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Naidra Ayadi

Acting Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France 24 credits

Biography

Naidra Ayadi is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2012 for her role in the film Polisse.

Naidra Ayadi was born to a Tunisian family in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris. She spent several years working mainly in theatre acting and television before her breakthrough film role in 2011's Polisse, directed by Maïwenn. Ayadi won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in the film;[she shared the award with Clotilde Hesme, who won it for her role in Angel & Tony (2011).

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Known for

Black Spot

as Leila Barami
Film

Polisse

as Nora

Full filmography

  • Cash Queens (2026) as Sofia
  • Le Code (2021) as Nadia Ayad
  • Stillwater (2021) as Nedjma
  • Black Spot (2017) as Leila Barami
  • The Orphans (2025) as Sofia
  • Parallels (2022) as Sofia Belkebirs
  • 3x Manon (2014) as Zohra
  • Oussekine (2022) as Fatna
  • Hugo (2026) as Cosima
  • Polisse (2011) as Nora
  • Paris etc. (2017) as Nora
  • Anything for Alice (2014) as Rachida
  • The Origin of Evil (2022) as Samira
  • Coup de chance (2023) as Clarice
  • Héroïnes (2017) as Selma Zerktouni
  • He Even Has Your Eyes (2017) as Anna in the nursery
  • Les Gazelles (2014) as Myriam
  • Our Men (2021) as Soumeya
  • The Sixth Child (2022) as Juge
  • SMS (2014) as Leila
  • L'enfant du paradis (2023) as Sara
  • Promises (2022) as Naidra
  • Parents in Perpetuity (2024) as Maître Guedj
  • 5H48, Place des Martyrs as La négociatrice du Raid