Nahéma Ricci Explained

Nahéma Ricci
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Occupation:Actress

Nahéma Ricci, also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi,[1] (born 1997) is a Canadian actress.

Ricci was born in Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.

She appeared in the 2017 film Ailleurs.[2] Ricci said she won the title role of the 2019 film Antigone after participating in a long series of auditions held to fill all the film's roles.[3] In La Presse, praised Ricci's acting in Antigone.[4] She was named one of the "rising stars" at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[5] [6] and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7] She also won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[8]

In 2020 she starred in the short film Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit).[9] In 2022, she portrayed Sophia in the film Montreal Girls. Nahéma made her English language feature debut in 2022 portraying Alix, a troubled teenager, in Under Spanish Skies, directed by Nathan Buck.
Bobby LePire, "Under Spanish Skies". Film Threat, August 1, 2022.

In 2024 she starred in the film Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse).[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quatrième long métrage pour la Madelinienne Sophie Deraspe . Kim . Bergeron . . 1 May 2018 . 22 September 2019 . French .
  2. Web site: "Ailleurs": quand le réel bascule . . François . Lévesque . 10 March 2018 . 20 September 2019 . French .
  3. Web site: Marc-André . Lussier . TIFF: percussive Antigone . . September 15, 2019 . French .
  4. Web site: Marc-André . Lussier . Antigone représentera le Canada aux Oscars . . September 20, 2019 . French .
  5. Web site: TIFF's rising stars on being part of the changing face of film . . September 20, 2019 .
  6. Web site: Antigone représentera le Canada pour l'Oscar du meilleur film international . . 20 September 2019 . 20 September 2019 . French .
  7. Web site: Debra . Yeo . Quebec film 'Antigone' wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture . . May 28, 2020.
  8. Web site: Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris . . 23 April 2020 . 3 May 2020 . French.
  9. Anna Mayers, "Girls Shouldn’t Walk Alone At Night – Short Film Review". Close-Up Culture, March 19, 2021.
  10. J. Hurtado, "SXSW 2024 Review: HUNTING DAZE, This Party Ends In Blood". Screen Anarchy, March 10, 2024.