Evin Ahmad
{{Short description|Kurdish-Swedish actress, author (born 1990)}}
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| image = Evin Ahmad Berlinale5 (cropped).png
| caption = Ahmad at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2022
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|6|8}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| alma_mater = Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2007–present
| partner = Ardalan Esmaili
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Kurdish: ئەڤین ئەحمەد, romanized:Evin Ahmad; born {{Birth date|df=y|1990|6|8}}) is a Swedish actress and author. She has been nominated twice for Guldbagge Awards.{{Cite web |title=Evin Ahmad selected as Shooting Star 2022 |url=https://en.pressroom.filminstitutet.se/posts/pressreleases/en.pressroom.filminstitutet.se/posts/pressreleases/evin-ahmad-selected-as-shooting-star-2022 |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=en.pressroom.filminstitutet.se |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Early life
Ahmad was born on 8 June 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in the Akalla district of Stockholm, where she lived for 22 years. Her parents are Kurdish with her mother being from Afrin, Syria and her father, an actor from Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.{{cite web |last=Rojkan |first=Nasrin |date=4 May 2013 |title=Rising Kurdish Actress Evin Ahmad: My Roles Must Show My Swedish Identity |url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/05042013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910182918/https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/05042013 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=Rudaw}}
Career
Ahmad studied at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.{{cite web |last=Palmer |first=Katie |date=10 August 2020 |title=The Rain season 3 cast: Who plays Luna? Meet Cecilia Loffredo |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1320148/the-rain-season-3-cast-who-plays-luna-actress-Cecilia-Loffredo-imdb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523191252/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1320148/the-rain-season-3-cast-who-plays-luna-actress-Cecilia-Loffredo-imdb |archive-date=23 May 2022 |accessdate=18 May 2021 |website=Express}} She made her screen debut in 2007 with a film adaptation of Jonas Hassen Khemiri's novel Ett Öga Rött.{{Cite web |title=Nyrestaurerade Ett öga rött får premiär i Göteborg |url=https://pressroom.filminstitutet.se/posts/pressreleases/pressroom.filminstitutet.se/posts/pressreleases/nyrestaurerade-ett-oga-rott-far-premiar-i-got |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=pressroom.filminstitutet.se |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
She gained recognition in 2019 for her roles in the Danish post-apocalyptic series The Rain and the Swedish crime drama Quicksand.{{Cite web |date=8 April 2021 |title=Snabba Cash: Who is Evin Ahmad? Get to know the Netflix actress! |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/08/evin-ahmad/ |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=HITC |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814130010/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/08/evin-ahmad/ |url-status=dead }}
Ahmad gained wider recognition in 2021 with her portrayal of Leya, the lead character in the Netflix original series Snabba Cash.{{Cite news |last=Grey |first=Tobias |date=14 April 2021 |title='Snabba Cash' Depicts a Sweden Flowing with Money and Blood |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/arts/television/snabba-cash-netflix.html |access-date=4 August 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}
In early 2022, Ahmad was cast in the lead role for the Netflix production Who Is Erin Carter?, her first English-language role. The series aired worldwide in late August 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/snabba-cash-star-evin-ahmad-netflix-palomino-1235000542/ |title=Netflix Sets 'Snabba Cash' Star Evin Ahmad As Lead In 'Palomino', Upcoming Female-Led Action Adventure From 'The Crown' Producer Left Bank |first=Max |last=Goldbart |date=12 April 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Who Is Erin Carter? Trailer: Evin Ahmad And Douglas Henshall Starrer Who Is Erin Carter? Official Trailer {{!}} Entertainment - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/web-series/english/who-is-erin-carter-trailer-evin-ahmad-and-douglas-henshall-starrer-who-is-erin-carter-official-trailer/videoshow/102414354.cms |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
Personal life
She is in a long-term relationship with actor Ardalan Esmaili.{{cite web |last1=Strömbäck |first1=Linda |last2=Åström |first2=Louise |title=Evin Ahmad avslöjar nästa steg i relationen: "Vi ska gifta oss" |url=https://www.elle.se/elle-galan/evin-ahmad-och-ardalan-esmaili-ska-gifta-sig/9511689 |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=ELLE Sverige |language=sv-SE |date=21 April 2023}}
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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! Award ! Category ! Result !Ref. |
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| 2022
|Berlin International Film Festival |{{Won}} |
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Category:21st-century Swedish actresses
Category:Actresses from Stockholm
Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish people of Kurdish descent