Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film director. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor/actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2]
Hafsia Herzi | |
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 Hafsia Herzi at the 2018 Cabourg Film Festival | |
| Born | 25 January 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, film director |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Life
Herzi is of Tunisian descent from her father and Algerian from her mother, and is the youngest of a family of four children (two brothers and a sister, Dalila). After her parents' divorce, her father remarried in Algeria. Her mother lives in Marseille, where Herzi grew up.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Secret of the Grain | Rym | César Award for Most Promising Actress Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Marcello Mastroianni Award Shooting Stars Award |
| 2008 | Dawn of the World | Zahra | |
| A Man and His Dog | Leïla | ||
| 2009 | The King of Escape | Curly Durandot | |
| Buried Secrets | Aïcha | ||
| 2010 | The Rabbi's Cat | Zlebia | Voice |
| 2011 | Jimmy Rivière | Sonia | |
| House of Tolerance | Samira | ||
| The Source | Loubna Esmeralda | ||
| 2012 | The Inheritance | Hajar | |
| 2013 | Exit Marrakech | Karima | |
| The Marchers | Monia | ||
| On My Way | Jeanne | ||
| 2014 | Le Sac de farineh | Sarah | |
| Certifiée Halal | |||
| War Story | Hafsia | ||
| 2015 | Par accident | Amra | |
| 2016 | Sex Doll | Virginie | |
| 2017 | Des plans sur la comète | Inès | |
| Of Skin and Men | Amel | ||
| Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno | Camélia | ||
| 2018 | Féminin plurielles | Hafsia Chouchane | |
| Black Tide | |||
| Le Banc | |||
| This Teacher | |||
| 2019 | You Deserve a Lover | Lila | Also as director |
| Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo | Camélia | ||
| Persona non grata | Iris | ||
| 2021 | Bonne Mère | Director |
References
- Dupont, Joan (2008-02-21). "Hafsia Herzi portrays another France in 'La graine et le mulet'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- "Free Czech-ing". New York Post. 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hafsia Herzi.
- Hafsia Herzi at IMDb
- 2009 Interview with Hafsia Herzi at Cineuropa.org
- Hafsia Herzi Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Shooting Stars profile
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