Leïla Bekhti
Born: 1984-03-06 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Violette as Violette Toussaint
- Q d'Or 2026 as Self - Recipient
2025
- Once Upon My Mother as Esther Perez
- The Original+ as Self - Guest
- L'Ordre des Mots as La voix qui annonce le césar (elle est pas au courant)
2024
- Loris Giuliano en balade as Self - Guest
- Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille as Self
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- All Your Faces as Nawelle
- Maria Montessori as Lili d’Alengy
- Loving Memories as Julie Delaunay
2021
- LOL : Qui rit, sort ! as Self
- Saddle Up For Revenge as Crystal Clear
- The Restless as Leïla
- The Third War as Yasmine
2020
- The Eddy as Amira
- The Flame as Alexandra
- How I Became a Superhero as Callista
2019
- Perfect Nanny as Myriam
- I'll Go Where You Go as Mina
- Battle of the Classes as Sofia
2018
- Beirut as Nadia Skiles
- Sink or Swim as Amanda
- Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- Carnivores as Mona Barni
- A Man in a Hurry as Jeanne
- Omar Sy, c'est ta chance as Self
2017
- Speak Up as Guest of Honour
- The View from Up Here as Lila
2016
- Quotidien as Self - Guest
- Midnight Sun as Kahina Zadi
- Serge le Mytho as Nina
2015
- All Three of Us as Fereshteh Tabib
- Astragal as Albertine
- Polonium as Self - Guest
2014
- Now or Never as Juliette Lesage
2013
- Le Débarquement
- Casting(s) as Self / Silverwoman
- Le Débarquement
- Before the Winter Chill as Lou
- Le Débarquement 2 as Various Characters
- ... à la française ! as Sofia
2012
- Nous York as Samia
- Armed Hands as Maya Dervin
2011
- Bref as Leïla Bekhti
- The Source as Leila
- A Better Life as Nadia
- Itinéraire bis as Nora
- Leila as Leïla
2010
- Longlasting Youth as Alina
- All That Glitters as Lila
- Fracture as Zora
- Bacon on the Side as Anissa
- Conte de la frustration as Safia
2009
- A Prophet as Djamila
- Myriam's choice as Myriam
- Twenty Show: The Film as Yasmine
2008
- Mesrine: Killer Instinct as Fellaga's daughter
- Choosing Love as Sarah
- Dolls and Angels as Lya
- Harkis as Leila
2007
- Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves as Morgane
- Ali Baba and the 40 thieves as Morgiane
2006
- Paris Je T'aime as Zarka (segment "Quais de Seine")
- Satan as Yasmine
- Bad Faith as Mounia
- Quais de Seine as Zarka
- For the Love of God as Meriem
- Les Tricheurs as Vally Devailly
2001
- Burger Quiz as Self
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter