Nahéma Ricci

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Nahéma Ricci
Born1997/1998 (age 22–23)
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationActress

Nahéma Ricci (born c. 1997[1]) is a Canadian actress.

Ricci was born in Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.[1] She is also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi.[2]

She appeared in the 2017 film Ailleurs.[3] Ricci said she won the title role of the 2019 film Antigone after participating in a long series of auditions held to fill all the film's roles.[4] In La Presse, Marc-André Lussier praised Ricci's acting in Antigone.[5] She was named one of the "rising stars" at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[1][6] and won the award for Best Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] She also won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 22A Quebec Cinema Awards.[8]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "TIFF's rising stars on being part of the changing face of film". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Bergeron, Kim (1 May 2018). "Quatrième long métrage pour la Madelinienne Sophie Deraspe" (in French). Radio-Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. ^ Lévesque, François (10 March 2018). ""Ailleurs": quand le réel bascule". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "TIFF: percussive Antigone". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "Antigone représentera le Canada aux Oscars". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Antigone représentera le Canada pour l'Oscar du meilleur film international" (in French). Radio-Canada. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  7. ^ Yeo, Debra (May 28, 2020). "Quebec film 'Antigone' wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture". Toronto Star.
  8. ^ "Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris". The Huffington Post (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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