Nadia Benzakour

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Nadia Benzakour

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Nadia Benzakour is a French actress and screenwriter based in Paris. She is trilingual in French, English, and Arabic with an excellent practice of Spanish (no foreign accent).


She worked on many Hollywood/international projects such as Deep State, the Tyrant, No Man's Land, and Killing Jesus... 

She is in the second season of the HULU/ Arte TV series NO MAN'S LAND as a leading character for which she had to learn and play in Kurdish.

In 2023, she was in 2 feature films in Europe: a French epic movie named Princes of the Desert, (Lead role) directed by Eric Barbier (The Promise of the Dawn). 

She is the historical figure Poppea, in the movie Seneca starring John Malkovich, and directed by Robert Schwentke (Red film).

Seneca had its world premiere at the Berlinale- Special screenings. This movie has an ensemble cast: Andrew Koji (Bullet Train, Peaky Blinders),  Louis Hoffman (Dark), and the famous Geraldine Chaplin...

Between 2011 and 2022, she acted in Hollywood and European productions, such as the following series:
 'Deep State' with Mark Strong; 'the Tyrant'; 'Les Hommes de l'ombre' with Carole Bouquet; the French success The Bureau ('Le Bureau des Légendes'); Exit (Hit Norvegian tv series); Colosseum (History Channel tv series)
- and the feature films:
 'the Covenant' directed by David Batty; Sofia, Looking for Um Kulthum directed by Shirin Neshat, You kiss like a Devil...


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Nadia Benzakour
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Paris (FR), Casablanca (MA)
Genderfemale
Place of birthParis
NationalityFrench
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27), Morocco
Housing optionsTanger (MA), Casablanca (MA), Genf (CH), Barcelona (ES)
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colorhazel
Hair colordark brown
Height (cm)173
Weight (in kg)67
Ethnicity and heritageBlack, African American or Caribbean, Middle Eastern or North African, East or Southeast Asian, Mixed, White or Caucasian, South Asian or Central Asian, Hispanic, Latino/a/e or Latinex
Statureathletic / muscular, female, normal, athletic / fit
LanguagesFrench(native)ArabicEnglishSpanish
DialectsMaghrebi Arabic(native dialect)
AccentsAfricanAmericanArabicAsianBelgianCorsicaEnglishFrenchIndianItalianPersian (Farsi/Dari)PortugueseSoutheastSpanishSwissWest Indies
InstrumentsPiano
SportBalletChinese martial artsKung fuMartial artsMountain bikePilatesQigongSwimmingTai chiWing chunYogaAerial yogaHorse riding
DanceAfro danceBachataBelly danceContact improvisationDiscoExpressionist danceFolk danceImprovisation danceLatin American dancesOriental danceSolo danceTechnoVideo clip dancingBollywood danceClassic danceModern dance
PitchMezzo-soprano
SingingChoirGospelA cappellaArabian singingBacking vocalsBalladBluesChoraleClassicFunkImprovisationJazzOldiesOpera singingOrientalPop songsSongSoul/RnBSprechgesangfolk song
Special skillsImprovisationSinger-songwriter
Training

Acting education and training in Paris, NYC, and L.A.

PARIS
"Enfants terribles" - Jean-Bernard Feitoussi (professor of Lea Seydoux) and François Tardieu /
- Scene Watteau with Nicolas Liautard
- Burlesque comedy and masks workshops at the Jacques Lecoq International School ( October 2018).

NEW YORK
Mary Boyer Studio (2006_2008): camera and on-stage work

LOS ANGELES
Richard Lawson Studios- Professional Development Programs 1 and 2 (2018 until 2021).

Film
2023
PRINCES OF THE DESERT - ZODI ET TEHU FRERES DU DESERT picture
PRINCES OF THE DESERT - ZODI ET TEHU FRERES DU DESERT (Cinema film)
AMINA (LR)
ERIC BARBIER VERTIGO SND - CANAL PLUS GIGI AKOKA - MUSTAPHA SAIDI JENNIEFER DÉVOLDÈRE- ERIC BARBIER
2023
SENECA picture
SENECA (Cinema film)
POPEA (SUP)
ROBERT SCHWENTKER Frieder Schlaich | Irene von Alberti SALAH BENCHEGRA Robert Schwentke | Matthew David Wilder (as Matthew Wilder)
2018
SOFIA picture
SOFIA (Cinema film)
FATIHA (SUP)
MERYEM BENMBAREK CURIOSA Olivier Delbosc | Lisa Verhaverbeke SAID AMOUN MERYEM BENMBAREK
2017
LOOKING FOR OUM KELSOUM picture
LOOKING FOR OUM KELSOUM
HOUDA SHARAOUI, THE PROTEST LEADER (SUP)
SHIRIN NESHAT SHOJA AZARI Shoja Azari | Martin Gschlacht | Gerhard Meixner | Shirin Neshat & 3 more Shoja Azari | Ahmad Diba (co-writer) | Shirin Neshat
2013
YOU KISS LIKE A DEVIL picture
YOU KISS LIKE A DEVIL
SHEILA (SUP)
Marie Poledňáková FALCON Marie Poledňáková
2011
L'AMANTE DU RIF (Cinema film)
HAJJA DRACULA (SUP)
NARJISS NEJJAR LA PROD NARJISS NEJJAR
Television
2025
PRIVILEGES (Series)
Supporting Role
MARIE MONGE VLADIMIR DE FONTENAY HBO - ZAZI FILMS LUCCIANA DE VOGUE
2025
NO MAN'S LAND 2 picture
NO MAN'S LAND 2 - 7 EPISODES (Series)
ARJIN (SUP)
ROTEM SHAMIR HAUT ET COURT & HULU : Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, Simon Arnal, Maria Feldman, Eitan Mansuri et Jonathan Doweck Amit Cohen (written by) | Maria Feldman | Ron Leshem (written by) (created by) | Eitan Mansuri Amit Cohen (written by) | Maria Feldman | Ron Leshem (written by) (created by) | Eitan Mansuri
2023
EXIT picture
EXIT - EPISODE 1 SAISON 3 (TV series)
ALEA SOUISSI (EFR)
OYSTEN KARLSEN NRK MyAnna Buring (co-writer) | Lars Gautneb (idea) | Ellen Helinder (written by) | Øystein Karlsen (written by) | Petter Testmann-Koch (idea)
2022
THE COLOSSEUM
MAEVIA'S MOTHER (ELR)
ROEL REINE HISTORY CHANNEL
2020
FORCES SPECIALES AFRICAINES (Series)
LEILA FALAH (LR)
AHED BENSOUDA CANAL + AFRIQUE FRANCOISE ELLONG
2018
DEEP STATE picture
DEEP STATE - PILOT (Series)
LEILA, THE CASINO MANAGER (ELR)
ROBERT CONNELLY ENDOR PRODUCTIONS KELLY VALENTINE HENDRY; BONNIE LEE BOUMAN Matthew Parkhill | Simon Maxwell
2017
BUREAU DES LEGENDES picture
BUREAU DES LEGENDES - SAISON 4 (TV series)
SERA (EFR)
Samuel Collardey ERIC ROCHANT, CANAL + GIGI AKOKA, MUSTAPHA SOUAIDI, SAAD FEKHARI Eric Rochant; Antoine Chevrollier
2016
LES HOMMES DE L'OMBRE - 2 ÉPISODES (TV series)
NADIA (SUP)
FRED GARSON MACONDO FRANCE TELEVISIONS CHRISTOPHE MOULIN Emmanuel Daucé (co-writer) | Charline de Lépine | Dan Franck (adaptation and dialogue) (scenario) | Frédéric Tellier
2015
KILLING JESUS picture
KILLING JESUS (TV movie)
THE ADULTRESS (SUP)
CHRISTOPHER MENAUL RIDLEY SCOTT - BOUNDER AND CAL ELAINE GRAINGER MARTIN DUGARD
2014
TYRANT picture
TYRANT - PILOT (Series)
ASMAA (SUP)
DAVID YATES FX US Libby Goldstein, Junie Lowry Johnson, Amy Hubbard, Salah Benchegra GIDEON RAFF
2014
DAS TRAMHOTEL picture
DAS TRAMHOTEL - MAROKKO (TV movie (series))
FATIHA (ELR)
SIGI ROTHMUND LISA PRODUCTION
2011
SALON SHAHRAZADE picture
SALON SHAHRAZADE (TV series)
GHITA (LR)
AMIR RAMSES DISCONNECTED RITA QUESSAR
2011
PLUS BELLE LA VIE - LES FILLES DU DESERT (4 ÉPIDODES) + 3 ÉPISODES DE LA MEME SAISON (TV series)
MOUNIA (ELR)
PHILIPPE CARESSE HUBERT BESSON
Theater
2024
ARRIVÉE PAR AVION picture
ARRIVÉE PAR AVION (Drama)
NAWAL (LR)
Nadia Benzakour, Amin Boudrika FULGURANCES CINEMA RENAISSANCE, INSTITUT CERVANTES, PALAIS DES ARTS ET DE LA CULTURE, THEATRE D'ANFA Nadia Benzakour
2018 – 2019
HEDDA GABLER picture
HEDDA GABLER (Drama)
HEDDA GABLER (LR)
ASMAA HOURI ANFAS Ibsen Theater, Norway - Théâtre National Mohamed V, Morocco IBSEN
Audio
2025
LOIN DE LA FUREUR DU MONDE picture
LOIN DE LA FUREUR DU MONDE
NARRATEUR (LR)
FLEUVE NOIR - WHF HOWES - Editions Thélème WHF HOWES MONICA MARSH JEROME CAMUT ET NATHALIE HUG
Commercial
2009
SIDACTION 2008
Leading Role
OLIVIER LEFEBVRE VIDEORAMA