Ophelia was portrayed by actress Shraddha Kapoor. Ophelia has been a frequent subject in artwork, often in a Romantic or Classical style, as the images on this page show. Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama "Hamlet". She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. As with virtually all "Hamlet" characters, Ophelia's name is not Danish. It first appeared in Jacopo Sannazaro's 1504 poem "Arcadia" (as "Ofelia"), probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια ("ōphéleia", "help"). In Ophelia's first speaking appearance in the play, she is seen
Ophelia Speaks "Ophelia Speaks". Ophelia Speaks Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self is a 1999 book written by Sara Shandler and published by HarperCollins. The book is an anthology of works by adolescent girls which spent eighteen weeks on "The New York Times" Best Seller List. "Salon's" review singled out "Fight Girl Power" by Emily Carmichael as the best of the collection, praising the essay as a "sophisticated, painful, and amusing meditation on girl power." An unofficial sequel to the book was published in 2001, "Ophelia's Mom" written by Sara Shandler's mother, Nina Shandler, Sara Shandler wrote the