Mouna Noureddine

**Mouna Noureddine** (Arabic: منى نور الدين, born **Saadia Oueslati**, 23 January 1939 in Tunis) is a Tunisian actress.

## Carrer

She obtained her graduation certificate in 1952 and then entered the school for teachers in Tunis, which she eventually left for the Arab theater school in Tunis.

In 1954, she worked in the municipal troupe of the Arab Theater directed by the Egyptian Zéki Touleïmat. The following year, Mohamed Agrebi recruited her for the Tunis municipality troupe he directed, and subsequently she became a subscriber to leading roles in most of the plays. In the wake of this early success, she obtained a diploma in drama.

In 1957, she successfully passed the recruitment competition for full-time actors for the needs of the troupe in the city of Tunis. Mouna Noureddine is as comfortable on stage as in front of the cameras, interpreting texts in Tunisian as well as in literal Arabic as well as in French.

She went on stage at the age of 15, making the theater merge with her life, to such an extent that the meeting of the one who will share her life and give her his pseudonym - Noureddine Kasbaoui - takes place during the rehearsals of a play by William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice. Mouna Noureddine performs many roles in the troupe's repertoire, notably under the direction of Aly Ben Ayed: Sakr Kouraïch, Al Hallaj, Yerma, Le maréchal, Ghira Tedhraféchira, Hamlet, Elloghz, Leïla men elf lila, Ors eddam, Mejnoun Leïla, Mourad III, Beït Bernard alba, Ahl el berak, Caligula, Atchane ya sabaya, Les Troyennes, etc.

In the cinema, she plays in a large number of Tunisian films including Khalifa le teigneux, Sejnane, Fatma 75, And tomorrow ...?, Cécile's eyes, L’Homme de cendres, The thief of tasting, The season of men, etc. Each of his performances, in Tunisia as well as in the Maghreb and in Europe, earned him consecration, critical praise and public ovation. She plays in the found of the city of Tunis at the Théatre des Nations, the Récamier, the Théâtre de la ville, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Beethoven Festival, in Iran and in Egypt.

After half a century of activity, alongside her status as director of the Tunis city troupe since 2002 - a first since the creation of this company - she continues to perform in Tunisian and international productions as well as on stage. For the whole of her career, in 1985 she obtained the honorary prize of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Protection, the insignia of the Order of Cultural Merit and was elevated to the rank of Officer of the Insignia of the Republic of Tunisia. She is also honored several times in many theater festivals in Tunisia and abroad.

#### Feature films

- 1958 : _Goha_ by Jacques Baratier
- 1969 : _Khlifa the stingy_ by Hamouda Ben Halima
- 1971 : _And tomorrow...?_ by Brahim Babaï
- 1972 : _Au pays du Tararanni_ (In the land of Tararanni) by Hamouda Ben Halima, Hedi Ben Khalifa and Férid Boughedir
- 1974 : _Sejnane_ by Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- 1975 :
    - _Fatma 75_ by Salma Baccar
    - _Ragol Bima'n Al-Kalima_ (A manly man) by Nader Galal (English)
- 1976 : _Echebka, Rayha Wayn_ (Where is going the engagement?) by Ghouti Bendeddouche
- 1980 : _Aziza_ by Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- 1982 :
    - _Shadow of the Earth_ by Taïeb Louhichi
    - _The Ballad of Mamelouk_ by Abdulhafidh Bouassida : Fatma
    - _Maazoufet El Matar_ (The rain song) by Abdellah Rezzoug (English)
- 1986 :
    - _Man of Ashes_ by Nouri Bouzid : Nefissa
    - _Sabra Walwuhush_ (Sabra and the Monsters)  by Habib Mselmani
- 1988 : _Sama_ (Sky) (ar) by Néjia Ben Mabrouk
- 1989 :
    - _The Barbarian_ by Mireille Darc
    - _Layla, my reason_ (ar) by Taïeb Louhichi
- 1990 : _Nomad heart_ by Fitouri Belhiba
- 1992 :
    - _The Sultan of the Medina_ by Moncef Dhouib
    - _Les Zazous de la vague_ (The Zazous of the wave) by Mohamed Ali Okbi
- 1994 : _The wind of fates_ by Ahmed Djemai
- 1996 :
    - _A Summer in La Goulette_ by Férid Boughdir
    - _Honey and Ashes_ by Nadia Fares Anliker
- 1997 : _Keswa (the lost thread)_ (ht) by Kelthoum Bornaz : the mother
- 2000 : _The Season of Men_ by Moufida Tlatli : the matriarch
- 2015 : _The sky's limits_ (ar) by Fares Naanaa
- 2018 : _Look at me_ by Nejib Belkadhi

#### Short films

- 1973 : _Azziara_ (The Visit) by Hédi Ben Khalifa
- 2010 : _The Wave_ by Mohamed Ben Attia

#### Tunisian TV serials

- 1988 : Ib7ath m3ana (_Inspect with us_) by Abderrazak Hammami (episode of The Eclipse of the Earth) : Aziza
- 1992 : _Liyam Kif Errih_ (Days are Like Wind) by Slaheddine Essid : Jalila
- 1994 :
    - _Ghada_ by Khaled Mansour, Habib Jemni and Nabil Bessaida (guest of honor)
    - _Amwej_ (Waves) by Slaheddine Essid : Fatma
- 1995 :
    - _Habbouni wedalalt_ (I am the family's spoiled brat) by Slaheddine Essid : Habiba
    - _Normal days_ by Habib Mselmani : Wahida
- 1995 and 2000 : _Edhak Ledonia_ (Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life)  by Abderrazak Hammami : Hayet
- 1996-1997 : _El Khottab Al Bab_ (Suitors at the door) by Slaheddine Essid, Ali Louati and Moncef Baldi : Mannana
- 1997 :
    - _Bab El Khokha_ (The Peach’s Door) by Abdeljabbar Bhouri and Nabil Bessaida : Douja
    - _Tej min chouk_ (A Crown of thorns) by Chawki Mejri and Rached Koukech : the queen mother (guest of honor)
- 1999 : _Anbar Ellil_ (Cestrum Nocturnum) by Habib Mselmani and Ahmed Rjeb : Mannoubiya
- 2000 :
    - _Honey and oleander_ by Ibrahim Letaief : Aroussia
    - _Mnamet Aroussia_ (Aroussia’s Dream) by Slaheddine Essid : Aroussia Hannafi
- 2002 : _Gamret Sidi Mahrous_ (The Moon of Master Mahrus) by Slaheddine Essid: Mamiya
- 2003 : _Khota Fawka Assahab_ (Steps on the Clouds) by Abdellatif Ben Ammar and Mohamed Mongi Ben Tara : Khadija
- 2005 : _Chara Al Hobb_ (The Law of Love) by Hamadi Arafa : Sallouha
- 2005-2009 : _Choufli Hal_ (Find Me a Solution) by Slaheddine Essid and Abdelkader Jerbi : Fadhila
- 2010-2018 : _Nsibti Laaziza_ (My Beloved Mother-in-Law) by Slaheddine Essid and Younes Ferhi : Fatma Gavayess alias Ftaïma
- 2012 : _Dar Louzir_ (The Minister’s House) by Slaheddine Essid : Frida
- 2015 : _Lilet Chak_ (The Doubt Night) by Majdi Smiri and Jamil Najjar : Fatma alias Fattoum
- 2019 : _Dar Nana_ (Nana’s House) by Mohamed Ali Mihoub, and written by Younes Ferhi : Jawida
- 2022 :
    - _Harga_ (ar) (Illegal Immigration) (season 2) by Lassaad Oueslati and Jouda Méjri : Zina
    - _Hab Mlouk_ by Nasreddine Shili : Frida

#### Foreign series

- 1981 : _Arcole_ or the _promised land_ by Marcel Moussy
- 1999 : _Il commissario Montalbano_ (episode Il ladro di merendine) (Commisioner Mantalbano : Episode “The Snack Theif”) by Andrea Camilleri : Aisha

#### TV films

- 1987 : _Un bambino di nome Gesù_ (Italian) (A Child Named Jesus) by Franco Rossi
- 1990 : _La Goutte d'or_ (The Drop of Gold) by Marcel Bluwal
- 1993 : _Les Yeux de Césile_ (The Eyes of Cécile) by Jean-Pierre Denis
- 1994 : _Tödliche Dienstreise_ (Fatal Business Trip) by Driss Chraïbi and Ray Müller
- 1995 : _The Black Sheep_ by Francis de Gueltzl, with Hend Sabri
- 2009 : _Choufli Hal_ by Abdelkader Jerbi

#### Videos

- 2018 : advertising spot for the Tunisian tomato paste brand Abida

## Theater

- 1954 : _Mille et une nuit_ (One Thousand and One Night), directed by Abderrazek Hammami and Abdelmajid Belakhel, written by Mahfoudh Abderrahman and adapted for the theater by Noureddine Kasbaoui
- 1956 : _The Merchant of Venice_ directed by Zaki Toulimat, written by William Shakespeare
- 1956 : _La Jalousie vous Rend Fou_ (_Jealousy Makes You Crazy_) directed by Zaki Toulimat and written by Hedi Abidi
- 1959: _Hamlet_ directed by Aly Ben Ayed and Abdelmajid Belakhal and written by William Shakespeare
- 1960 : _Layla and Majnun_ directed by Hassan Zmerly and produced by Groupe Médina de Tunis
- 1964 : _People of the Cave_ directed by Aly Ben Ayed and written by Tawfiq al-Hakim
- 1966 : _Yarma_
- 1966 : _Mourad III_ directed by Aly Ben Ayed and written by Tawfiq al-Hakim
- 1967-1986 : _The Marshal_ directed by Abderrazek Hammami and Aly Ben Ayed, and written by Noureddine Kasbaoui : La Maréchale Douja
- 1971 : _Eight Women_
- 1975 : _Atshan Ya Sabaya_ (_I am thirsty, girls_) directed by Moncef Souissi, and written by Samir Ayadi, with the participation of Khadija Souissi, Issa Harrath, Slim Mahfoudh, Halima Daoued, Aziza Boulabiar, Ahmed Mouaouia and Hedi Zoghlami
- 1988 : Dam El Far7 (May the Happiness Remain_) , written and with the direction of Abdelaziz Meherzi and with the participation of Hamadi Arafa_
- 2005-2006 : _The Marshal_ (Second version)
- 2015 : _Dahlamouni 7abaybi_ (_I was made a victim_), written and with the direction of Abdelaziz Meherzi
- _Caligula_
- _Abd al-Rahman III_ directed by Abdelaziz Agrebi
- _The eagle of Quraysh_.
- _Bayt Birnard Alba_ directed by Aly Ben Ayed, and written by Frederico García Lorca
- _Klaa Maber_ directed by Abderrazek Hammami with the participation of Monia Ouertani, Rim Zribi, Cherif Abidi, Slim Mahfoudh and Aziza Boulabiar
- _Mansur al-Hallaj_ directed by Moncef Souissi, Said Slimane, and written by Ezzedine Madani
- From the Works of Shakespeare

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Mouna Noureddine
- **image**: Red carpet of the Carthage Film Festival 2018 Mouna Noureddine 2.jpg
- **caption**: Kenzari in 2016
- **native name**: منى نور الدين
- **birth place**: Tunis, Tunisia
- **occupation**: Actress