Abby Abadi | |
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| Born | Arbaiyah Abdul Manan December 1, 1977 |
| Spouse | Norman Hakim (Divorce), |
Abby Abadi (born Arbaiyah Abdul Manan on December 1, 1977) is a Malaysian actress who stars on the popular police drama, Gerak Khas. She won the Berita Harian's Anugerah Bintang Popular Award for Most Popular TV Actress in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.[1]
Abby Abadi was a member of the girl-group Elite, before leaving it in 1998.[2] She joined the Wheel of Fortune-based game show Roda Impian during its second season, as co-host.[3] She later left the show.
Abadi was also filming for the TV series Gerak Khas, playing one of the leads, Inspektor Aleeza. Its popularity led in 2001 to a hit feature film [4] based on the series. Two sequels followed, with more modest success. In 2005, she had a part as Atikah on Kamasutra.[5]
Abadi married her co-star, Norman Hakim (Inspektor Haris), in 2002. Norman and Abby was confirmed divorced (talak satu) at the Gomabk Timur Shariah Court in 2008 after they divorced for the first time on May 5, 2006. Result of their life partnership, they have three children namely Mohamed Danish Hakim, Marissa Dania, and Maria Danisha.[6]
Abby now is actively involved in politics through her membership[7] in the Opposition party Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and has been making her rounds in ceramahs or political sermons around the country, mainly to encourage the people to vote for the opposition in the next General Election.
List of films edit
- Gerak Khas the Movie (2001)
- Gerak Khas the Movie 2 (2002)
- Gerak Khas the Movie 3 (2005)
- Pasrah (2000)
List of Drama edit
- Gerak Khas
- Maria Mariana
- Manjalara
External links edit
Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Malaysian actresses Category:Malaysian Malay people
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