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Maryam Hassouni
Maryam Hassouni close-up, looking into the camera
Hassouni in 2020
Born (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 38)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Maryam Hassouni (born 21 September 1985) is a Dutch television and film actress. In 2006, she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers (2005).

Biography

Hassouni's parents, Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni, are Moroccan and moved to the Netherlands a few years before she was born on 21 September 1985, in Amsterdam. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.[1]

Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied museology until 2005, then took law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam but failed the course.[2]

In 2002, she began her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desi, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.[3]

In 2006, she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for the role of Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film Offers.[4]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Kicks Aaliyah
2008 Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden Charlotte de Beaufort
Dunya and Desi Dunya El-Beneni
2012 Manslaughter Amira
2013 Soof Najat
2016 Soof 2 Najat
2020 The Host Vera Tribbe
2021 Meskina Leyla Idrissi

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
2002–04 Dunya and Desi Dunya El-Beneni 19 episodes
2005 Offers Laila al Gatawi Television film
2016 Flikken Maastricht Rebecca Meeuws 1 episode

Awards

References

  1. ^ Actorbio Dunya: Maryam Hassouni Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved November 25, 2006
  2. ^ Curriculum Vitae Maryam Hassouni Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, November 21, 2006; retrieved November 22, 2006
  3. ^ Awards for "Dunya and Desi"; retrieved November 23, 2006
  4. ^ 34th International Emmy Awards Gala celebrates the world's best television programming Archived 2007-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, November 20, 2006; retrieved November 21, 2006
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