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Birthday:

08-11-1995 (29 years)

Birthplace:

Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, France

Biography

Lina El Arabi (born August 11, 1995) is a French actress of Moroccan parents.

At the early age of 6 she takes ballet and violin classes. At 10, she also start with theater classes.

For the leading role in the film A Wedding she was awarded as Best Actress at the Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême.

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Besties

Act like Nedjma

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Paris. Nedjma, a teenager living with her mom and sister, spends the summer with her squad. She sees her life turned upside down when she meets Zina, coming from the opposite gang. They are rivals in broad daylight, but lovers in secret.

Don't Leave Me!

Act like Chama

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A French women lives her worst nightmare when she discovers that her daughter has been radicalised, and plans to leave for her "husband" in Syria.

Act like Fettouma Ziouani

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Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra.

The Damned

Act like Yara

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Yara, a 25-year-old Moroccan girl who has come to study in Paris, has not left her home for several months, as she has been agoraphobic since childhood due to terrible family events. Her only contact is with her grandmother, Najiyah, by telephone. One evening, a mysterious apparition disrupts her daily routine, forcing her to relive her worst fears, driving her to the brink of madness.

Une fille sans histoire

The Temple Woods Gang

Act like Rebecca

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A retired military man lives in the Temple Woods housing project. Just as he’s burying his mother, his neighbour Bébé, who belongs to a gang of robbers from the area, is preparing to rob the convoy of a wealthy Arab prince.

Without Gloves

Act like Samia

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Dylan is a promising 14-year-old boxer. He is in love with pretty Samia, but she loves him not. Without taking care of the consequences, he will leave his boxing gloves, to be interesting in the eyes of the dealers in his neighbourhood, and thus attract the attention of the girl.

A Wedding

Act like Zahira Kazim

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Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.

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Syria, 2011. Nour, a young French free lance journalist, is spending Christmas’ eve with a group of journalists in an apartment located in Homs. She’s penniless and wants to go out to cover a story. But the war is raging outside…

Eye on Juliet

Act like Ayusha

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The story of an unlikely encounter between Gordon, a hexapod operator, and Ayusha, a young woman from the Middle East. Gordon, guardian of a pipeline in this desert region, becomes fascinated by Ayusha, while piloting his robotic spider from the other side of the world, in America. Ayusha is promised to an older man she doesn't love. Despite the distance, their mutual fear and their imperfect interaction, he will do everything in his power to help her escape her fate.

Brutus vs Cesar

Act like Albana

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Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.

Plaine orientale

Act like Inès (1 ep.)

Furies

Act like Lyna (8 ep.)

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Seeking to avenge her father's death, a young woman becomes entangled in the web of the Fury, peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld.

Kaboul Kitchen

Act like Pissenlit (12 ep.)

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Kaboul Kitchen is a French comedy television series broadcast by Canal+. It was created by Marc Victor, Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. The series is based on the true story of Radio France Internationale journalist Marc Victor, who ran a restaurant for French expatriates in Kabul until 2008. The first series premiered on February 15, 2012 on Canal+ and ended on March 5, 2012. It set a ratings record for comedy series in the primetime slot on Canal+. A second series, which will have 12 episodes, has been commissioned. The series depicts the life of French expatriate Jacky who runs the popular restaurant Kaboul Kitchen in Kabul, Afghanistan. His daughter Sophie, who he has not seen in 20 years, arrives to do humanitarian work, while he is interested only in making money. The series won two Golden FIPA Awards at the 2012 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels: one for Best TV Series and one for Best TV Screenplay. It was screened at MIPTV and named fourth on The Hollywood Reporter's list of "MIPTV A-List Projects" for the most promising series screened at the event.

Philharmonia

Act like Selena Rivière (6 ep.)

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Hélène Barizet is a gifted conductor with a sulphurous reputation. Named against the advice of management and musicians, she has a season to make her place and save the orchestra. The maestro chooses Selena Riviere, a young virtuoso violinist to help her. But how to transmit when all we want is to break with the past?

Family Business

Act like Aïda Benkikir (18 ep.)

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After learning France is about to legalize pot, a down-on-his-luck entrepreneur and his family race to turn their butcher shop into a marijuana café.

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