Crown Princess Elia | |||||
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Crown Princess of Albania | |||||
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Tirana, Albania |
8 February 1983 ||||
Spouse | Crown Prince Leka II of Albania (m. 8 October 2016) | ||||
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House | Zogu (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Gjergj Zaharia | ||||
Mother | Yllka Mujo |
Full name | |
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Elia Zogu |
Styles of Elia, Crown Princess of the Albanians |
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Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Elia Zogu (née Zaharia) is an Albanian actress, former singer and wife of Leka II, Crown Prince of Albania. They married on October 8, 2016, and since then she is known as Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Elia of the Albanians.
She was born on 8 February 1983 in Tirana, Albania. She is the daughter of Gjergj Zaharia and Yllka Mujo. Her father is from Përmet while her mother's family come from Podgorica, Montenegro. They moved to Shkodër, a city in northern Albania, later during the monarchist period. She has a younger brother, Amos Muji Zaharia. Both her mother and brother are famous artists in Albania, her mother being a well-known actress and her brother an actor and film director.
In 2002, she graduated from the National Art School Jordan Misja in Tirana in art and scenography and later moved to Paris for her university studies, where she met Prince Leka. In 2005, she graduated from the National Conservatory of Bordeaux in art drama. She later continued her studies in scenic acting at the Paris 8 University.
She is fluent in French, English and Italian.
Crown Princess Elia has done several plays at the National theatre including:
Crown Princess Elia also acted in movies and performed as a singer. In 2002, she had the main role in 'Lule te kuqe, lule te zeza', while in 2008 she acted in the movie "Honeymoon" by Goran Paskaljevic.
From 1999 until 2002 Elia took part in a musical band called “Spirit Voice”.
In 2016 Elia co-hosted Kënga Magjike, a major musical event in Albania, together with Ardit Gjebrea.