Rita Ora Bio

Rita Ora (British singer-songwriter) is her name. Rita Sahatciu Ora was born in 1990 in Pristina (Kosovo) to Vera (Bajraktari), and Besnik Sahatciu. Besim Sahatciu is the granddaughter of her mother. At the age of one, her family decided to relocate to the United Kingdom. Her birthplace was in West London, attended St Cuthbert with St Matthias CE Primary School in Earls Court and graduated from Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began singing from a young stage of her life. In 2004, she appeared on the British movie Spivs. After auditioning for Eurovision Your Country needs You (BBC One) and being selected to represent the United Kingdom in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. She then opted out of the competition after a few episodes because she felt that the stage was not ready. Ora released her first music in 2007, when she was featured on Craig David’s song entitled "Awkward" and then she made an appearance on "Where’s Your Love" featuring TinchyStryder. Ora started singing in bars around London In 2009, an A&R representative told Roc Nation about Ora, within a couple of days Ora took a flight to New York and met Jay-Z. Ora was featured in Jay-Z's video from 2009 for "Young Forever" as well as "Over" by Drake. Jay-Z was enthralled by Ora's talent, and was able to sign her to Roc Nation. In which Ora was featured in a commercial about Skullcandy Aviator Headphones. Her father Besnik was the owner of a pub and she began her singing performances from the same pub. She credits Gwen Stefani as a major influence on her demeanor, and her band No Doubt's "Don't speak" (1996) is among her favourite songs.Her video for Tezenis's, The Silk Code, is the title of the novel that was awarded the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel in 1999.She was considered for the role of Iris West in Justice League (2017) prior to the time that Kiersey Clemons was chosen as the character. Kate Moss, Ed Sheeran and their pals.