Rima Zeidan | |
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![]() Rima Zeidan holding her Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer at the Taipei Film Festival 2017 | |
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Nationality | Taiwan Lebanon |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Model, TV presenter |
Rima Zeidan (Chinese :瑞瑪·席丹; pinyin :ruìmǎ xídān; Arabic : ريما زيدان; born May 1, 1990) is a Taiwanese-Lebanese presenter, model and actress from Taiwan. In 2017 she appeared in the film Missing Johnny for which she was voted Best New Talent at the Taipei Film Festival and won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer. [1]
Zeidan was born in 1990 in Taiwan to a Taiwanese mother and a Lebanese father. [2] She entered showbiz at the age of sixteen, appearing in over 100 television adverts and hosting Taiwanese tourism programs. In 2009 at the age of 18, while in the United States on a study trip she was involved in a motorcycle accident which killed her boyfriend and left her with third degree burns on over 30% of her body. [3] After recovering, she returned to the industry to become the face of skincare companies and hosted on various travel programs. [4]
In 2017 Zeidan made her film debut in the Taiwanese movie Missing Johnny in which she played the role of a woman named Hsu Zi-qi. Zeidan's performance in the film was widely praised leading to her being nominated for best actress awards at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, the Taipei Film Awards and the Shanghai International Film Festival. [1] [5]
Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Missing Johnny | 強尼·凱克 | Hsu Zi-qi | |
2023 | The Movie Emperor | 红毯先生 | Summer | |
Hidden Strike | 狂怒沙暴 | Li Yan |
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