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Maryam Hassouni (born 21 September 1985) is a Dutch television and film actress. In 2006, she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers (2005).

Maryam Hassouni
Hassouni in 2020
Born	(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 36) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Biography

Hassouni's parents, Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni, are Moroccan and moved to the Netherlands a few years before she was born on 21 September 1985, in Amsterdam. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.[1]

Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied museology until 2005, then took law at the Free University in Amsterdam but failed the course.[2]

In 2002, she began her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desi, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.[3]

In 2006, she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for the role of Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film Offers.[4]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Kicks	Aaliyah
2008	Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden	Charlotte de Beaufort
	Dunya and Desi	Dunya El-Beneni
2012	Manslaughter	Amira
2013	Soof	Najat
2016	Soof 2	Najat
2020	The Host	Vera Tribbe
2021	Meskina	Leyla Idrissi

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–04	Dunya and Desi	Dunya El-Beneni	19 episodes
2005	Offers	Laila al Gatawi	Television film
2016	Flikken Maastricht	Rebecca Meeuws	1 episode

Awards

• International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress (2006) in Offers

References

External links

• Maryam Hassouni at IMDb

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