Iranian-Dutch singer, songwriter and record producer. Sevda Alizadeh was born on 1 September 1987 in Tehran, Iran. She moved with her family to the Netherlands at the age of five. At 16, she left home after obtaining a basketball scholarship, eventually playing on the Dutch national basketball team. She went to university, graduating with a master's degree in communications. Sevdaliza is fluent in Persian, Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese.