Lina El Arabi
Lina El Arabi | |
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 Lina El Arabi on film poster of A Wedding, 2016[1] | |
| Born | 11 August 1995 Choisy-le-Roi, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Known for | A Wedding |
Lina El Arabi (born 11 August 1995) is a French actress of Moroccan heritage.[2][3]
Biography[]
El Arabi was born in Choisy-le-Roi, France, in 1995. At age six, she began playing violin at the Choisy-le-Roi conservatory,[4] and at ten, she got involved in theatre work.[5] She later also studied journalism at the Institut pratique du journalisme in Paris.[4]
In 2016, she was cast in the lead role of the television film Ne m'abandonne pas, about a radicalized Muslim teenager.[6]
In 2017, she landed the lead role of Zahira Kazim in Stephan Streker's A Wedding (French: Noces), where she plays a young Belgian-Pakistani girl who is forced by her family into a traditional marriage. El Arabi won the Valois award for best actress at the Angoulême Film Festival.[7]
In 2019, El Arabi had a recurring role in the comedy series Family Business, which was distributed internationally by Netflix.[8]
Selected filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | A Wedding | Zahira Kazim | |
| 2017 | Eye on Juliet[9] | Ayusha |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ne m'abandonne pas | Chama | Television film |
| 2017 | Kaboul Kitchen | Pissenlit | 12 episodes |
| 2019 | Family Business | Aïda Benkikir | 7 episodes |
References[]
- ^ "Rompre avec la tradition" [Breaking with Tradition]. ledevoir.com (in French). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Stephan Streker, l'interview pour "Noces"". RTBF (in French). 10 March 2017.
[...]avec Lina El Arabi qui joue le rôle principal, vous avez choisi une Française d’origine marocaine[...]
- ^ "Lina El Arabi, l'étoile montante du cinéma français" [Lina El Arabi, Rising Star of French Cinema]. femmesdumaroc.com (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lina Elarabi, actrice à fleur de peau" [Lina El Arabi, Actress on the Edge]. telerama.fr (in French). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Lina El Arabi: rencontre avec la révélation de "Noces", film choc et engagé". (in French). 22 February 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Lina Elarabi, la star de "Ne m'abandonne pas" : "Daech rêve que le FN passe en France"" [Lina Elarabi, the Star of "Ne m'abandonne pas": "Daesh Dreams of the FN winning in France"]. lci.fr (in French). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Lina El Arabi to Lead the Cast of Les meilleures". cineuropa.org. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Lina El Arabi". senscritique.com (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Actress Lina El Arabi is about to be everywhere". Elle Canada. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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