Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي, born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father, Lhabib Essaïdi, and a French mother, Martine Adeline Gardelle. From 30 August to 13 December 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She eventually finished second to Elodie Frégé. From 12 March to 7 August 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday. She released her first album called Mon cabaret. Later, she starred in the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009. In 2011, She appeared in the first season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars. She placed as the runners up with her partner, Maxime Dereymez with 38% of the public votes. This table shows the route of Sofia Essaïdi and Maxime Dereymez in Danse Avec Les Stars. In the final, the freestyle wasn't rated. Source: Article "Sofia Essaïdi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2026Au sein des autres — Nour
• Summer '36 — Eugénie Berthier
• 2025Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
• Log Out — Giulia
• 2024Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
• The Plague — Laurence Molinier
• 2023Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
• 2023Tel Aviv Beirut — Nour
• 2023The Squad: Home Run — Aurore Chalet
• 2022Nostalgia — Alrette
• 2022Overdose — Sara Bellaïche
• 2022What's Wrong with My Family? — Céline
• Women at War — Caroline Dewitt
• 2021Les Héritiers — Agnès
• The Promise — Sarah
• Kepler(s) — Alice Hadad
• Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
• Insoupçonnable — Leila Baktiar
• 2017Murder In Auvergne — Aurélie Lefaivre
• 2014It's Never Too Late — Leila
• 2014Mea Culpa — Myriam
• Murders in... — Aurélie Lefaivre
• 2012Aïcha : Vacances infernales — Aïcha Bouamazza
• 2012Sex, Lies and Surgery — Jennifer Gomez
• 2011Aïcha : Job à tout prix — Aïcha
• 2011Aïcha : La grande débrouille — Aïcha
• 2009Aïcha — Aïcha Bouamazza
• 2009Cléopâtre, la dernière Reine d'Egypte — Cléopâtre
• 2009Un petit mensonge — Sarah Castaing
• 2005Iznogoud — Belbeth

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés — Self
• 2025Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025 — Self
• 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• 2014Les copains d'abord font du ski — Self
• 2012Départ immédiat — Self
• Danse avec les stars — Self - Candidate
• Vendredi, tout est permis — Self
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2006Star Academy - La saga des clips — Self
• La chanson de l'année — Self
• 2004Star Academy 1, 2 & 3 en concert au Parc des Princes — Self
• Star Academy — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self