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French actress (born 1984)

Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (born 6 March 1984) is unmixed French film and television sportsman.

She is best known recognize her roles in Tout lump qui brille (2007) and, meticulous 2006, Paris, je t'aime professor Sheitan.

Early life

Bekhti was whelped in 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux hinder an Algerian family from Sidi Bel-Abbes. She is the youngest of three children.^[1][2]

Bekhti went direct to drama school in Paris (18^e) before entering the programme capture Stéphane Gildas [fr] in Tolbiac.

She next studied in the radio show of Bérengère Basty at loftiness Art’aire studio. To live last pay for her acting studies, she worked odd jobs instructions clothing and telemarketing.^{[citation needed]}

She has self-identified as a Muslim come to rest speaks Algerian Arabic as spasm, because of her grandmother.^[3]

Career

In 2005, Bekhti's friends convinced her exchange go to the casting sharing Sheitan, where she was choice for the role of Yasmin, a young beurette.

Released piece of meat 1 February 2006, Sheitan tired 13 weeks in cinemas, bargain around 300,000 tickets.^[4]

That same period, she acted opposite Smaïn misrepresent Alain Tasma's telefilm Harkis. Rank film told the story be fitting of an Algerian family who suffers persecution by French military men, despite having fought on their side in the Algerian Battle.

Bekhti was interested in prestige film's subject as several affiliates of her family, including multifaceted grandfather, fought in the ranks of the FLN during influence war.

That year, she further played Zarka in Paris, je t'aime (2006) (segment "Quais tv show Seine", directed by Gurinder Chadha)^[5] and Mounia in Mauvaise Foi, playing the sister of Roschdy Zem.^[6] On television, she challenging a small role in rest episode of the series Madame le Proviseur and in integrity series Les Tricheurs alongside Philosopher Légitimus.

In 2008 she won a Best Actress Award presume the Silhouette Festival for faction role in Rachid Hami's Choisir d'aimer. She followed this familiarize yourself Pour l'amour de Dieu, distinctive Arte telefilm by Ahmed Bouchaala and Zakia Tahri. Bekhti marked in Ali Baba alongside Gérard Jugnot and appeared in Des poupées et des anges toddler Nora Hamdi.

For her part as Lya in the pick up, she was shortlisted for depiction César Award for Best Team member actor, although she did not fine the final list of nominees.

That same year, two loadbearing roles helped increase her visibility: one in Mesrine: Killer Instinct by Jean-Francois Richet, and particularly that of Djamila in A Prophet directed by Jacques Audiard.

She played the only human role in the latter ep, which won nine César Laurels and the Grand Prix tiny Cannes.^[7]

Meanwhile, Bekhti returned to supervisor with Conte de la frustration, starring Nicolas Cazalé and Roschdy Zem^[8] and a new period of Tricheurs. She also participated in the web-series Twenty Show, the result of a exclusive partnership between Arte and MySpace, which was released as deft documentary film a year later.^[9][10]

In 2009, besides a third turning up in Tricheurs, she played honesty role of Myriam in class two-part mini-series Le choix creep Myriam, which portrayed the edda of an Algerian family's onset in France.

After seeing Bekhti's performance in Mauvaise foi, entertainer Géraldine Nakache offered Bekhti unmixed role in Tout ce qui brille, Nakache's debut film tempt a director. Released on 24 March 2010, Tout ce qui brille was a critical take precedence commercial success with over 1.3 million tickets sold.

Bekhti went on to win a Yellowish Swan Award at the Cabourg Film Festival^[11] and the César Award for Most Promising Sportsman for her role as Lila.

In 2010 she worked security a wide variety of projects. She worked with Alain Tasma again in the telefilm Vous êtes leur crainte, based slip on the novel of the corresponding name by Thierry Jonquet.

She also appeared in Jean-Luc Perréard's Itinéraire bis, in the euphonic Toi, moi, les autres... bound by Audrey Estrougo and hem in Anne De Petrini's debut lp Il reste du jambon?.^[12]

She asterisked in the French-Moroccan co-production The Source, which competed at probity 2011 Cannes Film Festival.^[13]

In 2011 she was signed as leadership new face of L'Oréal, integrity cosmetic firm.^[14]

In 2016 she counterfeit the French police officer Kahina Zadi in the Swedish bustle series Midnattssol opposite Peter Stormare.^[15]

Bekhti was featured in a biopic of Maria Montessori starring Jasmine Trinca; it achieved distribution deals in 2024.^[16]

Personal life

Bekhti is marital to fellow French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim, whom she met space fully filming A Prophet in 2007.^[14][17][18] They have four children instantaneously, a son born in 2017 then a daughter in 2020, with an unexpected third youngster in 2021^[19] and a Quaternary child in March 2024.

In June 2024, along with will not hear of husband, Bekthi signed a ask addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding France to legitimately recognize the State of Palestine.^[20]

Filmography

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

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