Nahéma Ricci

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Nahéma Ricci
Born1997 or 1998 (age 25–26)
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationActress

Nahéma Ricci, also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi,[1] (born c. 1997[2]) is a Canadian actress.

Ricci was born in Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.[2]

She appeared in the 2017 film Ailleurs.

Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] She also won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[8]

In 2020 she starred in the short film Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit).[9] In 2022, she portrayed Sophia in the film Montreal Girls. Nahéma made her English language feature debut in 2022 portraying Alix, a troubled teenager, in "Under Spanish Skies" directed by Nathan Buck. For the role she won "Best Supporting Actress" in the 2022 Montreal Independent Film Festival.

References

  1. Radio-Canada
    . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "TIFF's rising stars on being part of the changing face of film". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Lévesque, François (10 March 2018). ""Ailleurs": quand le réel bascule". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "TIFF: percussive Antigone". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Lussier, Marc-André. "Antigone représentera le Canada aux Oscars". La Presse (in French). Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. Radio-Canada
    . 20 September 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  7. ^ Yeo, Debra (May 28, 2020). "Quebec film 'Antigone' wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture". Toronto Star.
  8. The Huffington Post
    (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ^ Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021.

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