Najwa Nimri
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Birth name | Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea |
Also known as | Najwajean |
Born | Pamplona, Navarre, Spain | 14 February 1972
Genres | Trip hop, downtempo, alternative rock |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website | najwa |
Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea (Spanish: [ˈnaʝwa ˈnimri]; born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer.
Early life[]
Nimri's mother is Basque and her father was a Jordanian named Karam Nimri.[1] She has a brother named Karim Nimri, a half-brother named Andre Nimri and two half-sisters named Sara and Nadia Nimri. Najwa also has a cousin who is a singer named (Antix) Alexander Nimier. When she was a child she moved to Bilbao and now lives in Madrid. She has one son named Teo Nabil, who was born on 30 June 2004.
Career[]
Her first major film role was in Salto al vacío, the first movie by film director Daniel Calparsoro. Her career as a singer started with small groups. In 1996, she formed the band with Carlos Jean.[2] She has also released three solo albums. She was married to Daniel Calparsoro[3] and in 2004, she had a son, Teo.
Several of her film roles won her praise: as Ana in Lovers of the Arctic Circle,[4] and as Elena in Lucía y el sexo.[5] Both films were directed by Julio Medem.[6] She starred next to Eduardo Noriega in Abre los ojos,[7] and El método.[8]
She was nominated to the 33rd edition of Goya Awards for Goya Award for Best Actress for Quién te cantará.[9]
In 2020, she returned as Zulema in the spin off Vis a vis: El oasis,[10] starring with Maggie Civantos.[11] She played Alicia Sierra, a policewoman inspector in La casa de papel.[12] She voiced Kate Laswell in the 2019 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.[13]
Discography[]
With Carlos Jean as Najwajean[]
- No Blood (1998) – No. 80
- Asfalto (2001) (soundtrack) – No. 175
- Guerreros (2002) (soundtrack) – No. 88
- Najwajean Selection (2002) (compilation album) – No. 108
- (2008) – No. 20
- (2015)
Najwajean singles[]
- I'm gonna be (1999)
- Garota de Ipanema (1999)
- Crime (2008)
- Waiting (2015)
- Bonzo (2015)
- Drive me (2016)
Solo albums[]
- Carefully (2001) – No. 76
- Mayday (2003) – No. 48
- Walkabout (2006) – No. 10 (50,000 copies sold; Gold)
- Donde rugen los volcanes (2012)
- Rat Race (2014)
- Viene de Largo (2020)
- AMA (2021)
Solo singles[]
- That Cyclone (2001) from Carefully – No. 37
- Following Dolphins (2001) from Carefully – No. 68
- Go Cain (2003) from Mayday – No. 20
- Hey Boys, Girls (2003) from Mayday – No. 26
- Capable (2006) from Walkabout – No. 3
- Push It (2006) from Walkabout
- Le Tien, Le Mien (2006) from Walkabout
- El último primate (2010) from El Ultimo primate
- Como un animal (2010) from El ultimo primate.
- Donde rugen los volcanes" (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
- Somos su nuevo invitado (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
- Feed Us (2014) from Rat Race
- Rat race (2014) from Rat Race
- Pijama (2014) from Rat Race
- Lento (2020) from Viene de largo
- Panpan (2020)
- Mira Como Van (2020)
- Santa Claus llego a la cuidad (2020)
Filmography[]
Films[]
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1995 | Salto al vacío | Álex | Daniel Calparsoro |
1996 | Pasajes | Gabi | |
1997 | Abre los ojos | Nuria | Alejandro Amenábar |
Blinded | Marrubi | Daniel Calparsoro | |
1998 | Los amantes del círculo polar | Ana (young) | Julio Medem |
9'8 m/s² | "Ella" | Nicolás Méndez | |
1999 | |||
2000 | Guerreros | Daniel Calparsoro | |
Asfalto | Lucía | ||
2001 | Fausto 5.0 | Julia | Álex Olle |
Antes que anochezca | Fina Zorilla Ochoa | Julian Schnabel | |
Lucía y el sexo | Elena | Julio Medem | |
2002 | Piedras | Leire | Ramón Salazar |
2003 | Utopía | Ángela | María Ripoll |
La reina del bar Canalla | Linda | ||
2004 | A + (Amas) | Dam | |
Agents secrets | María Menéndez | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
2005 | El método | Nieves | Marcelo Piñeyro |
20-centímetros | "La Conejo" | Ramón Salazar | |
2006 | Trastorno | Natalia | Fernando Cámara |
Las vidas de Celia | Celia | Antonio Chavarrías | |
2007 | Mataharis | Eva | Icíar Bollaín |
Oviedo Express | Bárbara | Gonzalo Suárez | |
2010 | Todo lo que tú quieras | Marta | Achero Mañas |
Route Irish | Marisol | Ken Loach | |
Habitación en Roma | Edurne | Julio Medem | |
2011 | Verbo | Inés | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson |
2012 | The Wine of Summer | Ana | |
2013 | 10.000 noches en ninguna parte | Claudia | Ramón Salazar |
2018 | Quién te cantará | Lila Cassen | |
El árbol de la sangre | Macarena | Julio Medem | |
Olga Calderón | Kike Maíllo |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
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2015–2019 | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | Zulema Zahir | 40 episodes |
2019–present | La casa de papel (Money Heist) | Alicia Sierra Montes | 15 episodes |
2020 | Vis a vis: El Oasis | Zulema Zahir | 8 episodes |
Podcast[]
Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
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2020 | Vis a vis: Cara B | Zulema Zahir | Voice role, 10 episodes |
Awards and nominations[]
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Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | 45th Ondas Awards | Best Actress | Los amantes del círculo polar & Abre los ojos | Won | [14] |
1999 | 13th Goya Awards | Best Actress | Los amantes del círculo polar | Nominated | [15] |
2002 | 16th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lucía y el sexo | Nominated | [15] |
2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Leading Actress (TV) | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | Nominated | [16] |
2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Leading Actress (TV) | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | Nominated | [17] |
2019 | 33rd Goya Awards | Best Actress | Quién te cantará | Nominated | [15] |
2019 | 69th Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actress | Quién te cantará | Nominated | [18] |
2019 | 69th Fotogramas de Plata | Best TV Actress | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | Won | [19] |
2019 | 6th Platino Awards | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Series | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | Nominated | [20] |
References[]
- ^ Diéguez, Antonio (7 June 2016). "Najwa Nimri: "Mi familia es la única cristiana de Jordania"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean continúa mañana en Vigo la gira gallega de presentación del álbum 'NajwaJean 10 years after'". Europa Press (in Spanish). Viga. 2 April 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Calparsoro: Del cine de autor vasco al terror de encargo en USA". Noticine (in Spanish). 8 May 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Los mejores papeles de Najwa Nimri, de 'Los amantes del círculo polar' a 'Quién te cantará'". MSN Entertainment. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ EFE (20 August 2001). "Julio Medem presenta en Madrid 'Lucía y el sexo', su película más complicada". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Los amantes del Círculo Polar se reencuentran 20 años después". Academia de Cine (in Spanish). 25 September 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Gómez, Laura (4 February 2014). "Cine de ciencia ficción: Abre los ojos". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Repiso, Isabel (20 August 2015). "Un "Método" de éxito". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya"". Europa Press. Madrid. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "'Vis a vis' vuelve con un 'spin off' con Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos como protagonistas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Europa Press (23 May 2019). "Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos protagonizarán el 'spin-off' de 'Vis a Vis'". El Periódico. Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Sanz Ezquerro, David (29 May 2019). "Najwa Nimri, una 'poli mala' en La casa de papel". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Tiramillas (21 October 2019). "Najwa Nimri dará voz a Kate Laswell en 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare'". Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Najwa Nimri: la razón por la que podría ir al paro tras La casa de papel". Merca2@date=10 March 2021. 10 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Los actores y actrices con más nominaciones que nunca han ganado un Goya". Fotogramas. 5 March 2021. p. 7.
- ^ "Premios Feroz 2017: Listado completo de ganadores". FormulaTV. 23 January 2017.
- ^ Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
- ^ Custodio, Nerea (5 March 2019). "Ricardo Gómez e Irene Escolar, entre los ganadores de los Premios Fotogramas de Plata 2018". Bekia.
- ^ "Fotogramas de Plata 2018: Najwa Nimri, mejor actriz de televisión". Fotogramas. 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Estos son los ganadores de los Premios Platino 2019". Infobae. 13 May 2019.
External links[]
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- Najwa Nimri at IMDb
- Najwa Nimri's website (in Spanish)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Spanish film actresses
- English-language singers from Spain
- French-language singers
- Spanish people of Jordanian descent
- People from Bilbao
- Actresses from Navarre
- Singers from Navarre
- 20th-century Spanish singers
- 21st-century Spanish singers
- 20th-century Spanish women singers
- 21st-century Spanish women singers
- Spanish television actresses
- 20th-century Spanish actresses
- 21st-century Spanish actresses
- Video game actresses