Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah (born 28 June 1975), better known by her stage name Ning Baizura, is a Malaysian pop and R&B singer, actress[1] who sings in Malay, English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese.

She was born in Kajang, Malaysia from parents of Arab, Malay, Dutch, Indian, Chinese and Javanese ancestry.

[2] Ning[4] crossed into the commercial scene in 1992 and became a recording artiste under various international labels, including (Sony, BMG, AMS Records Japan and Warner Music Group.

Baizura is married to Omar Shariff Christopher Layton Dalton who is English and a divorcee with two children from a previous marriage.

Their wedding took place on 31 January 2008 at the Saidina Abu Bakar as-Siddiq Mosque in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.