Lyna Khoudri

Lyna Khoudri (born 3 October 1992, in Algiers, Algeria) is an Algerian-French actress. For her role in the Sofia Djama-directed film Les Bienheureux (2017), she won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and received a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress.

Not to be confused with Lina Khoury.
Lyna Khoudri
Khoudri in 2020
Born (1992-10-03) 3 October 1992
Algiers, Algeria
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

In 2020, for her role in Papicha, she won the Cesar Award for Most Promising Actress. During the ceremony, she is sponsored by Marion Cotillard.

She worked for several years for this role, with director Mounia Meddour, who also won the César Award for Best first feature Film in 2020.

She is set to portray a student activist in Wes Anderson's ensemble film The French Dispatch (2020).

Early life

Khoudri was born in 1992, to a journalist father and a violinist mother. The family moved to Aubervilliers, France as exiles due to the danger of her father's profession during the Algerian Civil War. The family also briefly lived in Germany, where her father worked for an Arab news channel, before returning to France. Khoudri received her professional training at Théâtre national de la Colline.[1]

Career

In 2014, Khoudri received her first acting role in the French television series Josephine, Guardian Angel.[2]

In 2019, she played Louna in the Canal+ miniseries Les Sauvages for several episodes.[3] That year, she also played Nedjma in the film Papicha, about a young Algerian woman who uses fashion as cultural resistance during the Algerian Civil War.[4]

For The French Dispatch, Khoudri describes her role as being a militant student activist and the girlfriend of Timothée Chalamet's character;[5] their storyline will center on a student riot.[6]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Director Notes
2017 Les Bienheureux Feriel Sofia Djama
2017 La Fête est Finie Amel Marie Garel-Weiss
2017 Luna Chloé Elsa Diringer
2019 Papicha Nedjma Mounia Meddour
2019 The Specials Ludivine Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
2020 Gagarine Diana Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
TBA The French Dispatch Juliette Wes Anderson Post-production

References
  1. "Cinéma : Lyna Khoudri, actrice bienheureuse" (in French). Le Point. 20 December 2017.
  2. "César 2020 : qui sont les acteurs et actrices en lice dans la catégorie Meilleur espoir ?". Yahoo! France.
  3. "Qui est Lyna Khoudri, révélation des Sauvages et Papicha ?" (in French). AlloCiné.
  4. Jean-Paul Chaillet. "Papicha (Algeria)". Golden Globes. Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
  5. "Le Fast Life de Lyna Khoudri". Konbini – via Facebook.
  6. Sharf, Zack (15 January 2020). "Wes Anderson's 'French Dispatch' Budget Rivals 'Grand Budapest,' Film Will Not Be Four Hours Long". IndieWire. Penske Brothers Media LLC.
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