Nahéma Ricci
Nahéma Ricci | |
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| Born | September 22, 1997 Montreal, Quebec |
| Occupation | Actress |
Nahéma Ricci, also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi,[1] (born c. 1997[2]) is a Canadian actress.
Ricci was born in Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.[2]
She appeared in the 2017 film Ailleurs.[3] Ricci said she won the title role of the 2019 film Antigone after participating in a long series of auditions held to fill all the film's roles.[4] In La Presse, Marc-André Lussier praised Ricci's acting in Antigone.[5] She was named one of the "rising stars" at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[2][6] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] She also won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[8]
In 2020 she starred in the short film Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit).[9] In 2022, she portrayed Sophia in the film Montreal Girls. Nahéma made her English language feature debut in 2022 portraying Alix, a troubled teenager, in Under Spanish Skies, directed by Nathan Buck.[10] She took the lead role of Jen Paradis in television crime drama, Motel Paradis (2022).
In 2024 she starred in the film Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse).[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Bergeron, Kim (1 May 2018). "Quatrième long métrage pour la Madelinienne Sophie Deraspe" (in French). Radio-Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "TIFF's rising stars on being part of the changing face of film". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ Lévesque, François (10 March 2018). ""Ailleurs": quand le réel bascule". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "TIFF: percussive Antigone". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "Antigone représentera le Canada aux Oscars". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ^ "Antigone représentera le Canada pour l'Oscar du meilleur film international" (in French). Radio-Canada. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Yeo, Debra (May 28, 2020). "Quebec film 'Antigone' wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris". The Huffington Post (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Bobby LePire, "Under Spanish Skies". Film Threat, August 1, 2022.
- ^ J. Hurtado, "SXSW 2024 Review: HUNTING DAZE, This Party Ends In Blood". Screen Anarchy, March 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nahéma Ricci at IMDb
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