Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film director. 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 Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* Ces ...
, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor/actress at the
64th Venice International Film Festival.
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
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
, where Herzi grew up.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
2009 Interview with Hafsia Herziat Cineuropa.org
Shooting Stars profile
1987 births
Living people
People from Manosque
French film actresses
French people of Algerian descent
French people of Tunisian descent
21st-century French actresses
Most Promising Actress César Award winners
Most Promising Actress Lumières Award winners
Marcello Mastroianni Award winners
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