Who is
ozzie aziz?
By Stevenson Dor
Turkish-Cypriot
Actress/Singer/
Songwriter/
Model Ozzie
Aziz was born
in London,
England and
graduated from
Manchester
University
with a BA
Honors Degree in Creative arts,
Drama, Dance, Directing and
Choreography.
Her acting experience in England
included numerous West-End Theater
performances, amongst others ‘BEST
LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, WEST
SIDE STORY and OLIVER.
In 2000, back then simply named
Ozzie, she signed a deal with legendary
producer Tony Bongiovi of Bongiovi
records, where she wrote most of her
songs with Joe Butera III, Styles include
Dance, Rock, Pop, Ballad and RnB,
but always recognizable due to their
energetic style and mixture of traditional
middle eastern sounds combined with
pure western dance beats.
The first single “Light my fire” was
released in Brazil and the second single
“Let me Be” entered the US top 30
billboard charts.
Ozzie’s theatrical shows filled with
eye candy got her touring in different
US cities, performing at LOVE PARADE,
WORLD DANCE, EQUALITY FORUM,
WHITE PARTY, BILLBOARD, WMC
and GAY PRIDE and later performing
internationally including Montreal
Canada, Acapulco Mexico, Northern
Cyprus, and Turkey.
In 2005 it was back to acting, Ozzie
played the lead role in the Kurdish
drama ‘Bekhal’s Tears’ shot in
Northern Iraq. The film caused
a lot of Controversy In the
Middle-east and had success
at film festivals worldwide
from Abu Dhabi, Dubai to
Berlin and London. Her stellar
performance lead to Ozzie
focusing on her 1st passion,
Acting! Starring in another
Drama in Iraq ‘Revenge’, A
thriller in the US ‘Phoenix
Falling’ a leading role in
the Horror ‘Serial School’
And a lead in the Webisode
‘Moonbound24’. She has also
been in several TV series and
Commercials, has modeled
worldwide and currently
has music released in
Turkey with famous DJ
Huseyin Karadayi and
also 2 hits in the top
10 in Cyprus. Ozzie
has two films being
released with her
music in 2014 and a
couple of movie deals,
one being a Horror
‘The Last Party’ with
International
writer/
Director Lauand Omar.
November 2013
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