Manal Issa

{{Short description|French-Lebanese actress}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2023}}

Manal Issa is a Lebanese-French actress.[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm6997839/bio/ Manal Issa] IMDB

Issa was born on March 9, 1992,{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-20|date=18 June 2018|language=en|title=Up close and personal with Lebanese screen rebel Manal Issa|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/up-close-and%20personal-with-Lebanese-actor-manal-issa-338949603|website=Middle East Eye}} in Neuilly-sur-Seine to Lebanese Druze parents.{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-20|date=16 May 2018|title=Qui est Manal Issa, la comédienne qui a affiché son soutien à Gaza sur le tapis rouge de "Solo" ?|url=https://www.lci.fr/festival-de-cannes/cannes-2018-qui-est-manal-issa-la-comedienne-qui-a-affiche-son-soutien-a-gaza-sur-le-tapis-rouge-de-solo-2087548.html|website=Lci}} When Issa was three she moved with her parents to Beirut. Issa studied engineering.

In 2017 she was shortlisted for nomination for a César Award for Most Promising Actress. In 2022 she acted alongside her sister Nathalie Issa in The Swimmers.

Filmography

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! Notes

2015

| Parisienne

| Lina

| Danielle Arbid

| Original title in {{langx|fr|Peur de rien|lit=Afraid of Nothing}}

2016

| Nocturama

| Sabrina

| Bertrand Bonello

|

2018

| My Favourite Fabric

| Nahla

| Gaya Jiji

|

2018

| Ulysses & Mona

| Mona

| Sébastien Betbeder

|

2019

| Golden Youth

| Razerka

| Eva Ionesco

|

2021

| Memory Box

| Maia Sanders (young)

| Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige

|

2021

| The Sea Ahead

| Jana

| Ely Dagher

|

2022

| The Swimmers

| Sarah Mardini

| Sally El-Hosaini

|

References