Sharifah Amani binti Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya (born 10 June 1986), better known by her stage name Sharifah Amani, is a Malaysian actress. She is the best known for her role as Orked in Yasmin Ahmad's 'Orked' trilogy (Sepet, Gubra and Mukhsin). Biography She is the second daughter of veteran Malaysian actress, Fatimah Abu Bakar. Sharifah is mixed of Arab-Chinese-Bengali parentage and speaks fluent English, Malay and some Hindi. As a teenage writer for the New Straits Times YouthQuake slot, Amani covered assignments like the Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla press conference, concerts by Bollywood stars, Deep Purple and the 3rd IIFA Awards in Genting Highlands. Sharifah has also dabbled in theatre, having acted as Ophelia in the Bangsar Actors Studio's Hamlet (2005), directed by Faridah Merican. Personal life On September 10, 2022, she legally married the man of her choice who is also the CEO of Impact Integrated, Ahmed Faris Amir. The couple were married by the Head Imam of the Saidina Umar Al Khattab Mosque, Bukit Damansara and the Assistant Registrar of Marriages, Department of Islamic Religion in the Federal Territory (JAWI), Ustaz Mohd Rahimi P Ramlee officiated by the bride's father, Syed Zainal Rashid bin Syed Zainal Abidin Al-Yahya. Career Film She is most famous for portraying the character Orked in Yasmin Ahmad's Orked trilogy. The first two films are Sepet and Gubra. In the latest instalment, Mukhsin, Sharifah Amani plays the adult version of Orked who "meets" her 10-year-old self (played by her younger sister, Sharifah Aryana). She previously played the supporting role as a sexually abused teenager in the film Gol & Gincu. She co-stars in the Malaysian film, Cinta, where she is one of ten actors playing 5 different couples portraying different situations based on the theme of love and relationships. Her mother co-stars with her in this movie. In the Cantonese Malaysian horror movie, Possessed, she plays a supporting role as Fara, the assistant and close friend of a Chinese girl, Lisu, who migrated to Malaysia to make it big as a singer. Unfortunately, Lisu is brutally murdered and Fara, as the only witness of the murder, goes insane and is committed to a mental asylum. She is the main cast in Muallaf, where she acts with Sharifah Aleysha, another one of her younger sisters. This film is also directed by Yasmin Ahmad. To fulfil her role in the movie, she shaved