Hafsia Herzi
Hafsia Herzi | |
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 Hafsia Herzi at the 2018 Cabourg Film Festival | |
| Born | 25 January 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, film directress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Hafsia Herzi (born 25 January 1987) is a French actress and film directress of Algerian and Tunisian descent. She is best known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award, for best emerging actor/actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2]She is also well known for her role, Curly, in the 2009 film Le Roi de l'évasion where she stunned audiences by engaging in sexual intercourse with French actor Ludovic Berthillot.[3][4][5]
Life
Herzi is of Tunisian descent from her father and Algerian from her mother, and is the youngest of a family of four children (two brothers and a sister, Dalila). After her parents' divorce, her father remarried in Algeria. Her mother lives in Marseille, where Herzi grew up.
On 29 November 2017, a driver with a private car transport company sued Herzi after receiving a series of SMS insults, including "dirty Arab", for events occurring during a trip. She pleaded not guilty as she claimed she used 'dirty Arab' as a tone of ironic meaning, however she has been known for acting hostile against Arabs. On 13 November 2019, she was found guilty of racial insults by the Paris Court of Appeal.[6]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | The Secret of the Grain | Rym | César Award for Most Promising Actress Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Marcello Mastroianni Award Shooting Stars Award |
| 2008 | Dawn of the World | Zahra | |
| A Man and His Dog | Leïla | ||
| 2009 | The King of Escape | Curly Durandot | |
| Buried Secrets | Aïcha | ||
| 2010 | The Rabbi's Cat | Zlebia | Voice |
| 2011 | Jimmy Rivière | Sonia | |
| House of Tolerance | Samira | ||
| The Source | Loubna Esmeralda | ||
| 2012 | The Inheritance | Hajar | |
| 2013 | Exit Marrakech | Karima | |
| The Marchers | Monia | ||
| On My Way | Jeanne | ||
| 2014 | Le Sac de farineh | Sarah | |
| Certifiée Halal | |||
| War Story | Hafsia | ||
| 2015 | Par accident | Amra | |
| 2016 | Sex Doll | Virginie | |
| 2017 | Des plans sur la comète | Inès | |
| Of Skin and Men | Amel | ||
| Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno | Camélia | ||
| 2018 | Féminin plurielles | Hafsia Chouchane | |
| Black Tide | |||
| Le Banc | |||
| This Teacher | |||
| 2019 | You Deserve a Lover | Lila | Also as director |
| Mektoub My Love: Intermezzo | Camélia | ||
| Persona non grata | Iris |
References
- ^ Dupont, Joan (2008-02-21). "Hafsia Herzi portrays another France in 'La graine et le mulet'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ "Free Czech-ing". New York Post. 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
- ^ Fox, Alistair; Marie, Michel; Moine, Raphaëlle; Radner, Hilary (2015). A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema. wiley blackwell. p. 450.
- ^ "Le Roi de l'évasion - film 2009 - AlloCiné". 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ "Hafsia herzi 1 beurette". xHamster. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Hafsia Herzi condamnée pour avoir traité un chauffeur VTC de « sale Arabe »". Le Point (in French). 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
External links
- Hafsia Herzi at IMDb
- 2009 Interview with Hafsia Herzi at Cineuropa.org
- Hafsia Herzi Shooting Stars profile
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- French film actresses
- French people of Algerian descent
- French people of Tunisian descent
- 21st-century French actresses
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- Most Promising Actress Lumières Award winners
- Marcello Mastroianni Award winners
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