NADIA BENZAKOUR

ACTING

Born and raised in Paris, Nadia Benzakour is an international French actress with North African roots, known for her work in Hollywood and international productions. Her ability to work in several languages including French, English, Spanish, and Arabic led her to build an international career.

Recently she had to learn Kurdish for one of the leading characters in the second season of No Man's Land. Nadia is an international actress capable of playing lead roles in big-budget productions, TV productions, and Auteur films. She worked on French productions and international ones: the big-budget French production, "Zodi et Tehu, Frères du désert" / "Princes of the Desert" directed by Eric Barbier, and shared the lead with Alexandra Lamy and Youssef Hajdi on this French adventure movie. She interpreted the historical figure Poppea in the feature film "Seneca" directed by Robert Scwhentke, as part of an ensemble cast composed of John Malkovich, Mary Louise Parker, Geraldine Chaplin, Andrew Koji, and Louis Hoffman. Before, she was seen in the Cannes Film Festival sensation, "Sofia", the tv productions "The Tyrant", "Deep State" with Mark Strong, "Killing Jesus", "Open Desert", the History Channel TV Series "the Colosseum", " Covenant" directed by David Batty to name a few. Nadia Benzakour received her acting training in L.A., New York City and Paris.