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Souad Amidou
Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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 1…
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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.
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2023
Brillantes
Movie
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2021
All You Need is Lie
Movie Odile
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2019
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
Movie Sabine Bernel
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2019
The Best Years of a Life
Movie Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
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2015
7, rue de la Folie
Movie Fatima
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2012
Black Really Suits You
Movie Maléké
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2012
Memory of clay
Movie
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2010
La Maison des Rocheville
TV show Antonella
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2008
Goodbye Mothers
Movie Ruth Elkaim
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2008
Il faut sauver Saïd
Movie La mère
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2005
Munich
Movie Yussef's Wife
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2002
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie la femme de chambre
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2002
Shooting Stars
Movie Fabienne
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1999
Mission : protection rapprochée
TV show Diane
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1997
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV show Nizah
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1996
The Best Job in the World
Movie Radhia
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1995
Tom est tout seul
Movie Nurse
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1994
The Fire Dance
Movie Habiba M'Sika
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1993
Le Nombril du monde
Movie Amina
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1993
Rocca
TV show l'inspecteur Fred Dubreuil
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1991
Les Hordes
TV show Sarah
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1990
Drums of Fire
Movie
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1988
L'Affaire Saint-Romans
TV show Judith Saint-Romans
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1988
La Valise en carton
TV show Linda de Suza
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1987
Vaines recherches
Movie Soledad
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1987
Malady of Love
Movie Farida
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1987
Le Passager du Tassili
Movie Safia
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1987
Levy & Goliath
Movie Malika
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1985
Diesel
Movie Kim
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1984
Petit Con
Movie Salima
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1982
The Big Brother
Movie Zina Khelifa
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1982
Noisy Neighbours
Movie Dancer
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1981
The Girls of Grenoble
Movie Liliane
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1976
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV show Mme le procureur
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1966
A Man and a Woman
Movie Françoise Gauthier
