Souad Amidou
Date of birth: 1959-07-04
Place of birth: Nanterre, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Souad Ben Hessaoud
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.
Movie Credits
Noisy Neighbours
1982-01-01
A grotesque, frenetic and musical short film from Jérome Lefdup, Dominik Barbier, and Larry Flash.
The Best Job in the World
1996-12-11
To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher
A Man and a Woman
1966-05-27
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly,
The Girls of Grenoble
1981-11-18
In Grenoble, a prostitute is murdered in her hospital bed. Cora twenty-two and also a prostitute was
The Big Brother
1982-09-08
The plot in this story weaves around like a New Year's reveler at four in the morning, heading first
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002-05-29
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the pa
Vaines recherches
1987-11-15
An anonymous phone call puts Commissioner Schneider's entire career and personal life in question. W
Goodbye Mothers
2008-02-01
In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the
Diesel
1985-08-07
A prostitute, released from prison, tries to change her life, but a murderous slave organization, th
Black Really Suits You
2012-12-05
The life of a Middle-East family of immigrants in Europe. The father carries the heavy burden of ba
Munich
2005-12-23
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a
Brillantes
2023-01-18
Karine, a housekeeper of 34, is the full-time mother of 17 year-old Ziggy. When the company that emp
Petit Con
1984-01-18
An adolescent who fancies himself a sexy and conscientious young man abuses all his friends and fami
Shooting Stars
2002-04-24
A young Hungarian dreams of playing for the French football team and will get the help of a couple o
The Fire Dance
1994-01-02
Free and a multi-talented artist, Habiba Msika was one of the brightest stars of her time, the twent
Levy & Goliath
1987-01-27
A very faithful Jewish man works making diamond dust in his family's workshop, to sell to industries
Tom est tout seul
1995-01-25
After his fiancée leaves him, Tom finds himself alone and helpless. He has to wash his clothes himse
Le Passager du Tassili
1987-08-05
Omar, a young Franco-Algerian from La Garenne-Colombes, decided to spend his vacation in the country
Malady of Love
1987-09-30
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdr
The Best Years of a Life
2019-05-22
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in t
7, rue de la Folie
2015-10-14
Comedy about a muslim and how is (expected) to behave.
La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux
2019-12-17
Il faut sauver Saïd
2008-01-01
10-year-old Saïd, a child of Algerian immigrants, is talented, motivated and would like to be a good
All You Need is Lie
2021-09-07
In the jungle that is celibacy and dating apps, Zoé just found the man of her life. An idyll which l
Drums of Fire
1990-12-21
In 1568, Saadi prince Abdelmalek is exiled from Morocco by his brothers, an event that is only the b
Le Nombril du monde
1993-11-23
Tunisia, early thirties, the young and plump Bajou, lives modestly with his parents. One day after a