongside Rod for two years.^[7]

Sarimah went on to be the first Malaysian Celebrity Host given her own Talk show "The Sarimah Show" aired during primetime on national TV station TV3 in 2017.

In order to continue flourishing her acting career, Sarimah has starred in an Astro Ria TV series as herself in "Jack Yusof"^[8] with Malaysian actor Rosyam Nor and as a human rights lawyer Lydia, who defends daughter and friends from a sexual predator/lecturer in a Astro Premier TV series known as Riot!.^[9]

Recent media articles^[10][11] reveal Sarimah has set her sights further afield, reportedly undergoing tutelage from an Irish acting coach Gerry Grennell^[12] who has "worked with the likes of Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise, Josh Brolin, Cillian Murphy, Bruce Willis, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Ewan McGregor and Orlando Bloom. Johnny Depp and Andrew Garfield have both been frequent collaborators (“If you are lucky enough to be taught by Gerry you should listen,” Garfield once said), as was the late Heath Ledger," wrote Alex Ritman^[13] for the Hollywood Reporter.^[14]

Marriage and issue

In 2006, Sarimah was married to an Australian man, Amir Andrew Abdullah (né Andrew John Browning)^[15] but the couple divorced on 15 May 2009.^[16][17]

In April 2015, she married His Highness Tunku Nadzimuddin bin Tunku Mudzaffar (also known as Tunku Jamie), a grandson of the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Tunku Ampuan Najihah. Her father-in-law is Tunku Mudzaffar ibni Tunku Mustapha, the Tunku Kecil Besar of Negeri Sembilan and her mother-in-law is Tunku Naquiah binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar, the Tunku Dara of Negeri Sembilan.

Prior to their marriage, they were engaged on 27 September 2014 and had a private wedding reception at one of the prestigious hotels in Kuala Lumpur.^[18]

Upon her marriage, she was granted the honorific prefix of Che Puan (equivalent to the English "Lady") which signifies her as the consort of a royal prince that is not of noble or royal bloodline.^[19] She is styled as Yang Berbahagia (The Felicitous).^[20][21]

Sarimah and Tunku Jamie had a daughter together named Tunku Sofia Najihah. She was born on 19 July 2019.^[22]

Discography

• Sarimah (2001)
• Harapan (2017) Yayasan Zuriat Care^[23]
• You on My Mind (2014) Simon J Bailey^[24]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television

Endorsements

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Sarimah Ibrahim at IMDb