Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.

Biography

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

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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

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. She also worked under the direction of Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun,

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and

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. On 23 December 1987 she married the director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991. She received the

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decoration in 2008Décret
du 11 juillet 2008 publié au JO du 13 juin 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.

Civic engagement

Souad Amidou is

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, member of the sponsorship committee of the ''Institut citoyen du cinéma'' and member of the NGO ''Vegan Marathon''.

Filmography

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* 1959 births Living people People from Nanterre Actresses from Île-de-France French film actresses French television actresses French people of Moroccan descent 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-1950s-stub