Leïla Bekhti (born 6 March 1984) is a French film and television actress of Algerian descent. She is best known for her roles in Sheitan, Tout ce qui brille and Paris, je t’aime. Bekhti was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux to an Algerian family from Sidi Bel-Abbes. She is the youngest of three children.She went to a theater school in Paris (18e) before entering the program of Stéphane Gildas in Tolbiac, then the program of Bérengère Basty at the Art’aire studio. To live and pay for her acting studies, she worked odd jobs (clothes, telemarketing).In 2005, her friends convinced her to go to the casting of Sheitan, where she was selected for the role of Yasmin, a young beurette. Released on 1 February 2006, Sheitan spent thirteen weeks in theaters, selling around 300,000 tickets.That same year, she acted opposite Smaïn in Alain Tasma’s telefilm Harkis. The film told the story of an Algerian family who suffers persecution from French forces, despite having fought on their side in the Algerian War. Bekhti was interested in the film’s subject as several members of her family, including her grandfather, fought in the ranks of the FLN.
Leïla Bekhti Biography / Wiki
| Name | Leïla Bekhti |
| Also Know | Leila Bekhti |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Date of Birth | 1984-03-06 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 38 |
| Deathday |
Leïla Bekhti Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| All That Glitters | Lila | 2010-03-24 | Best friends Ely and Lila share everything together, including their dream of a life beyond the Paris suburb they’ve lived in since childhood. One nig… |
| The Source | Leila | 2011-11-02 | A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to in… |
| Leila | Leïla | 2011-02-23 | … |
| Dolls and Angels | Lya | 2008-06-25 | The father of a family of North African immigrants living on a Paris housing estate finds it hard to impose his will on his two teenage daughters. Lya… |
| Nous York | Samia | 2012-11-06 | Thirty-somethings Michaël, Nabil and Sylvain head to New York to surprise their friend Samia on her birthday, secretly arranged with the help of anot… |
| Now or Never | Juliette Lesage | 2014-08-23 | As a mother, in principle, you do not rob banks. But these days, it can be a solution for the future of your home, and not to give up on your dreams. … |
| Astragal | Albertine | 2015-04-08 | On a night of April 1957, Albertine, a brillant and rebel 19-year-old girl, jumps from the wall of the prison where she’s serving a sentence for a h… |
| Conte de la frustration | Safia | 2010-08-08 | … |
| A Man in a Hurry | Jeanne | 2018-11-07 | The story revolves around Alain, a busy businessman who is always in a rush. In his life, there is no room for spare time or family. But one day, he s… |
| Carnivores | Mona Barni | 2018-03-28 | At the dawn of her thirties, Mona tries relentlessly to take off as an actress. Time passes and proposals do not arrive. Short of resources, she is fo… |
| Battle of the Classes | Sofia | 2019-04-03 | As everyone knows, children make no difference between social classes, skin colors or religions. But then why does Corentin, Paul and Sofia’s nine-yea… |
| Perfect Nanny | Myriam | 2019-11-27 | When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is look… |
| I’ll Go Where You Go | Mina | 2019-10-02 | Vali and Mina are two sisters who are polar opposites, pushed apart by life’s hardships and trials. One is a singer, a dreamer and emotional. The ot… |
| The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily | Almerina (voice) | 2019-10-09 | Our story starts with Tonio, the son the bears King, being kidnapped by some hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Because of the harshness of a winter t… |
| The Restless | Leïla | 2021-09-29 | Leila and Damien struggle with his bipolar disorder…. |
| Quais de Seine | Zarka | 2006-05-18 | This short from the anthology film Paris, je t’aime looks at the meeting between two teenagers, one a catcaller and the other a Muslim girl. Directe… |
| Le Ravissement | … | ||
| Itinéraire bis | Nora | 2011-08-03 | 35-year-old Jean still lives with his mother in a small village in Corsica and works as a cook in the family’s restaurant. His future, to his great de… |
| Bacon on the Side | Anissa | 2010-10-27 | Djalil Boudaoud and Justine Lacroix are a surgeon and a television reporter who enter a romantic relationship despite the objections of their families… |
| A Better Life | Nadia | 2012-01-03 | Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent,… |
| Harkis | Leila | 2008-03-20 | 1972, le sud de la France, en pleine forêt, une famille aux maigres bagages découvre le nouveau camp où elle va vivre. Malgré le paternalisme affi… |
| Armed Hands | Maya Dervin | 2012-07-11 | Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconne… |
| Choosing Love | Sarah | 2008-01-23 | In Paris, a university student attempts to lead a double life – in love with her French boyfriend Pascal, and staying true to her Algerian family, par… |
| Myriam’s choice | Myriam | 2009-05-09 | The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a ne… |
| All Three of Us | Fereshteh | 2015-11-04 | An Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolut… |
| Ali Baba | Morgiane | 2007-11-10 | The story of Ali Baba, who takes on forty thieves to save the Caliph of Baghdad and prevent a war between the Orient and the Occident…. |
| Loving Memories | 2022-08-27 | 1916. Julien Delaunay is reported missing in action during the Great War. His wife, Julie, refuses to believe he is dead. 1919. When a photo of an amn… | |
| La Nouvelle femme | Lili d’Alengy | … | |
| Before the Winter Chill | Lou | 2013-11-26 | They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his… |
| The Third War | Yasmine | 2021-09-16 | After completing his military training, young Léo, a taciturn soldier with family problems and secret addictions, is assigned to one of the units tha… |
| J’ai croisé le loup | … | ||
| Fracture | Zora | 2010-11-29 | … |
| How I Became a Superhero | Callista | 2020-11-19 | Paris 2020. While superheroes have assimilated into the Parisian society, they discover a new drug that gives themselves personal superpowers to mere … |
| Saddle Up For Revenge | Crystal Clear | 2021-10-04 | Parody of the acclaimed Australian series of the 80s, Return to Eden. Wealthy heiress Stephanie Harper marries athlete Craig Danners, without suspecti… |
| Satan | Yasmine | 2006-02-01 | A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan…. |
| Bad Faith | Mounia | 2006-12-06 | … |
| Sink or Swim | Amanda, coach | 2018-10-24 | 40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to keep his head above water. Despite the medication… |
| Beirut | Nicole | 2018-04-11 | In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsibl… |
| 24 Days | Une journaliste | 2014-04-30 | When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the … |
| Paris Je T’aime | Zarka (Quais de Seine) | 2006-06-21 | Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,… |
| Omar Sy, c’est ta chance | Self | 2018-11-21 | … |
| Le Débarquement 2 | Various Characters | 2013-12-20 | … |
| A Prophet | Djamila | 2009-08-26 | Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younge… |
| Mesrine: Killer Instinct | Fellaga’s daughter | 2008-10-22 | Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by … |
| Speak Up | Guest of Honour | 2017-04-12 | Raise the voice, speak eloquently, construct and argue a discourse. Tools so necessary in life as exciting to build. In Paris, the date of Eloquentia,… |
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