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Oulaya Amamra

Acting Born Nov 12, 1996 Viry-Châtillon, France 24 credits

Biography

Oulaya Amamra (born 12 November 1996) is a French actress known for starring in the 2016 films Divines and Tamara. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2017 for Divines. Amamra is the younger sister of director Houda Benyamina. Amamra attended Catholic school and studied classical dance for 15 years.

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Full filmography

  • Quotidien (2016) as Self - Guest
  • The Little Drummer Girl (2018) as Salma
  • Kemps (2019) as Self
  • Le Late avec Alain Chabat (2022)
  • 3x Manon (2014) as Yael
  • The World Is Yours (2018) as Lamya
  • Vampires (2020) as Doina Radescu
  • Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) as Ammoniaque
  • A Place for Her (2026) as Inès
  • Tamara (2016) as Jelilah
  • Divines (2016) as Dounia
  • Divertimento (2023) as Zahia Ziouani
  • Liars Club (2025) as Self
  • Animale (2024) as Nejma
  • Hard Shell, Soft Shell (2021) as Lila
  • Canal+ Replay (2021) as Bloquées
  • The Salt of Tears (2020) as Djemila
  • Leila et la Nuit
  • Farewell to the Night (2019) as Lila
  • The Odd Girl (2017) as La fille d'Idir
  • Un Métier Bien (2015) as Soraya
  • All for One (2025) as Sara
  • Mariam (2016) as Mariam
  • The Blind Orchestra (2016) as Chama