Haajara Abdul Kareem

Haajara Abdul Kareem was a Maldivian actress, writer, director and producer mostly known for her villainous and comical roles in feature films.

Career Haajara played the role of Jameela, a poor woman who struggles in a second marriage, in Ahmed Sharmeel and Ibrahim Waheed's family drama film Dhon Manma (1992) alongside Ibrahim Shakir and Sharmeel.

Hamid Ali's Badhal was released in 1996, in which she starred alongside Ali, Niuma Mohamed, Hussain Sobah and Waleedha Waleed which follows a series of events caused by the misunderstanding by a "non-existent" twin. She also played the ruthless step-mother who abuses and traumatizes her step-daughter which garnered her critical acclaim for the performance.

In 2000, Kareem played the role of Ruqiyya, a gluttonous woman and a local medicine practitioner who forced her step-daughter to marry a wealthy old businessman in Abdul Faththaah's television drama series Dhoapatta. Starring alongside Mohamed Shavin, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Niuma Mohamed and Sheela Najeeb, the series centers on unrequited love and complications of a relationship within and beyond marriage. The same year, she wrote and directed a family drama, Ajaaib besides starring in it alongside Ahmed Asim, Mariyam Nazima, Koyya Hassan Manik and Waleedha Waleed which depicts the relationship of two exemplary wives and their respective families regardless of societal norms. In the film, she played dual roles of two siblings, an aged woman, Aisa Manike who let her only daughter weds a married man and a ruthless mother who tried to spoil the correspondence of two wives. Upon release, the film opened to positive response from critics and was a commercially successful project.

Her last film release was the Abdul Faththaah-directed critically acclaimed television series, Thiyey Mihithuge Vindhakee (2003) which was considered as one of the best series production in television industry. She was applauded for her performance as the villainous mother who is ready to take extreme measures to break her son's relationship with a girl from a middle-class family. 1987

Khadheeja

1992

Jameela Also the writer

1992

Dhon Kamana

1993

Dhon Aisa

1993

Sara Also the writer and co-director

2000

Aisa Manike /Mareena's mother Also the director and writer

2002

Suzy's mother

2000

Ruqiyya Recurring role; 3 episodes

2003

Zainab Recurring role; 5 episodes

Accolades Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1995 1st Gaumee Film Awards Jury's Award Dhon Manma