Niuma Mohamed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1978
Place of Birth: Vaadhoo, Maldives
Profession: film actor
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Niuma Mohamed
- Niuma Mohamed (pronounced [n??'ma? m???m????]; 20 October 1977) is a Maldivian film actress, director and producer.
- The highest-paid actress in Maldives, Mohamed is the recipient of several awards, including two Gaumee Film Awards, four Maldives Film Awards; holding the record of collecting all the three Maldives Film Awards for Best Actress.
- She features in listings of the nation's most popular personalities.
- In 2011, the Government of Maldives honoured her with the National Award of Recognition. Mohamed was born in Vaadhoo and raised in Male'.
- After completing eighth standard education, she drops out of school and joined a Taxi Centre where a customer; a producer of Television Maldives offered her to make her career debut with the drama series Hithi Thajuribaa (1995).
- Despite some criticism, she soon received several offers and starred in the horror film Fathis Handhuvaru (1997), which proved to be a breakthrough for Mohamed.
- She then played several horror films including Zalzalaa (2000), Ginihila (2003), Dhonkamana (2003), Sandhuravirey 2 (2004) and Handhu Keytha (2005).
- Mohamed received her first Gaumee Film Award for Best Actress in 2007 with her portrayal of the tolerant second wife in Kalaayaanulaa (2003). She was later noted for her portrayal of a devoted wife, in Hiyani (2006), a school teacher in Fathimath Nahula's highest-grossing film Yoosuf (2008) and Hiyy Rohvaanulaa (2008), all of them result in Gaumee Film Award nominations for Best Actress.
- She was established as the most prominent leading actress of Maldivian cinema in 2010 with the film Niuma (2010) which marks her directorial debut and she was bestowed with her second Gaumee Film Award for Best Actress along with a nomination as Best Director while winning both the awards at 2nd Maldives Film Awards.
- The success was continued with the family dramas Maafeh Neiy (2010), Sazaa (2011), Mihashin Furaana Dhandhen (2012), Dhilakani (2013) and Aadheys (2014).
- Marking her twenty years long career, in 2017, she announced her retirement in acting and released the psychological horror thriller Nivairoalhi (2019)–produced by Mohamed–as her last on-screen film.
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