Scheherazade

Scheherazade شهرزاد
One Thousand and One Nights character
Scheherazade, 19th century painting by Sophie Anderson
Portrayed by	Mili Avital, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Claude Jade, Anna Karina, María Montez, Cyrine Abdelnour, Sulaf Fawakherji, Annette Haven, Meredith Stepien, Damini Kanwal Shetty, Brennan Lee Mulligan
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Queen consort
Family	The chief vizier (father) Dunyazad (sister)
Spouse	Shahryar
Children	3 sons and possibly 1 daughter
Other names	Shahrazad, Shahrzad

Scheherazade (/ʃəˌhɛrəˈzɑːd, -də/)^[1] is a major character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the One Thousand and One Nights.