Amira Casar

Amira Casar is a British-born French actress. Born on July 1, 1971, the daughter of a Kurdish father and a Russian opera singer, Casar grew up in England and Ireland. Discovered by photographer Helmut Newton, she worked as a model for Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaultier, studying drama in the Conservatoire National D'Art Dramatique in Paris.

In 1997, she was nominated for a César in the category of "Espoir Féminin" for her role as "Sandra" in film La Vérité Si je Mens. Her theatre debut occurred in 1999 in Aunt Dan and Lemon with Miranda Richardson and she subsequently played the title character of Hedda Gabler. In 2000, she played Morgiana in the Emmy Award winning miniseries Arabian Nights.

She has starred in more than thirty films, including Sylvia, in which she played Assia Wevill, and To Paint or Make Love.

Partial filmography

• Erreur de jeunesse (1989) as La fille du métro
• Sharpe's Siege (1996) as Catherine
• La Vérité si je mens! (1997) as Sandra
• Why Not Me? (1999) as Camille
• Sylvia (2003) as Assia Wevill
• Anatomy of Hell (2004) as The Woman
• The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) as Malvina van Stille
• Peindre ou Faire L'Amour (To Paint or Make Love) (2005) as Eva
• An old mistress (2007)

External links

• Amira Casar at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan site

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