# Souad Amidou

Souad Amidou (born 4 July 1959) is a French actress.

## Biography

She is the daughter of the actor Amidou. Her career started working with her father on the short film Le thé à la menthe in 1963. Then she was chosen by Claude Lelouch to play the daughter of Anouk Aimée in Un homme et une femme in 1966.
When she was younger, she followed acting lessons from Anicette Fray. She followed her training at the "New Square Sylvia Monfort" then continued at Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz, then with John Strasberg and Andreas Voutsinas.
From the early 1980s, she was acting in cinema and television. She became popular with her role in Le Grand frère from Francis Girod that got her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. She also worked under the direction of Gérald Oury, Jacques Deray, Ariel Zeitoun, Gérard Lauzier and Steven Spielberg.
On 23 December 1987 she married the director Fabien Onteniente; the couple broke up on 15 March 1991.
She received the Legion of Honour decoration in 2008
In 2009, she directed the first short film Camille and Jamila, but she proved her talent as a filmmaker with her second film Rendez-vous avec Ninette, presented in many festivals.

## Civic engagement

Souad Amidou is vegan, member of the sponsorship committee of the Institut citoyen du cinéma and member of the NGO Vegan Marathon.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1966 | A Man and a Woman | Françoise Gauthier | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1981 | Les filles de Grenoble | Liliane | Joël Le Moigné | |
| 1982 | Le Grand Frère [fr] | Zina Khelifa | Francis Girod | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress |
| 1984 | Julien Fontanes, magistrat | Mina | Daniel Moosmann | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1984 | P'tit Con | Salima | Gérard Lauzier | |
| 1985 | Diesel | Kim | Robert Kramer | |
| 1985 | Néo Polar | Dany | Daniel Moosmann (2) Marc Villard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Lévy et Goliath [fr] | Malika | Gérard Oury | |
| 1987 | Le passager du Tassili | | Sarah Maldoror | TV movie |
| 1987 | Maladie d'amour | Farida | Jacques Deray | |
| 1987 | Vaines recherches | Soledad | Nicolas Ribowski | TV movie |
| 1988 | A Mala de Cartão | Linda | Michel Wyn | TV mini-series |
| 1988 | L'affaire Saint-Romans | Judith Saint-Romans | Michel Wyn (2) | TV mini-series |
| 1989 | Bobby et l'aspirateur | | Fabien Onteniente | Short |
| 1990 | La batalla de los Tres Reyes | | Souheil Ben-Barka Uchkun Nazarov | |
| 1991 | Les hordes | Sarah | Jean-Claude Missiaen | TV mini-series |
| 1992 | Sun Child | Aicha | Driss Tahri | Short |
| 1992 | Neige dans le midi | Françoise Choukri | Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye | TV movie |
| 1993 | Le nombril du monde | Amina | Ariel Zeitoun | |
| 1993-95 | Rocca | Inspector Fred Dubreuil | Paul Planchon Bernard Dumont | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1994 | La danse du feu | Habiba M'Sika | Selma Baccar | |
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul | The nurse | Fabien Onteniente (2) | |
| 1996 | The Best Job in the World | Radia Ben Saïd | Gérard Lauzier (2) | |
| 1996 | Et si l'on vivait ensemble | Marie | Nathalie Camidebach | Short |
| 1997-99 | Mission protection rapprochée | Diane Rousseau | | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2001 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Nizah | Jacob Berger | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | 3 zéros | Fabienne | Fabien Onteniente (3) | |
| 2002 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | Chambermaid | Claude Lelouch (2) | |
| 2005 | L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé | Jenissa | Amar Arhab Fabrice Michelin | TV movie |
| 2005 | Permis d'aimer | Sama | Rachida Krim | TV movie |
| 2005 | Munich | Yussef's Wife | Steven Spielberg | |
| 2006 | Commissaire Moulin | The Attorney | José Pinheiro | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2007 | Adieu mères | Ruth | Mohamed Ismail | |
| 2008 | Il faut sauver Saïd | The mother | Didier Grousset | TV movie |
| 2010 | La maison des Rocheville | Antonella | Jacques Otmezguine | TV mini-series (5 episodes) |
| 2012 | Le noir (te) vous va si bien | Maléké | Jacques Bral | |
| 2019 | The Best Years of a Life | Françoise Gauthier | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2019 | La Loi de... | Sabine Bernel | | TV series |