Selam Tesfaye

In September 2018, Selam won the Best Actress award at the 9th Addis Music Awards, for the film Yabedech Yarada Lij.

Selam Tesfaye (Amharic: ሰላም ተስፋዬ ; born October 21, 1993) is an Ethiopian film actress who is known for portraying in various films and television roles especially as opposite character.

Selam Tesfaye was born in 1993 in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Her family then moved to Harar where she spent her childhood period. Due to unresolved domestic conflict between her family, her parents divorced and her mother died shortly. Selam has an older sister. She has an aunt that raised her while her father came out as alcoholic at her teenage years. In an interview with The New Humanitarian, Selam told that she had been molestered by her father when she was 13. One day he injected anesthetic drug in her glass containing water. Selam was inauspicious of her father act and drank it, which seduced to lead her bed. Her father stalked to her bedroom and raped her in semi-consciousness state. Afterward Selam decided to reveal the rape to her aunt though she afraid to confidentially tell her in spite of her taciturn venture. Distraught Selam, then returned the home back before she saw another rape with her sister; which later proclaimed herself as HIV positive. At that time she was confused and revealed to her aunt; who secluded her socially; living as an isolated person and decided to appear in television program about the incident, without her aunt consultant, also gaining media attention. Selam has long relationship with Amanuel Tesfaye; both engaged and married in 2018. They have one child.