Souad Amidou

Biography

Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress. She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film Le thé à la menthe in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to play the daughter of Anouk Aimée in Un homme et une femme in 1966. When she was younger, she followed acting lessons from Anicette Fray. She followed her training at the "New Square Sylvia Monfort" then continued at Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, then with John Strasberg and Andreas Voutsinas. From the early 1980s, she was acting in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in Le Grand frère from Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the Caesar of the best female hope. She also worked under the direction of Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg. On 23 December 1987 she married the director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991. She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 2008. In 2009, she directed the first short film Camille and Jamila, but she proved her talent as a filmmaker with her second film Rendez-vous avec Ninette, presented in many festivals. Souad Amidou is vegan, me…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Munich (2005) — Yussef's Wife
2. A Man and a Woman (1966) — Françoise Gauthier
3. Shooting Stars (2002) — Fabienne
4. The Best Job in the World (1996) — Radhia
5. The Best Years of a Life (2019) — Françoise Gauthier, la fille d'Anne
6. And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002) — la femme de chambre
7. Joséphine, Guardian Angel (1997) — Nizah
8. Brillantes (2023)
9. Levy & Goliath (1987) — Malika
10. The Big Brother (1982) — Zina Khelifa
11. Malady of Love (1987) — Farida
12. All You Need is Lie (2021) — Odile
13. The Girls of Grenoble (1981) — Liliane
14. Drums of Fire (1990)
15. Diesel (1985) — Kim
16. Petit Con (1984) — Salima
17. Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) — Mme le procureur
18. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
19. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
20. Black Really Suits You (2012) — Maléké
21. Tom est tout seul (1995) — Nurse
22. La loi de Damien, l'égal des dieux (2019) — Sabine Bernel
23. Le Nombril du monde (1993) — Amina
24. La Valise en carton (1988) — Linda de Suza
25. The Fire Dance (1994) — Habiba M'Sika
26. La Maison des Rocheville (2010) — Antonella
27. Vaines recherches (1987) — Soledad
28. Goodbye Mothers (2008) — Ruth Elkaim
29. Les Hordes (1991) — Sarah
30. Mission : protection rapprochée (1999) — Diane
31. Rocca (1993) — l'inspecteur Fred Dubreuil
32. Noisy Neighbours (1982) — Dancer
33. Le Passager du Tassili (1987) — Safia
34. 7, rue de la Folie (2015) — Fatima
35. Il faut sauver Saïd (2008) — La mère
36. L'Affaire Saint-Romans (1988) — Judith Saint-Romans