Iman (born July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia
as Iman Abdulmajid. The daughter of the Somali ambassador to Saudi
Arabia, Iman attended high school in Egypt and later lived in
Nairobi, Kenya, where her parents still reside. Fluent in five
languages - Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Somali - she
studied political science and was recruited as a model by American
photographer Peter Beard. Iman has become a citizen of the United
States and is currently CEO of Iman Cosmetics, Skincare and
Fragrances, a line she launched to market a selection of products
for women of color. She has also periodically acted, playing a
shapeshifter named Martia in the 1991 hit film Star Trek VI: The
Undiscovered Country, and a character in the computer game Omikron
- The Nomad Soul.
