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| Maryam Hassouni | |
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 Hassouni in 2020 | |
| Born | (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Maryam Hassouni (born 21 September 1985) is a Dutch writer and former actress of Moroccan descent. In 2006, she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers (2005).
Biography
Hassouni's parents, Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni, are Moroccan and moved to the Netherlands a few years before she was born on 21 September 1985, in Amsterdam. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.
Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied museology until 2005. She studied Law at the Free University in Amsterdam, but did not finish as she decided to focus on her acting career.
In 2002, she began her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desi, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.
In 2006, she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for the role of Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film Offers.
In 2014 Hassouni decided to scale back her acting to only roles she was proud to play, and returned to studying, completing a degree in English language and literature at the University of Amsterdam in 2017. In the same year she published her first book, Hoekjes van Geluk, a children's book about seven-year old boy Sam who goes on a journey to find happiness.
In 2022, she published the book Wat de fak, through De Bezige Bij. It describes her experiences with what she identifies as structural sexism and racism in the film industry. She also announced her retirement from acting until those issues are addressed.
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Kicks | Aaliyah | |
| 2008 | Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden | Charlotte de Beaufort | |
| Dunya and Desi | Dunya El-Beneni | ||
| 2012 | Manslaughter | Amira | |
| 2013 | Soof | Najat | |
| 2016 | Soof 2 | Najat | |
| 2020 | The Host | Vera Tribbe | |
| 2021 | Meskina | Leyla Idrissi |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–04 | Dunya and Desi | Dunya El-Beneni | 19 episodes |
| 2005 | Offers | Laila al Gatawi | Television film |
| 2016 | Flikken Maastricht | Rebecca Meeuws | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Flikken Rotterdam | Lieve Jansons | 1 season |
Awards
- International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress (2006) in Offers
References
- ^ "Maryam Hassouni: 'Ik stop met acteren tot de industrie verandert'" [Maryam Hassouni: 'I'm quitting acting until the industry changes']. nos.nl (in Dutch). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- Actorbio Dunya: Maryam Hassouni Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 25 November 2006
- Awards for "Dunya and Desi"; retrieved 23 November 2006
- 34th International Emmy Awards Gala celebrates the world's best television programming Archived 19 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 20 November 2006; retrieved 21 November 2006
- Amsterdam, Universiteit van (16 August 2023). "'Literature is about the human condition, it's about us, it's about our struggles, it's about our existence, our relationships' - Bachelor English Language and Culture". Universiteit van Amsterdam (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
External links
| International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress | |
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