Leïla Bekhti

Acting · Born 1984-03-06 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي) is a French-Algerian actress, born on March 6, 1984, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. She notably received the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2011 for her role in Tout Ce Qui Brille. In 2010, Leïla Bekhti married actor Tahar Rahim, whom she met in 2007 on the set of the film A Prophet. Leïla Bekhti was born into an Algerian family from Sidi Bel Abbès in western Algeria, who settled in the Paris region. Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Leïla Bekhti grew up in Bagneux. She is the youngest of three children. While a high school student, she regularly bought Casting magazine, with the sole intention of having fun looking for ads that might be of interest to her, without taking any action each time they did. After obtaining a literary baccalaureate (with a theater…

Filmography

• A Prophet as Djamila
• Once Upon My Mother as Esther Perez
• All Your Faces as Nawelle
• All Three of Us as Fereshteh Tabib
• Sink or Swim as Amanda
• Mesrine: Killer Instinct as Fellaga's daughter
• Saddle Up For Revenge as Crystal Clear
• Paris Je T'aime as Zarka (segment "Quais de Seine")
• Quais de Seine as Zarka
• Satan as Yasmine

TV

• Bref as Leïla Bekhti
• Hot Ones as Self - Guest
• Midnight Sun as Kahina Zadi
• Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves as Morgane
• The Torch as Alexandra
• Serge le Mytho as Nina
• Longlasting Youth as Alina
• LOL : Qui rit, sort ! as Self
• Burger Quiz as Self
• The Eddy as Amira