Souad Amidou

Biography

Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.

She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. 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 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 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, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg.

On 23 December 1987 she married the director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991.

She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 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.

Souad Amidou is vegan, member of the sponsorship committee of the Institut citoyen du cinéma and member of the NGO Vegan Marathon.

Source: Article "Souad Amidou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Noisy Neighbours
Noisy Neighbours
The Best Job in the World
The Best Job in the World
A Man and a Woman
A Man and a Woman
The Big Brother
The Big Brother
Vaines recherches
Vaines recherches
Goodbye Mothers
Goodbye Mothers
Diesel
Diesel
Black Really Suits You
Black Really Suits You

Filmography

2023 Brillantes
as
2021 All You Need is Lie
as Odile
2019 La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Sabine Bernel
2019 The Best Years of a Life
as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
2015 7, rue de la Folie
as Fatima
2012 Black Really Suits You
as Maléké
2010 La Maison des Rocheville
as Antonella
2008 Goodbye Mothers
as Ruth Elkaim
2008 Il faut sauver Saïd
as La mère
2005 Munich
as Yussef's Wife
2002 And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as la femme de chambre
2002 Shooting Stars
as Fabienne
1999 Mission : protection rapprochée
as Diane
1998 Vivement dimanche
as Self
1997 Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Nizah
1996 The Best Job in the World
as Radhia
1995 Tom est tout seul
as Nurse
1994 The Fire Dance
as Habiba M'Sika
1993 Rocca (série télévisée)
as l'inspecteur Fred Dubreuil
1991 Les Hordes
as Sarah