Umay Shahab

Muhammad Arfiza Shahab (born 16 February 2001), better known as Umay Shahab is an Indonesian actor, singer, presenter and model. Umay Shahab began to be known when he starred in the Wulan (soap opera) and acted as Pandu, Wulan's son. However, his name began to be widely known thanks to his role as Bobby in the soap opera Eneng dan Kaos Kaki Ajaib (Eneng and Magic Socks). In addition, as a singer, Umay Shahab released his first album sponsored by KFC titled Umay Shahab. The album achieved success with triple platinum awards from its CD sales of 250 thousand copies. Through this album, Shahab also won the AMI Award for Best Children Male Solo Artist and AMI Award for Best Children Album at 14th Annual Anugerah Musik Indonesia. In 2009, he began playing movie with the personnel of Indonesian rock and roll band, The Changcuters entitled The Tarix Jabrix 2.

Biography Early life Umay Shahab was born in Haji Hospital Jakarta, Makasar, East Jakarta. He comes from Ba 'Alawi sada family of the Arab Hadhrami surnamed Aal Shihāb-Uddīn, his father was a private worker named Said Hanafi Shahab, while his mother is a Betawi woman named Yahni Dahmayanti. Shahab has a younger brother named Raffi Shahab.

Umay Shahab was born under the name of Muhammad Arfiza Shahab. At first he was called Umay, when he was still in the womb of his mother, at that time his mother often read a book that tells about the caliph of Islam, Umar bin Khattab. His mother then planned to give Umar's name to him, but since there were too many people named Umar, she then decided to change Umar's pronunciation to Umay. This innovation was finally approved by her husband, Said Hanafi Shahab. Although in the end, Umay Shahab name does not become its official name, but the name was then he used as a nickname and his famous name since childhood.

Discography Album + Title Released Label Notes Umay 2010 Music Factory Indonesia Sponsored by KFC; got the AMI Award for Best Children Album at the 14th Annual Anugerah Musik Indonesia Pesta Sekolah(School Party) 18 May 2011 Music Factory Indonesia got the AMI Award for Best Children Male Solo Artist at the 15th Annual Anugerah Musik Indonesia

Singles + Title Released Label Notes Happy Family 5 July 2014 Manager Seru Entertainment feat. Ebith Beat A Sudahlah(Never Mind) 5 February 2018 Harmoni Musik Indonesia

Filmography Film

Soap opera + Title Year Role Notes Wulan 2006 Pandu Son of Wulan Cahaya 2007 Rian Isabella 2009 Timur Abay Anak Ajaib(Abay the Prodigy) 2012 Markum High School Love Story 2015 Tresno Gerhana Bulan Merah(Red Lunar Eclipse) 2016 Fandy Roman Picisan The Series 2017 Samuel Catatan Harian Aisha(Aisha's Daily Records) 2018 Ridho

Webseries + Title Year Role Notes Is This Love? 2017 Bayu Saka

Commercials

KFC Mie Sedaap Kia Motors Mountea Indomie Dancow Biolysin Kids Mentos Yupi candy Curcuma Plus Masako Marimas and others