Christine Solomon

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Christine Solomon
Born (1981-02-13) February 13, 1981 (age 42)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityCanadian
Occupation Actress
Years active1986–present

Christine Solomon (born February 13, 1981) is an Egyptian-born Canadian actress.

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Early life

Solomon was born in Cairo; her family moved to Montreal, Quebec when she was 7 years old. She developed an interest in acting during her childhood. [1]

Acting career

Solomon made her stage debut when she was 5 years old, [1] which was followed by theatrical performances, TV commercials, and other roles. [2]

She has acted in over 20 stage plays, performed voice-over roles (including for DL Music) for TV networks and shows including Dr. 90210 , the Academy Awards, Fox, Melrose Place , Disney, and videogame publisher Ubisoft. She also performed in films and television shows such as The Score with Academy Award-winning actors Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, VH1's Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story , Sony Pictures' Head in the Clouds , and HBO Canada's Fakers.

Solomon has compere hosted with Rotana Group (a producer/distributor of Arabic music and film) for music videos, television commercials, and endorsement deals. [3] She is also co-lead in Gabriel's Gift, directed by academy award nominee Roland Joffe. [4]

Awards

Solomon won the Best Actress of Empowerment Award at the 2009 Madbakh Awards in Toronto for her role in Heliopolis . [5] Her role was the first representation of a Gothic woman in Egyptian film. [5] Solomon has appeared in other award-winning films, such as the foreign film, Basra . [6]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The Score Graduate
2001ObsessionLisa
2004 Head in the Clouds Parisian Woman #2
2007 City of Girls Gigi
2008 Basra Boutina
2009 Heliopolis Gothic Girl
2013True PiracyOfficer Nathaniel
2011Rats of BabylonHabiba
2012BetroitRola
2015 What Now Melissa
2015YumnaYumna
2016Just 20Monica
2017The Big ShotChantal
2018Kids CanChristine
Gabriel's Gift NatalieIn-Development
A Sixth DimensionAlterIn-Development
2019 My Stretch of Ground Zaina
2020 Bullet Ride Chantal
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story GroupieTV movie
2007Mat Ghani AlayaLanaTV series
2007La Tagini TatazererYasmineTV series
2007Aleel El HeilahDinaTV series
2007Eyes and AshesMariamTV series
2009Catching up with Christine SolomonChristine SolomonTV series
2010FakersExotic DancerTV movie
2015YasmineReemTV series

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Rainbow Six: Siege Mira, Pregnant Woman, Radio AnnouncerVoice

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