Maryam Hassouni
Maryam Hassouni (born 21 September 1985) is a Dutch television and film actress. In 2006 she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers (2005).
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Biography
Her parents Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni are Moroccan and moved to the Netherlands a few years before Maryam was born on 21 September 1985 in Amsterdam. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.[1]
Maryam Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied Museology until 2005, and studied Law at the Free University in Amsterdam but failed the course.[2]
In 2002 she started 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.[3]
In 2006 she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for her role Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film Offers.[4]
Filmography
Television series
List of television series in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor:[5]
- Dunya and Desi (2002–2004)
- Shouf shouf! (2006–2007)
- One night stand: Liefde, dank je wel (Short subject: Danyael Sugawara, role: Naïma) (2008)
- Verborgen Gebreken (televisieserie, role: Mouna Chabbar) (2009)
- Flikken Maastricht (serie, role: Rebecca Meeuws, aflevering 'Schuld') (2011)
- Flikken Rotterdam (2016–)
List of films in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor:[5]
- Offers (2005) (TV film)
- Blondje (2006) (short film)
- Swink!? (2006) (TV film)
- Kicks (2007)
- Anna (2007) (TV film)
- Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden (film, role: Charlotte) (2008)
- Manslaughter (TV film) (2012)
- Soof (2013)
- The Host (2020) (post-production)
Awards
- International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress (2006) for her role Laila al Gatawi in Offers
References
- Actorbio Dunya: Maryam Hassouni Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved November 25, 2006
- Curriculum Vitae Maryam Hassouni Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, November 21, 2006; retrieved November 22, 2006
- Awards for "Dunya and Desi"; retrieved November 23, 2006
- 34th International Emmy Awards Gala celebrates the world's best television programming Archived 2007-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, November 20, 2006; retrieved November 21, 2006
- "Maryam Hassouni". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
External links
- Maryam Hassouni on IMDb
- Maryam Hassouni at the website of her agency (in Dutch)