Oulaya Amamra (born 12 November 1995) is a French actress known for starring in the 2016 films Divines and Tamara. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017 for Divines.
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Born | (1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 (age 26) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Family | Houda Benyamina (sister) |
Amamra is the younger sister of director Houda Benyamina. Amamra attended Catholic school and studied classical dance for 15 years.[1]
Benyamina cast Amamra for a lead role in Divines, although initially concerned that the project could threaten their relationship.[1] In January 2017, Amamra won the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress for the role.[2] She won Most Promising Actress at the 2017 César Awards on 24 February.[3]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2010 | Fracture | Student | Alain Tasma | TV movie |
2012 | Le commencement | Guillaume Tordjman | Short | |
2014 | Ghetto Child | Houda Benyamina & Guillaume Tordjman | ||
3xManon | Yaël | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | TV miniseries | |
2015 | L'orchestre des aveugles | Chama | Mohamed Mouftakir | Moroccan film (Arabic) |
Belle gueule | Sarah | Emma Benestan | Short | |
Un métier bien | Soraya | Farid Bentoumi | Short | |
2016 | Divines | Dounia | Houda Benyamina | César Award for Most Promising Actress Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress AFI Fest Special Mention Acting[4] Carthage Film Festival Best Actress[5] |
Tamara | Jelilah | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
Mariam | Mariam | Faiza Ambah | Short | |
Mr Gaspacho | Julie | Guillaume Tordjman | Short | |
2017 | La bête curieuse | Asma | Laurent Perreau | TV movie |
2018 | The World Is Yours | Lamya | Romain Gavras | |
The Little Drummer Girl | Salma | Park Chan-wook | TV miniseries | |
2019 | Farewell to the Night | Lila Saïdi | André Téchiné | |
2020 | The Salt of Tears | Djemila | Philippe Garrel | |
Vampires | Doina Radescu | |||
2022 | Smoking Causes Coughing | Ammoniaque | Mr. Oizo |
César Award for Most Promising Actress | |
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Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress | |
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