Anissa Daoud ( ar, أنيسة داود) is a Franco-Tunisian actress, author and producer. Living between

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and

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, she is part of the art collective Artists Producers Associates (APA).

Career

Anissa Daoud grew up in

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, of Tunisian parents. Self-taught, her acting career started in cinema with leading roles in ''She and He'' () by

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, ''Thalathun'' by Fadhel Jaziri, The Long Night by Syrian director Hatem Ali or ''La Tendresse Du Loup'' by Jilani Saadi, for which she has received many awards. At the Theatre, she took part, as an actress and staging assistant, in the productions of director Mohamed Guellati in France, Africa or Palestine (the Freedom Theatre in Jenin) for several years. She also worked under the direction of Franco-Comoran choreographer :fr:Karry Kamal Karry. In 2010, she got back to her Italian roots in Naples interpreting, in Italian, the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet directed by

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for the Napoli Teatro Festival. Since 2009, Anissa has joined director

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as co-playwright and actress on the musical and theatrical shows ''Hobb Story, Sex in The Arab City'' and ''Macbeth: Leila and Ben has Bloody History'', created for the

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. Together they founded the APA : Artists Producers Associated, and through it, she has been producing various shows and movies, some of which were in official competitions at top festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand,

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, Cannes or the Venice Film Festival. More recently she has played the female lead role in ''Jeunesse Tunsienne- Tunisian Spring'' by

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and produced by Arte, winning the Best Actress Award In Durban International Film Festival -

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, and in ''Les Frontières du Ciel'' by Fares Naanaa for which she has also received the Best Actress award at the Rencontre des Réalisateurs Tunisiens. In 2016 she is one of main characters, the co-writer and co-producer of the first feature of Lotfi Achour ''"Demain dès l'Aube''".

Filmography

Cinema

Features

* 2004 : ''Elle et lui'' d'Elyès Baccar * 2004 : ''Noce d'été'' de Mokhtar Ladjimi * 2006 : ''Tendresse du loup'' de Jilani Saadi * 2007 : ''Thalathoun'' de Fadhel Jaziri * 2009 : ''Al-Layl al-Taweel'' (The long night) de

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* 2014 : ''Printemps tunisien'' de

* 2015 : ''Les Frontières du ciel'' de Fares Naanaa * 2016 : ''Demain dès l'aube'' de

Short movies

* 1999 : ''Tunis... fille du siècle'' de Taïeb Jellouli * 2010 : ''L’Album'' by Shiraz Fradi * 2010 : ''Tiraillement'' by Najwa Slama Limam * 2014 : ''Laisse-moi finir'' by

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* 2014 : ''Père'' by

* 2016 : ''Le Reste est l'œuvre de l'homme'' by Doria Achour

Television

* 2008 : ''Toi-même tu sais'' by John Gabriel Biggs * 2008 : '' Villa Jasmin'' by

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Documentaries

* 2008 : ''Hé ! N'oublie pas le cumin'' de Hala Abdalla Yacoub * 2013 : ''Artistes en Tunisie'' de

Serge Moati Serge Moati (born Henry Moati; 17 August 1946) is a French journalist, television presenter, film director and writer. He is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel '' Les Belles de Tunis''. As is his sister, Serge Moati is a French citi ...

* 2014 : ''7 vies'' de Lilia Blaise et Amine Boufaied

Theatre

* 2001''Pied de guerre'' : by Mohamed Guellati * 2001''Petite fleur'' : by Mohamed Guellati * 2003''Rahmen'' : by Elyès Baccar , choréography of Karry Kamal Karry * 2006''Y'en a plus bon !'' : by Mohamed Guellati * 2006 ''Vous avez de si jolis moutons, pourquoi vous ne parlez pas des moutons ?'' : by Mohamed Guellati * 2007 ''Nakba, en marchant j'ai vu'' : by Mohamed Guellati and

Juliano Mer-Khamis Juliano Mer-Khamis ( he, ג'וליאנו מר ח'מיס; ar, جوليانو مير خميس; born Juliano Khamis; 29 May 19584 April 2011) was an Israeli/Palestinian actor, director, filmmaker, and political activist of Jewish and Palestinian ...

* 2009''Hobb Story - Sex in the (Arab) city'' : by Lotfi Achour (acting and co-writing) * 2010'' Roméo et Juliette'' of

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: by d'Alexander Zeldin * 2012''Leila and Ben - A Bloody History'' : by Lotfi Achour (acting and co-writing with Lotfi Achour and Jaouhar Basti) * 2014 ''Je suis encore en vie'' : by Jacques Allaire

Distinctions and awards

* Best Actrice Award at the Festival international du film de Durban for her role in ''Printemps tunisien'' * Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival du cinéma africain de Tarifa for her role in ''Tendresse du loup'' * Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival international du film d’Alexandrie for her role in ''Tendresse du loup'' * Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Festival international du film de Mascate for her role in ''Tendresse du loup'' * Best Feminine Interpretation Award at the Rencontre des réalisateurs tunisiens for her role in ''Les Frontières du ciel''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daoud, Anissa 20th-century Tunisian actresses Living people 21st-century Tunisian actresses Tunisian film actresses Tunisian television actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)