Leïla Bekhti

Leïla Bekhti ليلى بختي is a FrenchAlgerian actress born on March 6 1984 in IssylesMoulineaux She notably received the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2011 for her role in Tout Ce Qui Brille In 2010 Leïla Bekhti married actor Tahar Rahim whom she met in 2007 on the set of the film A Prophet Leïla Bekhti was born into an Algerian family from Sidi Bel Abbès in western Algeria who settled in the Paris region Born in IssylesMoulineaux Leïla Bekhti grew up in Bagneux She is the youngest of three children While a high school student she regularly bought Casting magazine with the sole intention of having fun looking for ads that might be of interest to her without taking any action each time they did After obtaining a literary baccalaureate with a theater option from the MauriceGenevoix high school in Montrouge she reluctantly enrolled in a university and took an art therapy course there4 She also attended a theater school in Paris for six months without much regular attendance While working various odd jobsincluding as a saleswoman in a clothing store owned by her brother in Orléansto pay for her classes she then enrolled at the StéphaneGildas school in Paris then Bérengère Bastys class at the Artaire Studio In 2005 encouraged by friends she went to the casting of Sheitan a film by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel also the films producer and obtained one of the main roles that of Yasmine a young woman with no fears Leïla Bekhti then played in the TV film Harkis with Smaïn and rediscovered the history of Algeria the country where her family comes from We find Leïla Bekhti in Paris Je TAime then in Roschdy Zems first film Mauvaise Foi Then her friend Géraldine Nakache offered her the main role alongside her in Tout Ce Qui Brille a real boxoffice success which earned her a César for Most Promising Actress In 2011 she played in Toi Moi Les autres and Itinéraire Bis After La Source Des Femmes Leïla Bekhti returned to the screen in A Better Life with Guillaume Canet in January 2012 This was followed by more than fifty films and as many notable roles in both drama and comedy for film and television see filmography In her private life Leila Bekhti met actor Tahar Rahim on the set of Jacques Audiards film A Prophet released in 2009 They married discreetly in 2010 and went on to have five children