Lyna Khoudri


Lyna Khoudri is an Algerian-French actress. For her role in the Sofia Djama-directed film Les Bienheureux, she won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and received a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. She is set to portray a student activist in Wes Anderson's ensemble film The French Dispatch.

Early life

Khoudri was born in 1992, to a journalist father and a violinist mother. The family moved to Aubervilliers, France as exiles due to the danger of her father's profession during the Algerian Civil War. The family also briefly lived in Germany, where her father worked for an Arab news channel, before returning to France. Khoudri received her professional training at Théâtre national de la Colline

Career

In 2014, Khoudri received her first acting role in the French television series Josephine, Guardian Angel.
In 2019, she played Louna in the Canal+ miniseries Les Sauvages for several episodes. That year, she also played Nedjma in the film Papicha, about a young Algerian woman who uses fashion as cultural resistance during the Algerian Civil War.
For The French Dispatch, Khoudri describes her role as being a militant student activist and the girlfriend of Timothée Chalamet's character; their storyline will center on a student riot.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2017Les BienheureuxFerielSofia Djama
2017La Fête est FinieAmelMarie Garel-Weiss
2017LunaChloéElsa Diringer
2019PapichaNedjmaMounia Meddour
2019The SpecialsLudivine,
TBAJuliettePost-production