Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film director of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor/actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2]

Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia Herzi at the 2018 Cabourg Film Festival
Born (1987-01-25) 25 January 1987
Manosque, France
OccupationActress, film director
Years active2007–present

Life

Herzi is of Tunisian descent from her father and Algerian from her mother, and is the youngest of a family of four children (two brothers and a sister, Dalila). After her parents' divorce, her father remarried in Algeria. Her mother lives in Marseille, where Herzi grew up.

On 29 November 2017, a driver with a private car transport company sued Herzi after receiving a series of SMS insults, including "dirty Arab", for events occurring during a trip. She pleaded not guilty as she claimed she used 'dirty Arab' as a tone of ironic meaning, however she has been known for acting hostile against Arabs. On 13 November 2019, she was found guilty of racial insults by the Paris Court of Appeal.[3]

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2007The Secret of the GrainRymCésar Award for Most Promising Actress
Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress
Marcello Mastroianni Award
Shooting Stars Award
2008Dawn of the WorldZahra
A Man and His DogLeïla
2009The King of EscapeCurly Durandot
Buried SecretsAïcha
2010The Rabbi's CatZlebiaVoice
2011Jimmy RivièreSonia
House of ToleranceSamira
The SourceLoubna Esmeralda
2012The InheritanceHajar
2013Exit MarrakechKarima
The MarchersMonia
On My WayJeanne
2014Le Sac de farinehSarah
Certifiée Halal
War StoryHafsia
2015Par accidentAmra
2016Sex DollVirginie
2017Des plans sur la comèteInès
Of Skin and MenAmel
Mektoub, My Love: Canto UnoCamélia
2018Féminin pluriellesHafsia Chouchane
Black Tide
Le Banc
This Teacher
2019You Deserve a LoverLilaAlso as director
Mektoub My Love: IntermezzoCamélia
Persona non grataIris

References
  1. Dupont, Joan (2008-02-21). "Hafsia Herzi portrays another France in 'La graine et le mulet'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. "Free Czech-ing". New York Post. 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. "Hafsia Herzi condamnée pour avoir traité un chauffeur VTC de « sale Arabe »". Le Point (in French). 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
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