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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 4, 1959
Place of Birth
Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Also Known As
- Souad Ben Hessaoud
Souad Amidou
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.8
Brillantes
2023
5.1
Odile
All You Need is Lie
2021
6.8
Sabine Bernel
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
2019
6.6
Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
The Best Years of a Life
2019
0.0
Fatima
7, rue de la Folie
2015
5.3
Maléké
Black Really Suits You
2012
9.0
Antonella
La Maison des Rocheville
2010
5.0
Ruth Elkaim
Goodbye Mothers
2008
0.0
La mère
Il faut sauver Saïd
2008
7.1
Yussef's Wife
Munich
2005
Credits
Brillantes
2023
5.8
All You Need is Lie
as Odile
2021
5.1
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Sabine Bernel
2019
6.8
The Best Years of a Life
as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
2019
6.6
7, rue de la Folie
as Fatima
2015
0.0
Black Really Suits You
as Maléké
2012
5.3
La Maison des Rocheville
as Antonella
2010
9.0
Goodbye Mothers
as Ruth Elkaim
2008
5.0
Il faut sauver Saïd
as La mère
2008
0.0
Munich
as Yussef's Wife
2005
7.1
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as la femme de chambre
2002
5.6
Shooting Stars
as Fabienne
2002
4.7
🎬
Mission : protection rapprochée
as Diane
1999
0.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Nizah
1997
5.8
The Best Job in the World
as Radhia
1996
5.6
Tom est tout seul
as Nurse
1995
4.0
The Fire Dance
as Habiba M'Sika
1994
10.0
Le nombril du monde
as Amina
1993
2.0
🎬
Rocca (série télévisée)
as l'inspecteur Fred Dubreuil
1993
10.0
Les Hordes
as Sarah
1991
0.0
Drums of Fire
1990
5.9
L'Affaire Saint-Romans
as Judith Saint-Romans
1988
0.0
La Valise en carton
as Linda de Suza
1988
1.0
Vaines recherches
as Soledad
1987
0.0
Malady of Love
as Farida
1987
4.7
Le Passager du Tassili
as Safia
1987
0.0
Levy & Goliath
as Malika
1987
4.9
Diesel
as Kim
1985
4.4
Petit Con
as Salima
1984
4.8
The Big Brother
as Zina Khelifa
1982
5.8
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Noisy Neighbours
as Dancer
1982
0.0
The Girls of Grenoble
as Liliane
1981
5.0
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Mme le procureur
1976
5.8
A Man and a Woman
as Françoise Gauthier
1966
7.3