Najla Ben Abdallah

Najla Ben Abdallah (Arabic: نجلاء بن عبد الله ,born June 16, 1980), is a Tunisian actress, model and flight attendant who played Feriel in the Tunisian series Maktoub. She has appeared in several films including Un fils Mehdi M. Barsaoui's film.[1]Najla has also appeared in serval television series.[2]

Najla Ben Abdallah
نجلاء بن عبد الله
Najla Ben Abdallah at the opening of Carthage Cinematographic Days 2018.
Born (1980-06-16) June 16, 1980
Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
OccupationActress
model
flight attendant
Years active2009–present
AwardsGolden Orange International Film Competition Best Actress Award

Biography

Najla Ben Abdallah born on June 16, 1980, in Tunis. She's a flight attendant[3] for the Tunisair airline. She is an ambassador of serval products.[4] Her manager is Skander El Mabrouk and her digital manager is Chedi Amir.

In 2009, She started her career with advertisements. Najla tried her first chance in a Ramadan soap opera called Donia alongside Nadia Boussetta. Her first cinematic role is that of Lilly in "False Note".[5][6]

In 2012, she made the cover of the people magazine Tunivisions, then that of the Tunisian magazine E-young in November.

Najla Ben Abdallah on the August 2012 cover of Tunivisions

In 2015, Ben Abdallah played the part of Hourya in Mehdi Hmili's film "Thala mon amour" with Ghanem Zrelli.[7]

Najla Ben Abdallah on the January 2017 cover of Tunivisions with Ghanem Zrelli

In 2017, The actress participated this year in "Bolice 4" series, She also participated in a Libyan soap opera, the filmmaking place in Tunisia for security reasons.[8]

In 2019, Najla Ben Abdallah played a major supporting role of Un fils film with Sami Bouajila , film was awarded at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival . It had been the film of the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition, in gala projection which was attended, in addition to the director Mehdi M. Barsaoui , the producer Habib Attia and the president of CIFF Mohamed Hefzy, several actors and professionals of Egyptian and foreign cinema and a large audience came to discover this Tunisian film.[9] This film won several prestigious awards, notably at the HAMBURG Film Festival, the Cairo International Film Festival, the International Francophone Film Festival of NAMUR, the CINEMAMED Brussels, the TOZEUR International Film Festival and several other festivals.[10] The members of the various juries which awarded him three prizes: the Special Jury Prize Salah Abou Seif, the UNFPA Prize and the Prize for the best Arab film.[11]

In 2020, she won the award for best actress at the Malmö Arab Film Festival, for her role in the film Un Fils in English " A Son", a film written and directed by Mehdi Barsaoui, won the best award of the 10th edition of the Film Festival  Arabic from Malmö (MAFF in Sweden).[12] She has been chosen by the César Academy to be part of the "César for Most Promising Actress 2021" category for her role in the film "A Son", which has so far won around 30 international awards.[13]

Personal life

She is mother of two daughters.[14] In 2020, she affirmed, as a mother, that she greatly values fatherhood.[15]

Filmography

short film

Film

TV Serials
  • 2010: Donia by Naïm Ben Rhouma
  • 2012–2014: Destiny (Maktoub) (Seasons 3–4) by Sami Fehri: As Feriel Ben Abdallah
  • 2013: The Fifth Wife by Habib Mselmani: Rym
  • 2014: School by Zied Letaiem (season 1): Substitute Teacher
  • 2015: Naouret El Hawa (Season 2) by Madih Belaïd: As Nahed
  • 2015: Dar Ellozab by Lassaad Oueslati: Honor Guest
  • 2015: Ambulance by Lassaad Oueslati: As Siwar
  • 2015: Sultan Achour 10 by Djaffar Gacem: As Cléopâtre VII
  • 2016: Noss Yum (Syrian Tv-Serial) (Half A Day) by Samer Barqawi
  • 2016: Al Akaber by Madih Belaïd: Hend
  • 2016: Embouteillage (Traffic Jam) by Walid Tayaa: Honor Guest
  • 2017: The Hairdresser by Zied Letaiem: Honor Guest
  • 2018: Téj El Hadhra by Sami Fehri: Lella Hsseyna
  • 2019: Awled Moufida 4 (The Sons of Moufida) by Sami Fehri: Najla The Attorney
  • 2019: The Kingdoms of Fire by Alejandro Toledo and Peter Webber: Triviana
  • 2019: Wind Alley (Zanket Errih) by Osama Resk: Lwiza
  • 2020: Awled Moufida 5 (Awled Moufida) by Sami Fehri: Najla The Attorney

TV Movies
  • 2012: The Escape From Carthage by Madih Belaïd

TV Shows
  • 2012: Labes (We are Fine) on Ettounsia TV
  • 2012: Klem Ennes (The People's Talk) on El Hiwar El Tounsi
  • 2013: Dhouk Tohsel (Take a Bite you will be compromised) (Episode 15) on Tunisna TV
  • 2014: Dhawakna (Take a Bite) (Episode 5) on Telvza TV
  • 2014: L’anglizi (The English) (Episode 10) on Tunisna TV
  • 2016: Tahadi El Chef (The Chef Challenge) (Episode 3) on M Tunisia
  • 2017: 100 Façons (100 Ways) on Attessia TV
  • 2018: Fekret Sami Fehri (The Idea of Sami Fehri) on El Hiwar El Tounsi
  • 2018: Labes on El Hiwar El Tounsi
  • 2018: Dimanche Tout Est Permis (In Sunday Everything is Allowed) (Tunisia) on El Hiwar El Tounsi
  • 2019: Dima Labes (We are Always Fine) on Attessia TV
  • 2020: 90 Minutes on El Hiwar El Tounsi

Videos
  • 2011: Advertising spot for the chain of supermarkets Magasin général
  • 2011: Advertising spot for Tunisiana
  • 2011: Advertising spots for dessert cream Danette de Danone
  • 2018: POINT M perfumeries: brand ambassador

Awards

References
  1. AlloCine, Un fils, retrieved March 21, 2020
  2. "Najla Ben Abdallah - elcinema.com".
  3. aroua. "Tunisie: Najla Ben Abdallah évalue Mariem Dabbegh et répond à ses attaques". Directinfo (in French). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  4. Rédaction (November 9, 2017). "Najla Ben Abdallah, la nouvelle égérie des parfumeries Point M". Baya.tn (in French). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  5. "Najla Ben Abdallah". Africultures (in French). n.d. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  6. "Najla Ben Abdallah – Un fils". CINEMAMED (in French). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  7. Marzouk, Hamza (May 21, 2015). ""Thala mon amour": une première dans l'histoire du cinéma tunisien". L'Economiste Maghrébin (in French). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  8. "Najla Ben Abdallah: Je suis plus qu'un beau visage". MosaiqueFM (in French). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  9. "Najla Ben Abdallah: un film qui sait toucher le public peut changer les mentalités et les lois". Webdo (in French). January 7, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  10. "Film screening – Un fils". January 23, 2020.
  11. ""Un fils" de Mehdi Barsaoui, triplement récompensé au Festival International du Film du Caire". Webdo (in French). December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  12. Rédaction (October 13, 2020). "La tunisienne Najla Ben Abdallah lauréate du prix du meilleure actrice au Festival du film arabe de Malmo". Baya.tn (in French). Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  13. "Najla Ben Abdallah nominée aux César 2021". Kapitalis (in French). November 30, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  14. "Interview Najla Ben Abdallah: Je suis comme Feriel persévérante et ambitieuse !". jetsetmagazine.net. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  15. "Entretien du lundi – Nejla Ben Abdallah (actrice): "En tant que mère, je valorise énormément la paternité"". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). February 3, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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