Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina

Actress, Producer, Director, Enfiniti (M) Sdn Bhd

 

Multitalented Tiara Jacquelina, head of Enfiniti Academy, has taken local theatre international

Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina is a multi-hyphenate Malaysian artist who has graced the stage, silver screen and TV, and is an award-winning producer and director as well as a successful entrepreneur.

Tiara made her debut as an actress in the late ’80s, winning her first Best Actress nod at the 1995 Malaysian Film Festival, Malaysia’s equivalent of the Academy Awards, for her role in Ringgit Kasorrga. She shot to fame with her leading role in the Malaysian epic Puteri Gunung Ledang, which was the first Malaysian film to be shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and to premiere at the Venice Film Festival. She later staged it as a musical, which helped her launch a successful theatre career, notably as an award-winning producer. In 2018, she made her directorial debut with OlaBola: The Musical, an adaptation of the movie about the Malaysian national football team’s historic journey to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

To cultivate the performing arts scene, Tiara established Enfiniti Academy, which specialises in theatre training, stage production and more. Aside from her artistic efforts, she is also the founder of the popular Tiarasa Escapes, a luxury glamping resort in Janda Baik near Kuala Lumpur. Her company Enfiniti (M) Sdn Bhd has also ventured into mobile gaming, and created its own online video-streaming platform offering musical, theatre performances and concerts.

More recently, Tiara has returned to the small screen after 17 years, to assume a role specifically made for her—the gangster villain Ivana Balkanovich in the humorous web series Keluarga Baha Don. She will also soon be opening two new luxury holiday retreats, Tiarasa Floating Lodge and Tiarasa Treetops, to complement her resort brand.

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Awards


2009

Outstanding Contribution to the Arts (Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion)

2005

Best Producer and Best Actress (Malaysian PPFM Oscars)

2005

Best Actress (Asia-Pacific Film Festival)

2005

Best Producer (Asian First Film Festival)

Did You Know?


Tiara was born Jacqueline Eu to a Burmese-Chinese father and Indonesian-Chinese mother. She is married to businessman and former politician Tan Sri Mohd Effendi Norwawi.

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