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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1984-03-06 (41 years old)

Place of Birth

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Also Known As

Leila Bekhti

ليلى بختي

Лейла Бехти

Leïla Bekhti

Biography

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

Acting

Saddle Up For Revenge

2021

Saddle Up For Revenge

as

Crystal Clear

Paris Je T'aime

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as

Zarka (Quais de Seine)

A Prophet

2009

A Prophet

as

Djamila

Quais de Seine

2006

Quais de Seine

as

Zarka

Beirut

2018

Beirut

as

Nadia Skiles

Satan

2006

Satan

as

Yasmine

Bad Faith

2006

Bad Faith

as

Mounia

Itinéraire bis

2011

Itinéraire bis

as

Nora

Bacon on the Side

2010

Bacon on the Side

as

Anissa

The Source

2011

The Source

as

Leila

A Better Life

2011

A Better Life

as

Nadia

Leila

2011

Leila

as

Leïla

Harkis

2008

Harkis

as

Leila

Armed Hands

2012

Armed Hands

as

Maya Dervin

Nous York

2012

Nous York

as

Samia

Loving Memories

2023

Loving Memories

as

Julie Delaunay

Maria Montessori

2023

Maria Montessori

as

Lili d’Alengy

Choosing Love

2008

Choosing Love

as

Sarah

Le Débarquement 2

2013

Le Débarquement 2

as

Various Characters

All Your Faces

2023

All Your Faces

as

Nawelle

Myriam's choice

2009

Myriam's choice

as

Myriam

Now or Never

2014

Now or Never

as

Juliette Lesage

Fracture

2010

Fracture

as

Zora

Astragal

2015

Astragal

as

Albertine

All Three of Us

2015

All Three of Us

as

Fereshteh

Beirut

2018

Beirut

as

Nicole

Speak Up

2017

Speak Up

as

Guest of Honour

A Man in a Hurry

2018

A Man in a Hurry

as

Jeanne

Carnivores

2018

Carnivores

as

Mona Barni

Sink or Swim

2018

Sink or Swim

as

Amanda

Perfect Nanny

2019

Perfect Nanny

as

Myriam

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

2008

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

as

Fellaga's daughter

The Third War

2021

The Third War

as

Yasmine

The Restless

2021

The Restless

as

Leïla

Violette

Violette

as

Violette Toussaint

L'Ordre des Mots

2025

L'Ordre des Mots

as

La voix qui annonce le césar (elle est pas au courant)

Hot Ones

Hot Ones

as

Self - Guest

Les Tricheurs

Les Tricheurs

as

Vally Devailly

Bref

Bref

as

Leïla Bekhti

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

as

Kahina Zadi

The Torch

The Torch

as

Alexandra

The Eddy

The Eddy

as

Amira

La Flamme

La Flamme

as

Alexandra

Quotidien

Quotidien

as

Self - Guest

Bonsoir !

Bonsoir !

as

Self - Guest

Production

Crew

Directing