Christine Solomon

Christine Solomon (born February 13, 1981) is an Egyptian-born Canadian stage, film and television actress. She won Best Actress of Empowerment Award at The Madbakh Awards in Toronto for her unique role in Heliopolis.[1] Solomon was honored for her role as the first representation of a Gothic woman in Egyptian film.[1]

Christine Solomon
Born (1981-02-13) February 13, 1981
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian Canadian
CitizenshipCanada
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Height5' 2" (1.57 m)

Christine Solomon has been a performer since her tender years and has worked in a wide range of Canadian, American and International productions.[2]

Solomon built a versatile portfolio with a variety of credits to her name, including award-winning foreign films such as Basra,[3] and Heliopolis that reached regional and international success in Europe, North/South America and throughout Africa.[2]

Christine has already garnered a great deal of national acclaim in theatrical performances, TV commercials and other venues. Versatility is another feature of Christine's body of work, which includes over 20 stage plays, voice-over gigs (including for DL Music, which has developed music for networks and shows such as Dr. 90210, the Academy Awards, Fox, Melrose Place and Disney, and Ubisoft, a multinational video game publisher), television and film roles such as The Score starring academy award winner Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, VH1's Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story, Sony Pictures' Head in the Clouds, and HBO Canada's Fakers, hosting duties, Rotana Group (the leading producer/distributor of Arabic music and film in the world) music videos, television commercials, and endorsement deals.[4]

Solomon can be seen next in two Hollywood feature comedies The Big Shot (screened at Cine Las Americas International Film Festival - Austin 2015, Officially Selected at Downtown L.A. Film Festival[5] - Los Angeles 2016) and Kids Can. She is also attached as a co-lead in Gabriel's Gift, directed by academy award nominee Roland Joffe.[6]

Early life

Solomon was born in Cairo and immigrated with her family to Montreal at the age of seven. She began her career in the entertainment industry at the age of five years performing plays on stage before moving to Canada.

Personal life

Christine Solomon's charismatic personality shines through her onscreen personas. She can speak English, French and Arabic fluently. She splits her time between Montreal and Los Angeles. When she isn't busy working on a project, she enjoys writing and traveling.

Awards

Solomon won Best Actress of Empowerment Award at The Madbakh Awards in Toronto for her role in Heliopolis.[1]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Score Graduate
2001 Obsession Lisa
2004 Head in the Clouds Parisian Woman #2
2007 Girls Gigi
2008 Basra Boutina
2009 Heliopolis Gothic Girl
2013 True Piracy Officer Nathaniel
2011 Rats of Babylon Habiba
2012 Betroit Rola
2015 What Now Melissa
2015 Yumna Yumna
2016 Just 20 Monica
2017 The Big Shot Chantal
2018 Kids Can Christine
Gabriel's Gift Natalie In-Development
A Sixth Dimension Alter In-Development
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story Groupie TV Movie
2007 Mat Ghani Alaya Lana TV Series
2007 La Tagini Tatazerer Yasmine TV Series
2007 Aleel El Heilah Dina TV Series
2007 Eyes and Ashes Mariam TV Series
2009 Catching up with Christine Solomon Christine Solomon TV Series
2010 Fakers Exotic Dancer TV Movie
2015 Yasmine Reem TV Series

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Rainbow Six: Siege Mira, Pregnant Woman, Radio Announcer Voice

References
  1. "Actor Christine Solomon Stars in Feature Film 'Heliopolis', Screening at VIFF :: Wire Service Canada". Wireservice.ca. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  2. "Christine Solomon: A Canadian-Egyptian rising star". albawabaeg.com. 2015-12-27. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. "An interview with the star of "BASRA", Christine Solomon". Cinema Without Borders. 2009-03-29. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. "'The Quest Trilogy' by CDI Set to Come Full Circle". prlog.org. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  5. "Directors take "THE BIG SHOT" & kill an actor to me their movie famous". holahollywood.com. 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  6. "Actress Five Year Report". Wireservice.ca. 2015-01-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
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