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Nora Armani (
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: نورا أرماني), ( hy, Նորա Արմանի) is an actor and film-maker. She was born in Giza, Egypt of
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parents, educated and trained in England and as an actor has appeared on stage and screen worldwide performing in different languages. She has also directed a number of plays, a feature film and short film. She holds a master's degree in theatre from Hunter College CUNY and an M.Sc. degree from the University of London (
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) and a BA from the American University in Cairo. She has continued her training at
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and
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in acting and directing, in addition to a number of noteworthy workshops such as
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's worldwide acclaimed
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(Paris) and Simon MacBurney's equally well known
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Théâtre de Complicité (London). Her stage work includes: The Lover ( Harold Pinter - Los Angeles) with Aramazd Stepanian, Evocations of Armenia (
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, New York), Beyond the Veil ( Off-Broadway),
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( Arcola Theatre - London),
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(Cairo), Arms and the Man ( Young Vic Theatre - London), On the Couch with Nora Armani (London, Paris, NYC, Los Angeles & on tour), The Virile Celebration ( F. Gallaire – Paris), No Possible Return (H. Ghazanchyan – National Theatre of Armenia) to name a few. Films & TV include: Chasing Taste (Film), Innocent (Film), Salam Shalom (Film - lead), Golden Boy (CBS TV series), Santa Claus in Baghdad, Enchanted, The Doors of Denis, Le Néflier, La Nouvelle Eve, Deadline in Seven Days, Last Station (as co-director), Labyrinth,
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-TV) and Friends (Egyptian-TV). Her own stage creations Sojourn at Ararat (with Gerald Papasian), Nannto Nannto, On the Couch with Nora Armani and Snowflakes in April have garnered international accolades. Directorial work includes:
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's Papa You're Crazy–Yerevan, Armenia (adapted and directed), Sojourn at Ararat (
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- Los Angeles), J.J. Varoujean's Forest at the Bottom of the Sea (Paris & Los Angeles),
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's Bernice (Off-Broadway- Producers Club), Snowflakes in April (Chicago, Detroit), Nannto, Nanto (Paris & Venice), Last Station (feature film), Evocations of Armenia (MET Museum New York). Awards: Two Drama-Logue awards for Performance and Creation for Sojourn at Ararat, Best Performance & Creation (Armenia), Best Actress in film for Labyrinth (Armenia). Armani is an Honorary Member of the National Theatre of Armenia. Her poems and essays are published in anthologies and
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. Her plays have been broadcast on radio Aligre FM in Paris. Following Los Angeles (1981–1993) and Paris/London (since 1993), Armani divided her time between New York and Paris. Armani is the founding artistic director of the
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, and is festival curator for the 7th festival in 2020.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Armani, Nora Egyptian people of Armenian descent The American University in Cairo alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Living people 1966 births Egyptian emigrants to England Ethnic Armenian actresses Egyptian emigrants to the United States Egyptian emigrants to France