Yumna Marwan | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2013— |
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Yumna Marwan is a Lebanese-Palestinian television and film actress.
Born in Lebanon, [1] Marwan grew up in Beirut before moving to Iowa in the United States as a teenager. [2] [3] She graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Smith College in 2013. [4]
Marwan made her screen debut in 2013, when she starred in her first feature film The Valley by writer and director Ghassan Salhab. [2] In 2016, she was the lead actress in the Mounia Akl short film Submarine which won the Muhr Jury Prize Dubai International Film Festival. [5] [6]
In 2020 she appeared in Tangiers-set television series Little Birds alongside Juno Temple, playing the part of dominatrix Cherifa Lamor, in her first English-language screen role. [1] [7] [8] That year, she was in the film Translator , directed by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf. In 2021, she starred in Mounia Akl’s debut feature film Costa Brava, Lebanon . [2]
That year, she again worked with Ghassan Salhab on his 2021 film The River. [9] She also appeared in Shahid original series Hell's Gate, directed by International Emmy Award winner, Amin Dora, set in a futuristic Beirut and considered the first Arab science-fiction series. [10] [11]
In 2023, she played Lauren in Amjad Al-Rasheed’s drama feature film Inshallah A Boy. [12] [13]
In 2024, she has a main role in Steven Knight espionage thriller television series The Veil alongside Elisabeth Moss. [14] [15]
She has two daughters born in 2022 and 2024.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | The Valley | Maria | |
2016 | Submarine | Hala | Short film |
2020 | Little Birds | Cherifa Lamor | 6 episodes |
2020 | Translator | Karma | |
2021 | The River | ||
2021 | Costa Brava, Lebanon | Alia | |
2021 | Hell's Gate | ||
2023 | Inshallah A Boy | Lauren | |
2024 | The Veil | Adilah |
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