Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي) is a French-Algerian actress, born on March 6, 1984, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. 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 (ليلى بختي) is a French-Algerian actress, born on March 6, 1984, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. 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 Issy-les-Moulineaux, 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 Maurice-Genevoix high school in Montrouge, she reluctantly enrolled in a university and took an art therapy course there.[4] She also attended a theater school in Paris for six months, without much regular attendance. While working various odd jobs—including as a saleswoman in a clothing store owned by her brother in Orléans—to pay for her classes, she then enrolled at the Stéphane-Gildas school in Paris, then Bérengère Basty's class at the Art'aire Studio. In 2005, encouraged by friends, she went to the casting of Sheitan, a film by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel (also the film's 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 T’Aime then in Roschdy Zem's first film Mauvaise Foi. Then, her friend Géraldine Nakache offered her the main role alongside her in Tout Ce Qui Brille, a real box-office 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 Audiard's film A Prophet, released in 2009. They married discreetly in 2010 and went on to have five children.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Original+
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2025
Once Upon My Mother
Character:Esther Perez
Release Date:19/03/2025
L'Ordre des Mots
Character:La voix qui annonce le césar (elle est pas au courant)
Release Date:01/02/2025
Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/2024
Maria Montessori
Character:Lili d’Alengy
Release Date:05/11/2023
Loving Memories
Character:Julie Delaunay
Release Date:05/04/2023
All Your Faces
Character:Nawelle
Release Date:29/03/2023
Saddle Up For Revenge
Character:Crystal Clear
Release Date:04/10/2021
The Restless
Character:Leïla
Release Date:29/09/2021
The Third War
Character:Yasmine
Release Date:16/09/2021
How I Became a Superhero
Character:Callista
Release Date:19/11/2020
Perfect Nanny
Character:Myriam
Release Date:27/11/2019
I'll Go Where You Go
Character:Mina
Release Date:02/10/2019
Battle of the Classes
Character:Sofia
Release Date:03/04/2019
Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2018
A Man in a Hurry
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:07/11/2018
Sink or Swim
Character:Amanda
Release Date:24/10/2018
Beirut
Character:Nadia Skiles
Release Date:11/04/2018
Carnivores
Character:Mona Barni
Release Date:28/03/2018
The View from Up Here
Character:Lila
Release Date:27/10/2017
Speak Up
Character:Guest of Honour
Release Date:12/04/2017
All Three of Us
Character:Fereshteh Tabib
Release Date:04/11/2015
Astragal
Character:Albertine
Release Date:08/04/2015
Now or Never
Character:Juliette Lesage
Release Date:23/08/2014
Le Débarquement 2
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:20/12/2013
Before the Winter Chill
Character:Lou
Release Date:26/11/2013
... à la française !
Character:Sofia
Release Date:19/01/2013
Le Débarquement
Character:
Release Date:18/01/2013
Nous York
Character:Samia
Release Date:06/11/2012
Armed Hands
Character:Maya Dervin
Release Date:11/07/2012
A Better Life
Character:Nadia
Release Date:18/11/2011
The Source
Character:Leila
Release Date:02/11/2011
Itinéraire bis
Character:Nora
Release Date:03/08/2011
Leila
Character:Leïla
Release Date:23/02/2011
Fracture
Character:Zora
Release Date:29/11/2010
Bacon on the Side
Character:Anissa
Release Date:27/10/2010
Conte de la frustration
Character:Safia
Release Date:08/08/2010
All That Glitters
Character:Lila
Release Date:24/03/2010
A Prophet
Character:Djamila
Release Date:26/08/2009
Twenty Show: The Film
Character:Yasmine
Release Date:11/05/2009
Myriam's choice
Character:Myriam
Release Date:09/05/2009
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Character:Fellaga's daughter
Release Date:22/10/2008
Dolls and Angels
Character:Lya
Release Date:25/06/2008
Harkis
Character:Leila
Release Date:20/03/2008
Choosing Love
Character:Sarah
Release Date:23/01/2008
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Character:Morgiane
Release Date:10/11/2007
Bad Faith
Character:Mounia
Release Date:06/12/2006
For the Love of God
Character:Meriem
Release Date:07/11/2006
Paris Je T'aime
Character:Zarka (segment "Quais de Seine")
Release Date:21/06/2006
Quais de Seine
Character:Zarka
Release Date:18/05/2006
Satan
Character:Yasmine
Release Date:01/02/2006
Television Appearances
Loris Giuliano en balade
Character:Self - Guest
Beau geste
Character:Self
The Torch
Character:Alexandra
Hot Ones
Character:Self - Guest
LOL : Qui rit, sort !
Character:Self
The Flame
Character:Alexandra
The Eddy
Character:Amira
Bonsoir !
Character:Self - Guest
Midnight Sun
Character:Kahina Zadi
Serge le Mytho
Character:Nina
Quotidien
Character:Self - Guest
Polonium
Character:Self - Guest
Casting(s)
Character:Self / Silverwoman
Le Débarquement
Character:
Bref
Character:Leïla Bekhti
Longlasting Youth
Character:Alina
Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Character:Morgane
Les Tricheurs
Character:Vally Devailly
Burger Quiz
Character:Self
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