Souad Amidou
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.
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Acting
Movie
Munich
as Yussef's Wife
2005
Movie
A Man and a Woman
as Françoise Gauthier
1966
Movie
Shooting Stars
as Fabienne
2002
Movie
The Best Job in the World
as Radhia
1996
Movie
The Best Years of a Life
as Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
2019
Movie
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as la femme de chambre
2002
TV
Joséphine, Guardian Angel
as Nizah
1997
Movie
Brillantes
2023
Movie
Levy & Goliath
as Malika
1987
Movie
The Big Brother
as Zina Khelifa
1982
Movie
Malady of Love
as Farida
1987
Movie
All You Need is Lie
as Odile
2021
Movie
The Girls of Grenoble
as Liliane
1981
Movie
Drums of Fire
1990
Movie
Diesel
as Kim
1985
Movie
Petit Con
as Salima
1984
TV
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Mme le procureur
1976
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
TV
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
Movie
Black Really Suits You
as Maléké
2012
Movie
Tom est tout seul
as Nurse
1995
Movie
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
as Sabine Bernel
2019
Movie
Le Nombril du monde
as Amina
1993
TV
La Valise en carton
as Linda de Suza
1988