Ouidad Elma

Ouidad Elma is a French-Moroccan actress. She was born on October 2, 1992, on the Rif Mountains, Morocco. She grew up in Paris in the neighborhood of Menilmontant.

Early life Elma began acting classes when she was six years old. She joined the theatre company in Paris and began acting professionally at the age of sixteen. She played her first character for the movie "Sa raison d'être" directed by Renaud Bertrand. Then she played a lead role in the French film "Plan B" directed by Kamel Saleh. She then moved to Morocco and pursued her acting career by playing lead roles in various films. She played in "Love The Medina", "Zero" directed by Noureddine Lakhmari and in "The Rif Lover", "L'Amante du Rif" directed by Narjiss Nejjar.

Film career In 2014 Elma appeared in the TV miniseries The Red Tent and the film Madness. The following year, she appeared in the film Killing Jesus and the FX series Tyrant.

In 2016, she signed with the Medi 1 TV channel in the television series of Ghoul and the French film Tazzeka. Also that year, Elma appeared in the BBC series The Last Post which aired in October 2017.

Awards and nominations Elma has obtained nominations and awards for her films, notably at the Dubai international film festival, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur and Marrakech International Film Festival in 2011 and 2012. In 2015, she won the Best Actress Award for "Madness" at the Agadir Film Festival.

Music In 2015, Elma appeared in the music video for Skrillex's song "Fuck That."

Filmography Film 2021 : The Last Mercenary : Farah 2018 : Amin directed by Philippe Faucon 2018 : Demi-soeurs directed by Saphia Azzeddine and François Régis Jeanne 2016 : Tazzeka directed by Jean-Philippe Gaud : Salma 2015 : La lisière (Short) directed by Simon Saulnier: Hawa 2015 : Chaïbia directed by Youssef Britel : Amal 2014 : 7, rue de la Folie/ Madness directed by Jawad Rhalib : Sara 2012: Zéro directed by Noureddine Lakhmari : Nadia 2011: L'amante du rif directed by Narjiss Nejjar : Radia 2011: Love in the medina directed by Abdelhai Laraki : Zineb 2010 : Plan B directed by Kamel Saleh : Lydia

Television 2017 : The Last Post directed by Jonny Campbell and Miranda Bowen : Yusra 2016 : Ghoul ( 30 episodes ) directed by Jean Luc Herbulot : Amal 2015 : Tyrant 2.2 - Enter The Fates directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton : Amina 2015 : Killing Jesus directed by Christopher Menaul : Sarah 2014 : The Red Tent directed by Roger Young : Abi 2008 : Sa raison d'être directed by Renaud Bertrand : Kayna