Maryam Hassouni
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Maryam Hassouni is a Moroccan
television
and film
actress. In 2006 she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers
(2005).
and moved to the Netherlands
a few years before Maryam was born on September 21, 1985 in Amsterdam
. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.
Maryam Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied Museology
until 2005, and currently studies Law
at the Free University
in Amsterdam.
In 2002 she started her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desie, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.
In 2006 she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for her role Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film
Offers
.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actress. In 2006 she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers
Offers
Offers is a 2005 Dutch television film directed by Dana Nechushtan and starring Maryam Hassouni and Jacob Derwig. The thriller film is a personal drama about suicide bombers and counter-terrorism in Western Europe....
(2005).
Biography
Her parents Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni are MoroccanMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and moved to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
a few years before Maryam was born on September 21, 1985 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.
Maryam Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied Museology
Museology
Museology is the diachronic study of museums and how they have established and developed in their role as an educational mechanism under social and political pressures.-Overview:...
until 2005, and currently studies Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
at the Free University
Vrije Universiteit
The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...
in Amsterdam.
In 2002 she started her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desie, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.
In 2006 she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for her role Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Offers
Offers
Offers is a 2005 Dutch television film directed by Dana Nechushtan and starring Maryam Hassouni and Jacob Derwig. The thriller film is a personal drama about suicide bombers and counter-terrorism in Western Europe....
.
Television series
List of television series in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor:- Dunya and Desie (2002–2004)
- Shouf shouf! (2006–2007)
- Verborgen gebrekenhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314234/ (2009)
Films
List of films in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor:- OffersOffersOffers is a 2005 Dutch television film directed by Dana Nechushtan and starring Maryam Hassouni and Jacob Derwig. The thriller film is a personal drama about suicide bombers and counter-terrorism in Western Europe....
(2005) (TV filmTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) - Blondje (2006) (short filmShort subjectA short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
) - Swink!? (2006) (TV film)
- Kicks (2007)
- Anna (2007) (TV film)
- Dunya & Desie / Dunya & Desie in Marokko (2007)
Awards
- International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress (2006) for her role Laila al Gatawi in OffersOffersOffers is a 2005 Dutch television film directed by Dana Nechushtan and starring Maryam Hassouni and Jacob Derwig. The thriller film is a personal drama about suicide bombers and counter-terrorism in Western Europe....
External links
- Maryam Hassouni at the website of her agency