Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي) is a French-Algerian actress, born on March 6, 1984, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. She notably received the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2011 for her role in Tout Ce Qui Brille. In 2010, Leïla Bekhti married actor Tahar Rahim, whom she met in 2007 on the set of the film A Prophet. Leïla Bekhti was born into an Algerian family from Sidi Bel Abbès in western Algeria, who settled in the Paris region. Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Leïla Bekhti grew up in Bagneux. She is the youngest of three children. While a high school student, she regularly bought Casting magazine, with the sole intention of having fun looking for ads that might be of interest to her, without taking any action each time they did. After obtaining a literary baccalaureate (with a theater option) from the Maurice-Genevoix high school in Montrouge, she reluctantly enrolled in a university and took an art therapy course there.[4] She also attended a theater school in Paris for six months, without much regular attendance. While working various odd jobs—including as a saleswoman in a clothing store owned by her brother in Orléans—to pay for her classes, she then enrolled at the Stéphane-Gildas school in Paris, then Bérengère Basty's class at the Art'aire Studio. In 2005, encouraged by friends, she went to the casting of Sheitan, a film by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel (also the film's producer), and obtained one of the main roles, that of Yasmine, a young woman with no fears. Leïla Bekhti then played in the TV film Harkis with Smaïn and rediscovered the history of Algeria, the country where her family comes from. We find Leïla Bekhti in Paris, Je T’Aime then in Roschdy Zem's first film Mauvaise Foi. Then, her friend Géraldine Nakache offered her the main role alongside her in Tout Ce Qui Brille, a real box-office success, which earned her a César for Most Promising Actress. In 2011, she played in Toi, Moi, Les autres and Itinéraire Bis. After La Source Des Femmes, Leïla Bekhti returned to the screen in A Better Life with Guillaume Canet in January 2012. This was followed by more than fifty films and as many notable roles, in both drama and comedy, for film and television (see filmography). In her private life, Leila Bekhti met actor Tahar Rahim on the set of Jacques Audiard's film A Prophet, released in 2009. They married discreetly in 2010 and went on to have five children.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Once Upon My Mother as Esther Perez
- 2023 · Maria Montessori as Lili d’Alengy
- 2023 · All Your Faces as Nawelle
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · The Torch as Alexandra
- 2022 · Hot Ones as Self - Guest
- 2021 · The Restless as Leïla
- 2021 · The Third War as Yasmine
- 2021 · LOL : Qui rit, sort ! as Self
- 2020 · How I Became a Superhero as Callista
- 2020 · La Flamme as Alexandra
- 2020 · The Eddy as Amira
- 2019 · Battle of the Classes as Sofia
- 2018 · Sink or Swim as Amanda
- 2018 · Beirut as Nadia Skiles
- 2018 · Beirut as Nicole
- 2016 · Midnight Sun as Kahina Zadi
- 2016 · Quotidien as Self - Guest
- 2015 · All Three of Us as Fereshteh
- 2014 · Now or Never as Juliette Lesage
- 2013 · Le Débarquement 2 as Various Characters
- 2013 · Before the Winter Chill as Lou
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2012 · Nous York as Samia
- 2012 · Armed Hands as Maya Dervin
- 2011 · A Better Life as Nadia
- 2011 · Bref as Leïla Bekhti
- 2011 · Leila as Leïla
- 2010 · Fracture as Zora
- 2009 · A Prophet as Djamila
- 2008 · Mesrine: Killer Instinct as Fellaga's daughter
- 2008 · Dolls and Angels as Lya
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as Zarka (Quais de Seine)
- 2001 · Burger Quiz as Self
- Future · Violette as Violette Toussaint
- 2025 · L'Ordre des Mots as La voix qui annonce le césar (elle est pas au courant)
- 2024 · Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille as Self
- 2024 · Loris Giuliano en balade as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Loving Memories as Julie Delaunay
- 2021 · Saddle Up For Revenge as Crystal Clear
- 2019 · Perfect Nanny as Myriam
- 2019 · I'll Go Where You Go as Mina
- 2018 · Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
- 2018 · A Man in a Hurry as Jeanne
- 2018 · Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Carnivores as Mona Barni
- 2017 · The View from Up Here as
- 2017 · Speak Up as Guest of Honour
- 2016 · Serge le Mytho as Nina
- 2015 · Polonium as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Astragal as Albertine
- 2013 · ... à la française ! as Sofia
- 2013 · Le Débarquement as
- 2011 · The Source as Leila
- 2011 · Itinéraire bis as Nora
- 2010 · Longlasting Youth as Alina
- 2010 · Bacon on the Side as Anissa
- 2010 · Conte de la frustration as Safia
- 2010 · All That Glitters as Lila
- 2009 · Twenty Show: The Film as Yasmine
- 2009 · Myriam's choice as Myriam
- 2008 · Harkis as Leila
- 2008 · Choosing Love as Sarah
- 2007 · Ali Baba and the 40 thieves as Morgiane
- 2007 · Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves as Morgane
- 2006 · Bad Faith as Mounia
- 2006 · For the Love of God as Meriem
- 2006 · Les Tricheurs as Vally Devailly
- 2006 · Quais de Seine as Zarka
- 2006 · Satan as Yasmine
- Future · Untitled movie with Leila Bekhti as