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Souad Amidou

Actor, Additional Credits
Born July 4, 1959 (65 years)
Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.

She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film Le thé à la menthe in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to play the daughter of Anouk Aimée in Un homme et une femme in 1966.

When she was younger, she followed acting lessons from Anicette Fray. She followed her training at the "New Square Sylvia Monfort" then continued at Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, then with John Strasberg and Andreas Voutsinas.

From the early 1980s, she was acting in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in Le Grand frère from Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the Caesar of the best female hope. She also worked under the direction of Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg.

On 23 December 1987 she married the director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991.

She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 2008.

In 2009, she directed the first short film Camille and Jamila, but she proved her talent as a filmmaker with her second film Rendez-vous avec Ninette, presented in many festivals.

Souad Amidou is vegan, member of the sponsorship committee of the Institut citoyen du cinéma and member of the NGO Vegan Marathon.

Source: Article "Souad Amidou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • And Now Ladies & Gentlemen
Known For
  • A Man and a Woman
  • The Best Job in the World
  • The Best Years of a Life
  • Le grand frère
  • Malady of Love
  • Lévy et Goliath
  • Petit Con
  • Bright Women
  • Diesel
  • The House of the Rochevilles

Filmography

2022
2021
2019
The Best Years of a Life · as Françoise Gauthier, La Fille D'anne
2014
La loi de... (TV Series) · as Sabine Bernel
2012
Black Really Suits You · as Maléké
2012
Kaboul Kitchen (TV Series) · as Monadjat
2010
The House of the Rochevilles (TV Series) · as Antonella
2008
Islamour · as Cast
2007
Goodbye Mothers · as Ruth Elkaim
2005
Munich · as Yussef's Wife
2005
2002
And Now Ladies & Gentlemen · as La Femme De Chambre
2002
Shooting Stars · as Fabienne
1997
Josephine, Guardian Angel (TV Series) · as Nizah
1996
1993
1990
1987
Vaines recherches · as Soledad
1987
Malady of Love · as Farida
1987
1987
Lévy et Goliath · as Malika
1985
Diesel · as Kim
1984
Petit Con · as Salima
1982
Le grand frère · as Zina Khelifa
1981
1980
Julien Fontanes, magistrat (TV Series) · as Mina
1976
Commissaire Moulin (TV Series) · as Mme Le Procureur
1966
A Man and a Woman · as Françoise Gauthier

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