Naidra Ayadi is a French actress. She won the

César Award for Most Promising Actress The César Award for Most Promising Actress (french: César du meilleur espoir féminin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a ...

in 2012 for her role in the film ''

Polisse ''Polisse'' (released at some film festivals as ''Poliss'', ) is a 2011 French crime drama film written, directed by and starring Maïwenn. It also stars Joeystarr, Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Emmanuelle Bercot and Riccard ...

''.

Life and career

Naidra Ayadi was born to a Tunisian family in Saint-Ouen,

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobig ...

, in the northern suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

. She spent several years working mainly in theatre acting and television before her breakthrough film role in 2011's ''

'', directed by

Maïwenn Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. ...

. Ayadi won the

for her role in the film; she shared the award with Clotilde Hesme, who won it for her role in ''

Angel & Tony ''Angel & Tony'' (french: Angèle et Tony) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Alix Delaporte. It tells the story of a young widow in a desperate situation who not only wins the respect of her employer, his family and his community but also r ...

'' (2011).

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Director / Writer

Theater

Awards and nominations

César Award

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayadi, Naidra Living people French film actresses French television actresses Most Promising Actress César Award winners French people of Tunisian descent Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century French actresses