Lina El Arabi | |
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![]() Lina El Arabi on film poster of A Wedding, 2016 [1] | |
Born | Choisy-le-Roi, France | 11 August 1995
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | A Wedding , Furies |
Lina El Arabi (born 11 August 1995) is a French actress of Moroccan heritage. [2] [3]
El Arabi was born in Choisy-le-Roi, France, in 1995. At age six, she began playing violin at the Choisy-le-Roi conservatory, [4] and at ten, she got involved in theatre work. [5] She later also studied journalism at the Institut pratique du journalisme in Paris. [4]
In 2016, she was cast in the lead role of the television film Ne m'abandonne pas , about a radicalized Muslim teenager. [6]
In 2017, she landed the lead role of Zahira Kazim in Stephan Streker's A Wedding (French: Noces), where she plays a young Belgian-Pakistani girl who is forced by her family into a traditional marriage. El Arabi won the Valois award for best actress at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. [7]
In 2019, El Arabi had a recurring role in the comedy series Family Business , which was distributed internationally by Netflix. [8]
In 2024, she landed the leading role in the French Netflix series Furies .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | A Wedding | Zahira Kazim | |
2017 | Eye on Juliet [9] | Ayusha | |
2020 | Brutus vs César | Albana |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Ne m'abandonne pas | Chama | TV movie |
2017 | Kaboul Kitchen | Pissenlit | Main cast (season 3) |
2019 | Family Business | Aïda Benkikir | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
2024 | Furies | Lyna Guerrab | Lead role |
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