Nahéma Ricci, also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi, (born 1997
) is a Canadian actress.
Ricci was born in
Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.
She appeared in the 2017 film ''Ailleurs''. Ricci said she won the title role of the 2019 film ''
Antigone'' after participating in a long series of auditions held to fill all the film's roles. In ''
La Presse'', praised Ricci's acting in ''Antigone''.
She was named one of the "rising stars" at the
2019 Toronto International Film Festival
The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 September 2019. The opening gala was the documentary film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band'', directed by Daniel Roher, and the festival closed with a ...
,
and won the
Canadian Screen Award for
Best Actress at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards. She also won the
Prix Iris for
Revelation of the Year at the
22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki docume ...
.
In 2020 she starred in the short film ''
Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night
''Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night'' (french: Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit) is a 2020 Canadian short drama film, directed by Katerine Martineau.Anna Mayers"Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review" ''Close-Up C ...
(Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit)''.
[Anna Mayers]
"Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review"
''Close-Up Culture'', March 19, 2021.
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Actresses from Montreal
Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Canadian film actresses
Canadian people of French descent
Canadian people of Tunisian descent
Living people
Year of birth uncertain
Year of birth missing (living people)
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