Lina El Arabi

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Lina El Arabi
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Lina El Arabi on film poster of A Wedding, 2016 [1]
Born (1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 29)
Choisy-le-Roi, France
OccupationActress
Known for A Wedding , Furies

Lina El Arabi (born 11 August 1995) is a French actress of Moroccan heritage. [2] [3]

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Biography

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 .

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 A Wedding Zahira Kazim
2017 Eye on Juliet [9] Ayusha
2020 Brutus vs César Albana

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Ne m'abandonne pas ChamaTelevision film
2017 Kaboul Kitchen Pissenlit12 episodes
2019 Family Business Aïda Benkikir7 episodes
2024 Furies Lyna Guerrab8 episodes

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