Soumaya Akaaboune (an haife ta a 16 ga Fabrairu 1974) ta kasance 'yar wasan fim ce' yar Maroko. An haife ta kuma ta girma a Tangier, Morocco, mahaifiyar Akaaboune ta kasance mai salo da suttura yayin da mahaifinta ya kasance mai son zane-zane. Ta bayyana gidanta na yarinta a matsayin mafaka ga masu zane-zanen bukata. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 14, mawakiya Maurice Bejart sun hango Akaaboune, wanda ya gayyace ta ta shiga kungiyar rawar sa. Ta karɓa kuma ta yi horo na awanni takwas a rana, lokacin da ta ce ita ce mafi farin ciki a rayuwarta. Akaaboune ta zagaya Turai, tana rawa a Paris, sannan Spain da London. A lokacin da take Landan, ta mai da hankalinta ga wasan kwaikwayo, tana yin wakoki da yawa. Ta yanke igiyar Achilles a cikin 1989, ta ƙare aikinta na rawa. A Landan, Akaaboune ta sadu da Sandra Bernhard, wacce ta gayyace ta don yin nata wasan kwaikwayon "Up All Night" sannan daga baya ta gabatar da Broadway "I am Still Here Damn It". Akaaboune ta sami horo kan aiki a Loft Studio.