Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.
Biography
She is the daughter of the actor
Amidou
Hamidou Benmessaoud ( ar, حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor.
Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he m ...
. Her career started working with her father on the short film ''
Le thé à la menthe'' in 1963. Then she was chosen by
Claude Lelouch
Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained criti ...
to play the daughter of Anouk Aimée in ''
Un homme et une femme'' in 1966.
When she was younger, she followed acting lessons from
Anicette Fray. She followed her training at the "New Square Sylvia Monfort" then continued at
Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, then with
John Strasberg
John Strasberg (born May 20, 1941) is the son of Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio, and brother of actress Susan Strasberg.
Background and career
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and
Andreas Voutsinas.
From the early 1980s, she was acting in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in ''
Le Grand frère'' from
Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the
Caesar of the best female hope. She also worked under the direction of
Gérald Oury,
Jacques Deray
Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud; 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
Biography
Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, France, in ...
,
Ariel Zeitoun,
Gérard Lauzier
Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Gérard Lauzier was bo ...
and
Steven Spielberg.
On 23 December 1987 she married the director
Fabien Onteniente
Fabien Onteniente (born 27 April 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Filmography
* 1989 : '' Bobby et l'aspirateur'' (short film)
* 1992 : ''À la vitesse d'un cheval au galop''
* 1995 : '' Tom est tout seul''
* 1996 : '' Le Tu ...
; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991.
She received the
Legion of Honour
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decoration in 2008
Décret
du 11 juillet 2008 publié au JO du 13 juin 2008.
In 2009, she directed the first short film '' Camille and Jamila'', but she proved her talent as a filmmaker with her second film '' Rendez-vous avec Ninette'', presented in many festivals.
Civic Engagement
Souad Amidou is vegan
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ...
, member of the sponsorship committee of the ''Institut citoyen du cinéma'' and member of the NGO ''Vegan Marathon''.
Filmography
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
People from Nanterre
French film actresses
French television actresses
French people of Moroccan descent
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
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