Nora Hamzawi (born 29 April 1983) is a French humorist, comedian, and columnist.

Biography

Nora Hamzawi is of Syrian origin by her mother. She was born in

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and grew up in

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. After obtaining a baccalauréat, she enrolled in law school but gave up after three weeks. She then enrolled at IUT Paris Descartes in Infocom and completed her training at CELSA, section "marketing, advertising and communication". She follows in parallel with her studies

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and Atelier Fanny Vallon. She goes on stage in 2009 with her first one-woman show. She was revealed to the public the same year by the festival Just for Laughs from Nantes. She is also writer for the series ''

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'' on M6. She made a name for herself by appearing on

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's '' On n'demande qu'à en rire'' on

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between 15 September 2011 and 19 March 2012, before being eliminated by an insufficient rating from the viewers (10/20).

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said of her: "She does not know how to move, she does not know how to play, she does not even know how to wear a dress!" Between 2013 and 2015, she played the main role of ''Oh-Oh de Nora'', a small humorous sequence integrated into ''Le Before du Grand Journal'' on

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. As of 2014, she is also a columnist in '' Le Grand Journal''. After being the guest on TMC's '' Quotidien'' in October to present her show, Nora Hamzawi joins Yann Barthès' team on 1 December 2016 and hosts a column entitled "''Nora a la réponse''" in which she answers children's questions in a humorous way. She is a radio columnist on

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from 2013 to 2017, in the show ''On va tous y passer'' then in ''La Bande originale''.

Career

Shows alone on stage

*2009: ''Nora One Woman Show'', at the Théâtre Le Bout in Paris *2010: ''Le Show Inutile'', at the theatre of La Loge in Paris *2012: ''Harmonie Hormonale'', at La Comédie des Trois Bornes *Since 2013: ''Nora Hamzawi'', throughout France

Filmography

Cinema

*2012: ''Réussir sa vie'' of Benoît Forgeard *2013: '' The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu'' of Antonin Peretjatko *2013: '' L'Ex de ma vie'' of Dorothée Sebbagh *2015: ''

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'' of

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*2017: ''Boule et Bill 2'': The editor *2018: ''

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'' of Olivier Assayas *2019: '' Alice and the Mayor'' *2020: ''Eleonore'' of Amro Hamzawi

Short films

*2010: ''L'Antivirus'' of Benoît Forgeard, broadcast on

on 27 Jun 2010 *2011: ''Coloscopia'' of Benoît Forgeard, broadcast on France 2 *2011: ''Les Secrets de l'invisible'' of Antonin Peretjatko

Television

*2009–11: writer in ''

'' broadcast on M6 *2011–12: participant at '' On n'demande qu'à en rire'',

's show on France 2 *2013–15: humorous sequence "''Oh-Oh de Nora''" in ''Le Before du Grand Journal'' on

*2013: plays her own role in the miniseries ''What Ze Teuf'' on C8 *2014–15: columnist in '' Le Grand Journal'', with Antoine de Caunes on Canal+ *Since 2016: columnist in '' Quotidien'', with Yann Barthès on TMC *2022 : Carla in ''

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'' on HBO

Radio

*2013–14: columnist in ''On va tous y passer'', with

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*2014–16: columnist in ''La Bande originale'', with

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on France Inter

Bibliography

Books

*"''30 ans (10 ans de thérapie)''", Mazarine, 2016, ()

Press

*2014–17: weekly column in '' Grazia'': ''Dans la tête de Nora Hamzawi''

Distinctions

*2012: Public's favourite at La Fontaine d'Argent's ''festival du rire'' in Aix-en-Provence *2013: SACD Prize at the "L'Humour en Capitales" Festival *2017: SACEM Grand Prix of humour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamzawi, Nora 1985 births Living people French actresses French humorists Radio France people French columnists Cours Florent alumni People from Cannes Women humorists French women columnists French people of Syrian descent