Souheila Yacoub (born 29 June 1992) is a Swiss actress, theatre maker, former rhythmic gymnast, and Miss Suisse Romande 2012 winner.
Life and career
Yacoub was born in
Geneva
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to a Tunisian father and a Flemish mother. She has a sister.
Yacoub attended La Haute école fédérale de sport de Macolin and joined the Swiss National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team as a teenager, competing in the
2009
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and
2010
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World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. She left school at 16 to focus on gymnastics. When the team did not qualify for the
Olympics
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, Yacoub quit the sport altogether. Although she did not officially testify against the coaches amid the 2021 abuse allegations, she supported her former teammates' claims and told a number of stories of the coaches' behaviour, such as limiting how much members could eat or drink and benching them for putting on a kilo.
After quitting, Yacoub returned home. Uncertain what to do next, her sister suggested she apply for Miss Suisse Romande. Yacoub also enrolled in local dance and acting classes. After winning Miss Suisse Romande 2012, Yacoub was offered a scholarship for a three-year programme at the
Cours Florent
The Cours Florent is a private French drama school in Paris established in 1967 by François Florent.
The school is located on three nearby sites in the XIXe arrondissement, 19th Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissement of Paris, France: rue Arc ...
in Paris. She further trained at the
CNSAD.
Yacoub made her television debut in six episodes of the
France 3
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It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...
soap opera ''
Plus belle la vie
''Plus belle la vie'' (More beautiful life) is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air since 30 Augus ...
''. Upon graduating from the Cours Florent, Yacoub landed her first major theatre role on the Paris stage as Wahida in
Wajdi Mouawad
Wajdi Mouawad, OC, (born 1968) is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director. He is known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play ''Incendies'' (2003). His works often revolve around family t ...
's play ''Tous des oiseaux'' at
Théâtre national de la Colline
The Théâtre national de la Colline is a theatre at 15, rue Malte-Brun in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Gambetta (Paris Métro), Gambetta. It is one of the five national theatres dedicated to drama which are enti ...
. She then starred in
Gaspar Noé
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In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife Lucile Hadžihalilović were ...
's 2018 horror film ''
Climax
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* Climax (rhetoric), a figure of speech that lists items in order of importance
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'' and the 2019
Canal+
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miniseries ''
Savages''.
In 2020, Yacoub appeared in the multilingual internationally co-produced war drama series ''No Man's Land''. She starred in
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
...
's black and white film ''
The Salt of Tears
''The Salt of Tears'' (french: Le Sel des larmes) is a 2020 black-and-white drama film directed by Philippe Garrel. It stars Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Louise Chevillotte, Souheila Yacoub, and André Wilms. It tells the story of a young ...
'', which premiered at the
70th Berlin International Film Festival
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, as well as ''The Braves'' and ''A Brighter Tomorrow'' in 2021.
Yacoub founded theatre company 23h59.
Filmography
Film
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, Betsy
,
, -
, rowspan="2" , 2021
, ''The Braves'' (''french: Entre les vagues'')
, Margot
,
, -
, ''A Brighter Tomorrow'' (''french: De bas étage'')
, Sarah
,
, -
, 2022
, ''
Rise
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* Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3''
* Rise Kujikawa, a vide ...
'' (french: En corps)
, Sabrina
,
, -
, 2023
, ''
Dune: Part Two''
, Shishakli
, Post-production
, -
Television
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, Jasmine
, Miniseries
, -
, 2020
, ''No Man's Land''
, Sarya Dogan
, Main role
, -
Music videos
Stage
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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Living people
1992 births
21st-century Swiss actresses
Swiss beauty pageant winners
Swiss expatriates in France
Swiss people of Belgian descent
Swiss people of Tunisian descent
Swiss rhythmic gymnasts