Rita Ora Bio

Rita Ora (British singer-songwriter) is her name. Rita Sahatciu Ora was a British singer-songwriter who was born to Vera Bajraktari and Besnik Sahatciu in Pristina, Kosovo in 1990. Besim Sahatciu is the granddaughter of her mother. At age one, her family made the decision to move to the United Kingdom. She was born in West London, attended St Cuthbert with St Matthias CE Primary School at Earls Court and graduated from Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began singing at a young age. In 2004, she appeared in the British film Spivs. The film featured her audition for Eurovision The Country That is in need of You which was a British participant in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. However she walked out of the contest after just a couple of episodes as she didn't feel ready. Ora made her debut music in 2007, when she appeared in the Craig David song "Awkward" Then she made a second appearance on "Where’s Your Love" featuring TinchyStryder. Ora started singing in bars in London. A few days after, Ora flew to New York to meet Jay-Z and an A&R rep informed Roc Nation about Ora. Ora was in Jay-Z's 2009 video for "Young Forever", and "Over" from Drake. Jay-Z saw Ora and then sat down to sign her with Roc Nation. She was part of a commercial that featured Skullcandy Aviator Headphones. She began singing at the same place where her father, Besnik, was a pub owner. The singer cites Gwen Stefani as a major influence in the way she conducts herself and No Doubt's "Don't speak" (1996) is among her favourite songs.Her video for the Tezenis song from 2016, The Silk Code, is the title of a novel which won the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel in 1999.She was considered to play Iris West in Justice League (2017) before Kiersey Clemons was chosen to play the role. Kate Moss, Ed Sheeran and their friends.