Nadia Benzakour

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 Mans Land Nadia is an international actress capable of playing lead roles in bigbudget productions TV productions and Auteur films She worked on French productions and international ones the bigbudget 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 LA New York City and Paris She studied at the prestigious Richard Lawson Studio in Los Angeles and Mary TBoyer in New York City In France she studied Masks and Burlesque at the eminent Jacques Lecoq School Nadia Benzakour studied also at Les Enfants Terribles This theater school is known for having as its members the French superstar Lea Seydoux Nadia was also part of Nicolas Liautards Theater company based in Paris between 2005 and 2006 in la Scène Watteau Nadia as a soprano sang at the McDonalds Gospel Choir leading Cissy Houston Witney Houstons mother in New York City and remains attached to Jazz standards as a singer Very much interested in physicality she learned Belly Dancing and Wing Shun with Mohamed Targuisti the former World Champion in Martial Arts JuJi Tsu a Kung Fu expert trained at the Shaolin temple