Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.
Biography 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.
As a young woman, she studied acting lessons with Anicette Fray. She trained at the New Square Sylvia Monfort, then continued with Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, and later with John Strasberg and Andreas Voutsinas.
Since the early 1980s, she has acted in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in Le Grand frère from Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also worked with Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg.
On 23 December 1987, she married director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991.
She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 2008Décret du 11 juillet 2008 publié au JO du 13 juin 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.
Civic engagement Souad Amidou is vegan and a member of the sponsorship committee of the Institut citoyen du cinéma as well as the NGO Vegan Marathon.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes1966 A Man and a Woman Françoise Gauthier Claude Lelouch1981 Les filles de Grenoble Liliane Joël Le Moigné1982 The Big Brother Zina Khelifa Francis Girod Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress1984 Julien Fontanes, magistrat Mina Daniel Moosmann TV series (1 episode) P'tit Con Salima Gérard Lauzier 1985 Diesel Kim Robert Kramer Néo Polar Dany Daniel Moosmann (2)Marc Villard TV series (1 episode)1987 Malika Gérard Oury Le passager du Tassili Sarah Maldoror TV movie Maladie d'amour Farida Jacques Deray Vaines recherches Soledad Nicolas Ribowski TV movie1988 A Mala de Cartão Linda Michel Wyn TV mini-series L'affaire Saint-Romans Judith Saint-Romans Michel Wyn (2) TV mini-series1989 Bobby et l'aspirateur Fabien Onteniente Short1990 La batalla de los Tres Reyes Souheil Ben-BarkaUchkun Nazarov 1991 Les hordes Sarah Jean-Claude Missiaen TV mini-series1992 Sun Child Aicha Driss Tahri Short Neige dans le midi Françoise Choukri Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye TV movie1993 Le nombril du monde Amina Ariel Zeitoun 1993-95 Rocca Inspector Fred Dubreuil Paul PlanchonBernard Dumont TV series (4 episodes)1994 La danse du feu Habiba M'Sika Selma Baccar 1995 Tom est tout seul The nurse Fabien Onteniente (2) 1996 The Best Job in the World Radia Ben Saïd Gérard Lauzier (2) Et si l'on vivait ensemble Marie Nathalie Camidebach Short1997-99 Mission protection rapprochée Diane Rousseau TV series (6 episodes)2001 Joséphine, ange gardien Nizah Jacob Berger TV series (1 episode)2002 3 zéros Fabienne Fabien Onteniente (3) And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen Chambermaid Claude Lelouch (2) 2005 L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé Jenissa Amar ArhabFabrice Michelin TV movie Permis d'aimer Sama Rachida Krim TV movie Munich Yussef's Wife Steven Spielberg 2006 Commissaire Moulin The Attorney José Pinheiro TV series (2 episodes)2007 Adieu mères Ruth Mohamed Ismail2008 Il faut sauver Saïd The mother Didier Grousset TV movie2010 La maison des Rocheville Antonella Jacques Otmezguine TV mini-series (5 episodes)2012 Le noir (te) vous va si bien Maléké Jacques Bral2019 The Best Years of a Life Françoise Gauthier Claude Lelouch2019La Loi de...Sabine BernelTV series
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