Amira Casar
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| Born | July 1, 1971 London, England |
| Years active | 1989–present |
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Amira Casar is a French actress who grew up in Ireland and who has appeared in 40 films between 1989 and 2009.
Born in England and raised in England, Ireland and France, Amira Casar was discovered by photographer Helmut Newton, moved to France at the age of sixteen.[1] She worked as a model for Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaultier, studying drama at Conservatoire national d'art dramatique in Paris. She is fluent in both English and French, has worked in German, Italian and Spanish.[2]
In 1997, she was nominated for a César in the category of "Most Promising Actress" for her role as "Sandra" in film La Vérité si je mens!. Her theatre debut occurred in 1999 in Aunt Dan and Lemon with Miranda Richardson and she subsequently played the title character of Hedda Gabler. In 2000, she played Morgiana in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Arabian Nights.
She has starred in more than thirty films, including Sylvia, in which she played Assia Wevill, and To Paint or Make Love. She also starred in the music video by Bryan Adams entitled "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?".
In 2008, Casar collaborated with the German new wave Director Werner Schroeter on his last film Nuit de Chien. For her portrayal in TV movie La Femme qui Pleure au Chapeau Rouge (2010), she won the Best Actress award at La Rochelle International Film Festival (French).[2]
Casar holds French and Irish citizenships.[3]
[edit] Partial filmography
- 2012 : Michael Kohlhaas de Arnaud des Pallières
- 2012 : La vérité si je mens ! 3 de Thomas Gilou
- 2011 : Playoff de Eran Riklis
- 2011 : Let My People Go ! de Mikael Buch
- 2010 : Districted Leporello de Juliao Sarmento
- 2009 : Oscar et la dame rose d'Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- 2009 : Gamines d'Éléonore Faucher
- 2009 : Bancs publics (Versailles Rive-Droite) de Bruno Podalydès
- 2008 : Quelques nouvelles du continent de Max Jourdan
- 2008 : Nuit de chien de Werner Schroeter
- 2008 : Made in Italy de Stéphane Giusti : Isabella
- 2008 : Le Voyage aux Pyrénées de Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu
- 2008 : Journées froides qui menacent les plantes de Virginie Chanu
- 2008 : Coupable de Laetitia Masson
- 2008 : Buñuel et la Table du Roi Salomon de Carlos Saura :
- 2007 : Une vieille maîtresse de Catherine Breillat
- 2007 : Kandisha de Jérôme Cohen-Olivar
- 2007 : Intrusions de Emmanuel Bourdieu
- 2006 : Transylvania de Tony Gatlif
- 2006 : L'Accordeur de tremblements de terre des frères Quay
- 2005 : Peindre ou faire l'amour de Arnaud Larrieu
- 2005 : La cloche a sonné de Bruno Herbulot
- 2004 : Toi, vieux de Pierre Coré
- 2004 : Rien, voilà l'ordre de Jacques Baratier
- 2004 : Anatomie de l'enfer de Catherine Breillat
- 2003 : Un autre homme de Catherine Klein
- 2003 : Sylvia de Christine Jeffs
- 2003 : Mariées mais pas trop de Catherine Corsini
- 2003 : Les Chemins de l'Oued de Gaël Morel
- 2002 : Filles perdues, cheveux gras de Claude Duty
- 2001 : Quand on sera grand de Renaud Cohen
- 2001 : La Vérité si je mens ! 2 de Thomas Gilou
- 2001 : Comment j'ai tué mon père de Anne Fontaine
- 2000 : Tôt ou tard de Anne-Marie Etienne
- 2000 : Le Cœur à l'ouvrage de Laurent Dussaux
- 1999 : Pourquoi pas moi ? de Stéphane Giusti
- 1999 : Le Derrière de Valérie Lemercier
- 1998 : Marie Baie des Anges de Manuel Pradal
- 1997 : Tiré à part de Bernard Rapp
- 1997 : La Vérité si je mens ! de Thomas Gilou
- 1995 : Départ immediat de Thomas Briat
- 1995 : Ainsi soient-elles (1995), de Patrick Alessandrin
- 1994 : Le Temps du bonheur de Caroline Champetier
- 1989 : Erreur de jeunesse de Radovan Tadic
[edit] References
- ^ Biographie de Amira Casar
- ^ a b "Amira Casar : Biography". Official site of Amira Casar. http://www.amiracasar.com/index2.html. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ^ La Biographie de Amira Casar
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