Aishath Rishmy

Aishath Rishmy is a Maldivian actress.

Born in Malé, Maldives, Rishmy is the daughter of actors Aminath Rasheedha and Ahmed Shiyam. She is the sister of actor Maryam Azza. They reside in Vilingili since the early days when the island was made a satellite town of Male. Afterwards, Shiyam used to be more involved in production though Rasheedha appears in feature films and Television series. Rishmy completed her secondary education from Aminiya School and accomplished her higher education from Centre for Higher Secondary Education.

Rishmy made a brief cameo appearance in the film Mithuru, along with Azza, which was produced by her father Shiyam and co-starring with Rasheedha. Though she is particularly known for her on-screen appearances, Rishmy is more interested in the production process.

After graduating from Centre for Higher Secondary Education, Rishmy made her official screen debut in Yaara's production debut album Yaaraa (2004), where she was featured in three songs; out of which she had penned lyrics for one. Apart from starring in their second production venture Yaaraa 2 (2005), Rishmy did directing and editing work by herself for most of the songs.

Rishmy made her acting debut with Hukuru Vileyrey, which was based on a novel published by Ibrahim Waheed on Haveeru Daily 3 years back. Apart from acting in the film, Rishmy worked as the co-director of the film, along with her mother, Rasheedha. The film was a critical and commercial success. Rishmy's role was appraised by critics in particular; most of them complimenting the scene where she tears up a raw fish and complimenting her for having the "gut" to play such a role. The film was considered as "one of the few acceptable horror movies the Maldives film industry, has ever produced". For her portrayal of the character, Rishmy was nominated in the Best Actress category in the 5th National Film Awards ceremony. The film was later released as 15 episode Television series with inclusion of several clips that were edited off while released in theatre. She next worked with their series album Yaaraa 4 which was released in 2007.

In 2010, Yaaraa released their second film, the romance-thriller Fanaa—also directed by her—where she played the role of Mamdhooha who is influenced by her mother so much that she wants to become free from her strains. Based on a novel published by Waheed titled "Balgish", the film was a critical failure, where Ali Naafiz from Haveeru Daily classified the film as the "worst Dhivehi movie released so far" during the year. Her character portrayal was also negatively received where critics found Rismy "over-acting" and they perceived that she is "still immature for a role in a feature film".

In 2014, Rishmy starred opposite Ali Seezan in his directorial venture, psychological thriller Insaanaa which revolves around a murdered who tries to evade from the guilt after crime. Made on a budget of MVR 220,000, the film was based on an Edgar Allan Poe's novel The Tell-Tale Heart re-adapted in the Dhivehi language.

In 2015, Rishmy was seen in Ravee Farooq-directed film Mikoe Bappa Baey Baey opposite Mohamed Manik. In the film, she played the role of Aminath Shifa-a mother who is ready to do anything in her power to protect her child from any harm of adversity from a man who becomes afflicted with "Post Traumatic Amnesia". The film along with her character was critically acclaimed; Asiyath Mohamed Saeed particularly praising the acting of Rishmy—how she represented her character in its deepest. The scene where Rishmy picks "fainted" Manik over her shoulder, was pointed out by the critics; specially for showing women empowerment in a way that has never been shown in Maldivian cinema.

In May 2007, Rishmy married one of her co-star Ahmed Azmeel; whom she shared screen space in many of her songs from their production albums.