Amira Casar | |
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 Casar in 2017 | |
| Born | London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Amira Casar is a French-British actress.
Amira Casar | |
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| Casar in 2017 | |
| Born | London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Amira Casar is a French-British actress.
Amira Casar was born in London and was subsequently raised in England, Ireland, and France. [1] She studied drama at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique de Paris between 1991 and 1994. [2] She is fluent in English, Persian, and French and has worked in German, Italian, and Spanish.[ citation needed ]
Casar's first role was in the 1989 film Erreur de jeunesse (Error of Youth) by Radovan Tadic . [3] She played Sandra Benzakhem in the 1997 film La Vérité si je mens ! , for which she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. [4] She later appeared in the film's two sequels, in 2001 and 2012. [5] [6]
Casar portrayed Myriem in How I Killed My Father (2001) by Anne Fontaine; [7] Assia Wevill in Sylvia (2003) by Christine Jeffs; [8] the lead role of The Woman in the Catherine Breillat erotic film Anatomy of Hell (2004); [2] [9] and Eva in To Paint or Make Love (2005) by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. [10]
Other roles include Marianne in Hypnotized and Hysterical (2002), [11] a film by Claude Duty which won the Grand Golden Rail at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Malvina van Stille in The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes by the Brothers Quay (2005); [12] and Marie in Tony Gatlif's Transylvania in 2006. [13]
In 2007, Casar appeared in installation artist Sophie Calle's Venice Biennale piece Prenez soin de vous (Take Care of Yourself). [2]
In 2008, she played Dolorès in Laetitia Masson's Coupable , [14] and portrayed Irene in Werner Schroeter's last film, Nuit de chien . [15] Casar played the lead role of Anna Di Baggio in the Éléonore Faucher film Gamines in 2009. [16]
She won the Best Actress award at La Rochelle Television Film Festival for her portrayal of Dora Maar in La femme qui pleure au chapeau rouge in 2010. [17] In 2011, Casar played Irène in Let My People Go ! , [18] and Deniz in Playoff . [19] [20] In 2013, she appeared in the Arnaud des Pallières film Michael Kohlhaas , [21] [22] and portrayed Anne-Marie Munoz in Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent in 2014. [3]
In 2015, Casar appeared in The Forbidden Room by Canadian director Guy Maddin. [23] and portrayed Béatrice, Madame de Clermont, in the TV series Versailles . [24] [25] In 2017, she played Annella Perlman in the film Call Me by Your Name . [26] She also appeared in the 2019 Caroline Fourest film Sisters in Arms , about a team of female Kurdish soldiers and volunteers. [27]
In 2022, Casar appeared in the film The Contractor . [28] She portrayed Edith Frank, the mother of Anne Frank, in the 2023 Disney+ series A Small Light . [28]
On stage, Casar's work includes the Almeida Theatre production of Aunt Dan and Lemon ; the title role in Hedda Gabler at Le Petit Théâtre de Paris; and Olivier Py's 2009 production of Les Enfants de Saturne at the Theatre National de L'Odéon, Paris.[ citation needed ] In 2011, she appeared in the title role of Petra in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant , [29] [30] and received critical acclaim in Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher at the Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra. [31]
Casar also appeared in the 1995 Bryan Adams music video for "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". [32]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sharpe's Siege | Catherine | TV series, S04E02 |
| 1997 | Opération Bugs Bunny | Marie-Noëlle | TV movie |
| 2000 | Arabian Nights | Morgiana | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Murder on the Orient Express | Helena von Strauss | TV movie |
| 2003 | 40 | Kristina | TV miniseries |
| The Thibaults | Rachel | TV miniseries | |
| 2008 | Les Héritières | Antonia | TV movie |
| 2010 | La femme qui pleure au chapeau rouge | Dora Maar | TV movie |
| 2015 | Versailles | Béatrice, Madame de Clermont | TV series |
| 2017 | Tensions sur le Cap Corse | Gabrielle Monti | TV movie |
| 2019 | Savages (Les Sauvages) | Daria | TV series |
| 2021 | Voltaire High (Mixte_(série_télévisée) ) | Irène | TV Series, S1E5 |
| 2023 | A Small Light | Edith Frank | TV miniseries |
| 2024 | La Maison | Perle Foster | TV series |
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