Biography: Sharifah Sofia binti Syed Hussein professionally known as Sharifah Sofia is a Malaysia actress. Sofia, as she is favoured to be called, is the third child out of four siblings. She is the elder sister of Malaysian national team footballer, Syed Adney. She was born in Liverpool, England and grew up there until she was 9 years old. She has mixed parentage, her father is Malaysian and mother, Scottish. She graduated in 2008 from Sunway University College where she was seeking a degree in performing arts.