Ban Abdul
Encyclopedia
Ban Abdul is an actress and dancer of half Iraqi
, half Yemen
i origin, who is best known for her role in the romantic comedy film Eagle vs Shark
. She played the characters of Pepper, Princess Lavinia, Queen Gwendoline, and even Smithy on WETA Workshop
& Nelvana
's Jane And The Dragon
.
She also starred as Shirin, a young Iraqi bellydancer in Dean Parker
's Baghdad, Baby!.
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
, half Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
i origin, who is best known for her role in the romantic comedy film Eagle vs Shark
Eagle vs Shark
Eagle vs Shark is a 2007 New Zealand romantic comedy film directed by Taika Waititi and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The screenplay was also written by Waititi, based on the character of Lily created by Loren Horsley....
. She played the characters of Pepper, Princess Lavinia, Queen Gwendoline, and even Smithy on WETA Workshop
Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop is a special effects and prop company based in Miramar, New Zealand, producing effects for television and film.Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects, Weta Workshop has produced creatures and makeup effects for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys...
& Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
's Jane And The Dragon
Jane and the Dragon
Jane and the Dragon is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Martin Baynton. The three books are "Jane and the Dragon" ; "The Dragon's Purpose" ; and "Jane and the Magician" ....
.
She also starred as Shirin, a young Iraqi bellydancer in Dean Parker
Dean Parker
Dean Parker is a screenwriter, playwright, journalist and political commentator based in Auckland, New Zealand.Parker has worked as a writer for much of his life and been prominent in his union, the NZ Writer's Guild...
's Baghdad, Baby!.
Filmography
- Wait Until DarkWait Until DarkWait Until Dark is a play by Frederick Knott.-Synopsis:Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband Sam innocently transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered...
(2008) - Eagle vs SharkEagle vs SharkEagle vs Shark is a 2007 New Zealand romantic comedy film directed by Taika Waititi and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The screenplay was also written by Waititi, based on the character of Lily created by Loren Horsley....
(2007) - Baghdad, Baby! (2005)
- Jane And The DragonJane and the DragonJane and the Dragon is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Martin Baynton. The three books are "Jane and the Dragon" ; "The Dragon's Purpose" ; and "Jane and the Magician" ....
(2005) - Disco PigsDisco PigsDisco Pigs is a 2001 Irish film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Enda Walsh, who adapted it from his 1996 play of the same name. Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy star as Cork teenagers who have a lifelong, but unhealthy, friendship that is imploding as they approach adulthood.-Plot:The...
(2003) - Top Girls (2003)
External links
- Ban Abdul at IMDB
- Ban Abdul at LoveFilm.com