Souad Amidou
Known For
Acting
Born
1959-07-04 in Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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.
Most Known For
Vivement dimanche
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Nizah
Munich
as Yussef's Wife
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Mme le procureur
Brillantes
Mission : protection rapprochée
as Diane
A Man and a Woman
as Françoise Gauthier
Diesel
as Kim
La Valise en carton
as Linda de Suza
Goodbye Mothers
as Ruth Elkaim
Petit Con
as Salima
La Maison des Rocheville
as Antonella
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as la femme de chambre
Shooting Stars
as Fabienne
The Best Years of a Life
as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
Malady of Love
as Farida
Levy & Goliath
as Malika
Noisy Neighbours
as Dancer
Les Hordes
as Sarah