Souâd Amidou

• Name — Souad Amidou • Born — 4 July 1959 • Birthplace — Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1966–present • Father — Amidou Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.

She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film Le thé à la menthe in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to play the daughter of Anouk Aimée in Un homme et une femme in 1966. As a young woman, she studied acting lessons with Anicette Fray. She trained at the New Square Sylvia Monfort, then continued with Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, and later with John Strasberg and Andreas Voutsinas. Since the early 1980s, she has acted in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in Le Grand frère from Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also worked with Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg. On 23 December 1987, she married director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991. She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 2008 In 2009, she directed the first short film Camille and Jamila, but she proved her talent as a filmmaker with her second film Rendez-vous avec Ninette, presented in many festivals.

Souad Amidou is vegan and a member of the sponsorship committee of the Institut citoyen du cinéma as well as the NGO Vegan Marathon.

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1966 — A Man and a Woman — Françoise Gauthier — Claude Lelouch • 1981 — Les filles de Grenoble — Liliane — Joël Le Moigné • 1982 — The Big Brother — Zina Khelifa — Francis Girod — Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress • 1984 — Julien Fontanes, magistrat — Mina — Daniel Moosmann — TV series (1 episode) • P'tit Con — Salima — Gérard Lauzier • 1985 — Diesel — Kim — Robert Kramer • Néo Polar — Dany — Daniel Moosmann (2) Marc Villard — TV series (1 episode) • 1987 — Lévy et Goliath — Malika — Gérard Oury • Le passager du Tassili — Sarah Maldoror — TV movie • Maladie d'amour — Farida — Jacques Deray • Vaines recherches — Soledad — Nicolas Ribowski — TV movie • 1988 — A Mala de Cartão — Linda — Michel Wyn — TV mini-series • L'affaire Saint-Romans — Judith Saint-Romans — Michel Wyn (2) — TV mini-series • 1989 — Bobby et l'aspirateur — Fabien Onteniente — Short • 1990 — La batalla de los Tres Reyes — Souheil Ben-Barka Uchkun Nazarov • 1991 — Les hordes — Sarah — Jean-Claude Missiaen — TV mini-series • 1992 — Sun Child — Aicha — Driss Tahri — Short • Neige dans le midi — Françoise Choukri — Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye — TV movie • 1993 — Le nombril du monde — Amina — Ariel Zeitoun • 1993-95 — Rocca — Inspector Fred Dubreuil — Paul Planchon Bernard Dumont — TV series (4 episodes) • 1994 — La danse du feu — Habiba M'Sika — Selma Baccar • 1995 — Tom est tout seul — The nurse — Fabien Onteniente (2) • 1996 — The Best Job in the World — Radia Ben Saïd — Gérard Lauzier (2) • Et si l'on vivait ensemble — Marie — Nathalie Camidebach — Short • 1997-99 — Mission protection rapprochée — Diane Rousseau — TV series (6 episodes) • 2001 — Joséphine, ange gardien — Nizah — Jacob Berger — TV series (1 episode) • 2002 — 3 zéros — Fabienne — Fabien Onteniente (3) • And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen — Chambermaid — Claude Lelouch (2) • 2005 — L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé — Jenissa — Amar Arhab Fabrice Michelin — TV movie • Permis d'aimer — Sama — Rachida Krim — TV movie • Munich — Yussef's Wife — Steven Spielberg • 2006 — Commissaire Moulin — The Attorney — José Pinheiro — TV series (2 episodes) • 2007 — Adieu mères — Ruth — Mohamed Ismail • 2008 — Il faut sauver Saïd — The mother — Didier Grousset — TV movie • 2010 — La maison des Rocheville — Antonella — Jacques Otmezguine — TV mini-series (5 episodes) • 2012 — Le noir (te) vous va si bien — Maléké — Jacques Bral • 2019 — The Best Years of a Life — Françoise Gauthier — Claude Lelouch • 2019 — La Loi de... — Sabine Bernel — TV series

The authorities additionally record the heading Souad Amidou. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Amidou. She married Fabien Onteniente.