Leïla Bekhti
Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (born March 6, 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux ) is a French actress .
Life
Bekhti was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux as the youngest of three children; her parents come from Sidi bel Abbès in northwest Algeria . Bekhti grew up in Bagneux , a suburb of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department , and graduated from the Lycée Maurice Genevoix in Montrouge . She then attended a theater school in Paris for half a year and took acting lessons in courses from Stéphane Gildas and Bérengère Basty .
Bekhti made her film debut in 2006 as the beurette Yasmin in Kim Chapiron's film Sheitan . She was first seen on television in the role of a young Algerian in the film Harkis , which was broadcast in 2006. Several television and cinema films followed. For her role in Tout ce qui brille , Géraldine Nakache's directorial debut , Bekhti won a César for Best Young Actress in 2011 . Bekhti also took on a leading role in Nakache's second feature film, Nous York . For her portrayal of Leila in Radu Mihăileanu's Source of Women , Bekhti received a César nomination for Best Actress in 2012 . In 2012 she was a member of the jury for the Un certain regard series at the Cannes International Film Festival .
In 2016, Bekhti played the lead role of murder investigator Kahina Zadi in the eight-part Swedish-French television series Midnight Sun. For her performance, she received a nomination for the Nymphe d'Or as outstanding actress in a television series at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in 2017 . She received her third César nomination in 2019 for a pool full of men around a French men's synchronized swimming team.
Bekhti has been married to the Algerian actor Tahar Rahim since 2010 , whom she met in 2007 while filming A Prophet .
Filmography (selection)
- 2006: Sheitan
- 2006: Madame le proviseur (TV series, one episode)
- 2006: Paris, je t'aime
- 2006: Leila - The daughter of Harki (Harkis) (TV)
- 2006: May Allah Forgive You (Pour l'amour de Dieu) (TV)
- 2006: Mauvaise foi
- 2006–2009: Les tricheurs (TV series, three episodes)
- 2007: Ali Baba and the 40 thieves (Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs) (TV)
- 2008: Choisir d'aimer
- 2008: Des poupées et des Genealogie
- 2008: Public Enemy No. 1 - instinct de mort
- 2009: Le choix de Myriam (TV)
- 2009: A Prophet (Un prophète)
- 2010: Tout ce qui glasses
- 2010: Histoires de vies (TV series, one episode)
- 2010: Fracture (TV)
- 2010: Il reste du jambon?
- 2010: Toi, moi, les autres
- 2010: Le cose che restano (TV series)
- 2011: Itinéraire until
- 2011: Source of women (La source des femmes)
- 2011: A better life (Une vie meilleure)
- 2012: Bref (TV series, one episode)
- 2012: Mains armées
- 2012: Nous York
- 2013: À la française (TV)
- 2013: Before Winter Comes (Avant l'hiver)
- 2013: Le débarquement (TV series, one episode)
- 2014: Maintenant ou jamais
- 2015: L'astragale
- 2015: Just the three of us together (Nous trois ou rien)
- 2016: Midnight Sun (Midnattssol) (TV series)
- 2017: Serge le Mytho (TV series, three episodes)
- 2018: Carnivores
- 2018: Beirut (The Negotiator)
- 2018: A basin full of men (Le grand bain)
- 2018: The second life of Monsieur Alain (Un homme pressé)
- 2019: La lutte des classes
- 2019: Then you sleep too (Chanson douce)
- 2019: J'irai où tu iras
Awards (selection)
- 2009: Nomination for Prix Lumières , Best Young Actress, for Des poupées et des Anges
- 2010: Swann d'Or des Festival du Film de Cabourg, Best Young Actress, for Tout ce qui brille
- 2011: Nomination Globes de Cristal, Best Actress, for Tout ce qui brille
- 2011: César , Best Young Actress , for Tout ce qui brille
- 2011: Étoile d'Or , Best Young Actress, for Tout ce qui brille
- 2011, 2012: Nomination for the Romy Schneider Prize
- 2012: Nomination Globes de Cristal, Best Actress, for Source of Women
- 2012: César nomination, Best Actress , for Women’s Source
- 2017: Nymphe d'Or nomination as outstanding actress in a television series, Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo , for Midnight Sun
- 2019: César nomination, Best Supporting Actress, for A Pool Full of Men
Web links
- Leila Bekhti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leïla Bekhti: Biography . fiches.lexpress.fr, accessed April 1, 2014.
- ↑ Didier Verdurant: Leïla Bekhti (Sheitan) . ecranlarge.com, February 17, 2006.
- ↑ Le palmarès du festival de Cabourg . lexpress.fr, June 14, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bekhti, Leïla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bekhti, Yasmine Leïla (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Issy-les-Moulineaux |