Souad Amidou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1959 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Brillantes
Movie
All You Need is Lie
Movie · as Odile
The Best Years of a Life
Movie · as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
Movie · as Sabine Bernel
7, rue de la Folie
Movie · as Fatima
Black Really Suits You
Movie · as Maléké
Memory of clay
Movie
La Maison des Rocheville
TV · as Antonella · 5 eps
Goodbye Mothers
Movie · as Ruth Elkaim
Il faut sauver Saïd
Movie · as La mère
آسفة أبي
Movie · as Evelyne
Munich
Movie · as Yussef's Wife
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
Movie · as la femme de chambre
Shooting Stars
Movie · as Fabienne
Mission : protection rapprochée
TV · as Diane · 7 eps
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
TV · as Nizah · 1 ep
The Best Job in the World
Movie · as Radhia
Tom est tout seul
Movie · as Nurse
The Fire Dance
Movie · as Habiba M'Sika
Le Nombril du monde
Movie · as Amina
Rocca
TV · as l'inspecteur Fred Dubreuil · 6 eps
Les Hordes
TV · as Sarah · 3 eps
Drums of Fire
Movie
La Valise en carton
TV · as Linda de Suza · 6 eps
L'Affaire Saint-Romans
TV · as Judith Saint-Romans · 6 eps
Vaines recherches
Movie · as Soledad
Levy & Goliath
Movie · as Malika
Le Passager du Tassili
Movie · as Safia
Malady of Love
Movie · as Farida
Diesel
Movie · as Kim
Petit Con
Movie · as Salima
Noisy Neighbours
Movie · as Dancer
The Big Brother
Movie · as Zina Khelifa
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Girls of Grenoble
Movie · as Liliane
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV · as Mme le procureur · 2 eps
A Man and a Woman
Movie · as Françoise Gauthier