Najwa Nimri
{{short description|Spanish actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Nimri|Urrutikoetxea|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Najwa Nimri (200x290).jpg
| caption = Nimri in 2018
| birth_name = Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1972|02|14}}
| birth_place = Pamplona, Spain
| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1995–present
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| spouse = {{marriage|Daniel Calparsoro|1995|2000|reason=divorced}}
| genre = {{Hlist|Trip hop|downtempo|alternative rock}}
| instrument = {{Hlist|Vocals}}
| past_member_of = Najwajean (with Carlos Jean)
}}
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Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea ({{IPA|es|ˈna.ʝwa ˈnim.ri u.ru.ti.ko.eˈtʃe.a|lang}};{{Citation |last=Revista Vis-à-Vis |title=Pronunciación del nombre de Najwa Nimri |date=2023-01-03 |url=https://archive.org/details/una-clase-rapida-de-pronunciacion-by-najwanimri-ooooonajwanimri-lacasadepapel-vi_202409 |access-date=2024-12-05}} born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer.
In 1996, Nimri formed the musical duo Najwajean along with producer Carlos Jean, launching No Blood, an early instance of a trip-hop album in Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/246543/0/najwajean/decimo/aniversario/|website=20minutos|date=13 June 2007|title=Resucita el tándem Najwa + Jean}} She first appeared in a film with a leading role in Jump into the Void (1995),{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/metropoli/2004/04/21/musica/1082548187.html|date=23 April 2004|first=Alberto de las|last=Fuentes|title=Misteriosa y tímida|website=El Mundo}} eventually becoming one of the big names of 1990s and 2000s Spanish cinema.{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/09/22/la-virgen-roja-el-crimen-de-la-nina-prodigio-de-la-republica-es-la-metafora-de-todo-un-pais-cadena-ser/|website=Cadena SER|first=P.|last=Blanes|title='La virgen roja', el crimen de la niña prodigio de la República es la metáfora de todo un país|first2=José M.|last2=Moreno|date=22 September 2024}} Film roles that came after her debut include performances in Passages (1996), Open Your Eyes (1997), Blinded (1997), Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998), Asfalto (2000), Sex and Lucia (2001), and Fausto 5.0 (2001).
After spending some time on the back burner as an actress, her popularity greatly increased in the streaming era for her television work in villain roles in crime drama series Locked Up and Money Heist.
Early life
Nimri's mother is from Pamplona and her father, Karam Nimri, is Jordanian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/g19458655/particularisimo-de-najwa-nimri/?slide=1|website=Fotogramas|title= Particularísimo de Najwa Nimri|date=14 February 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/2016/06/07/5755a8f4468aeb1e438b4634.html |title=Najwa Nimri: "Mi familia es la única cristiana de Jordania" |first=Antonio |last=Diéguez |date=7 June 2016 |access-date=4 February 2019 |newspaper=El Mundo |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial}} She has a brother, a half-brother and two half-sisters. Najwa also has a cousin who is a singer named Alexander Nimier. When she was a child she moved to Bilbao with her family and was raised in Santutxu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/articulos/najwa-nimri-familia-hijo-carrera-peliculas|website=Vanity Fair|title=Najwa Nimri, la 'villana oficial' de la televisión que dejó todo para estar seis años con su hijo|date=21 October 2021|first=Nuria|last=Hernández}} She now lives in Madrid.
Career
Her first major film role was in Salto al vacío, the first movie by film director Daniel Calparsoro. Her career as a singer started with small groups. In 1996, she formed the band {{ill|Najwajean|es}} with Carlos Jean.{{cite news |url=http://www.europapress.es/galicia/noticia-najwa-nimri-carlos-jean-continua-manana-vigo-gira-gallega-presentacion-album-najwajean-10-years-after-20080402153636.html |title=Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean continúa mañana en Vigo la gira gallega de presentación del álbum 'NajwaJean 10 years after' |access-date=14 October 2008 |date=2 April 2008 |newspaper=Europa Press |language=es |location=Viga}} She has also released three solo albums. From 1995 to 2000, she was married to Daniel Calparsoro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glamour.mx/celebrities/estilo-celeb/articulos/najwa-nimri-quien-es-personaje-casa-de-papel-proyectos-series/18819|website=Glamour|title=Najwa Nimri: la icónica actriz detrás de Zulema Zahir y Alicia Sierra|date=16 November 2021|first=Vicky|last=Reyes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.noticine.com/iberoamerica/8193-calparsoro-del-cine-de-autor-vasco-al-terror-de-encargo-en-usa.html |title=Calparsoro: Del cine de autor vasco al terror de encargo en USA |access-date=14 October 2008 |date=8 May 2007 |work=Noticine |language=es}}
Several of her film roles won her praise: as Ana in Lovers of the Arctic Circle,{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/es-es/entretenimiento/cine/los-mejores-papeles-de-najwa-nimri-de-los-amantes-del-c%C3%ADrculo-polar-a-qui%C3%A9n-te-cantar%C3%A1/ar-BBORWcE |title=Los mejores papeles de Najwa Nimri, de 'Los amantes del círculo polar' a 'Quién te cantará' |date=25 October 2018 |access-date=21 July 2019 |work=MSN Entertainment}} and as Elena in Sex and Lucia.{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2001/08/20/actualidad/998258401_850215.html |title=Julio Medem presenta en Madrid 'Lucía y el sexo', su película más complicada |author=EFE |author-link=EFE |location=Madrid |date=20 August 2001 |access-date=21 July 2019 |newspaper=El País |publisher=Prisa |language=es}} Both films were directed by Julio Medem.{{cite news |url=https://www.academiadecine.com/2018/09/25/20-anos-los-amantes-del-circulo-polar/ |title=Los amantes del Círculo Polar se reencuentran 20 años después |date=25 September 2018 |access-date=21 July 2019 |work=Academia de Cine |language=es}} She starred next to Eduardo Noriega in Abre los ojos,{{cite news |url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/cine-ciencia-ficcion-abre-ojos-63061 |title=Cine de ciencia ficción: Abre los ojos |first=Laura |last=Gómez |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=21 July 2019 |magazine=Hobby Consolas |language=es}} and El método.{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abci-metodo-exito-200508200300-61293739080_noticia.html |title=Un "Método" de éxito |date=20 August 2015 |access-date=21 July 2019 |first=Isabel |last=Repiso |newspaper=ABC |publisher=Vocento |language=es}}
She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance as amnesiac diva Lila Cassen in Quién te cantará (2018).{{cite news |url=https://www.europapress.es/chance/gente/noticia-najwa-nimri-no-esperaba-estar-nominada-goya-20190115102111.html |title=Najwa Nimri: "No esperaba estar nominada a los Goya" |date=15 January 2019 |access-date=4 February 2019 |newspaper=Europa Press |location=Madrid}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/carlos-vermut-feminista-coartada-moral_128_2746460.html|website=eldiario.es|title=No voy a decir si soy feminista o no porque hay muchos hombres que lo usan como coartada moral|date=27 October 2018|first=Mónica|last=Zas Marcos}}
In 2020, she returned as Zulema in the spin off Vis a vis: El Oasis,{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/series/20190523/462421929616/vis-a-vis-serie-spin-off-nawja-maggie-video-seo-ext.html |title='Vis a vis' vuelve con un 'spin off' con Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos como protagonistas |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=6 July 2019 |newspaper=La Vanguardia |language=es}} starring with Maggie Civantos.{{cite news |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/videos/tele/najwa-nimri-y-maggie-civantos-protagonizaran-el-spin-off-de-vis-a-vis/4626745.shtml |title=Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos protagonizarán el 'spin-off' de 'Vis a Vis' |author=Europa Press |author-link=Europa Press (news agency) |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=6 July 2019 |newspaper=El Periódico |publisher=Grupo Zeta}} She played Alicia Sierra, a policewoman inspector in (Money Heist) La casa de papel.{{cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/2019/05/29/5ced8499fdddff38b68b481b.html |title=Najwa Nimri, una 'poli mala' en La casa de papel |first=David |last=Sanz Ezquerro |date=29 May 2019 |access-date=21 July 2019 |newspaper=El Mundo |publisher=Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U. |language=es}} She voiced Kate Laswell in the 2019 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.{{cite news |url=https://www.marca.com/tiramillas/videojuegos/2019/10/21/5daddc0d22601d911a8b45b8.html |title=Najwa Nimri dará voz a Kate Laswell en 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' |author=Tiramillas |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=2 November 2019 |newspaper=Marca |language=es |publisher=Unidad Editorial Información Deportiva, S.L.U.}}
She joined season 2 of religious horror series 30 Coins to portray paranormal hunter and video podcaster Haruka.{{Cite web|url=https://decider.com/2023/10/25/30-coins-season-2-hbo-max-review-stream-it-or-skip-it/|website=Decider.com|title=Stream It Or Skip It: '30 Coins' Season 2 on Max, The Return Of This Ambitious Religious Horror Series From Spain (Now With More Paul Giamatti!)|first=Johnny|last=Loftus|date=25 October 2023}} In 2024, she featured in the hospital-set drama series Breathless, portraying a right-wing President of the Valencian Community set on dismantling the public healthcare system.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/breathless-netflix-carlos-montero-first-images-1235996862/amp/|website=Variety|accessdate=27 August 2024|date= May 9, 2024|title=‘Elite’ Creator Carlos Montero Shares First Images of New Netflix Medical Drama ‘Breathless’ (EXCLUSIVE)|first=Jamie|last=Lang}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/mujer/protagonistas/20240831/najwa-nimri-politica-derechas-nueva-serie-respira-unico-comun-ayuso-energia/882161812_0.html|website=Magas|via=El Español|title=Najwa Nimri, una política de derechas en la nueva serie ‘Respira’: "Lo único que tengo en común con Ayuso es la energía"|date=31 August 2024|first=Rubén|last=Fernández-Costa}}{{Cite web|website=Las Provincias|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/tv/guinos-comunitat-respira-serie-valenciana-netflix-20240830111613-nt.html|title=Todos los guiños a la Comunitat de 'Respira', la serie más valenciana de Netflix|date=30 August 2024|first=Noelia|last=Camacho}} She also portrayed Aurora Rodríguez in The Red Virgin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.divinity.es/cultura/20240922/la-virgen-roja-pelicula-crimen-aurora-hildegart-rodriguez-magaz1n3_18_013507932.html|website=Divinity|date=22 September 2024|first=Marina|last=Such|title='La virgen roja': la película que redescubre la terrible historia real de Aurora e Hildegart Rodríguez}}
Discography
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
=With Carlos Jean as Najwajean=
- No Blood (1998) – No. 80
- Asfalto (2001) (soundtrack) – No. 175
- Guerreros (2002) (soundtrack) – No. 88
- Najwajean Selection (2002) (compilation album) – No. 108
- Till It Breaks (2008) – No. 20
- Bonzo (2015)
==Najwajean singles==
- I'm gonna be (1999)
- Garota de Ipanema (1999)
- Crime (2008)
- Waiting (2015)
- Bonzo (2015)
- Drive me (2016)
=Solo albums=
- Carefully (2001) – No. 76
- Mayday (2003) – No. 48
- Walkabout (2006) – No. 10 (50,000 copies sold; Gold)
- Donde rugen los volcanes (2012)
- Rat Race (2014)
- Viene de Largo (2020)
- AMA (2021)
==Solo singles==
- That Cyclone (2001) from Carefully – No. 37
- Following Dolphins (2001) from Carefully – No. 68
- Go Cain (2003) from Mayday – No. 20
- Hey Boys, Girls (2003) from Mayday – No. 26
- Capable (2006) from Walkabout – No. 3
- Push It (2006) from Walkabout
- Le Tien, Le Mien (2006) from Walkabout
- El último primate (2010) from El Ultimo primate
- Como un animal (2010) from El ultimo primate.
- Donde rugen los volcanes (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
- Somos su nuevo invitado (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
- Feed Us (2014) from Rat Race
- Rat race (2014) from Rat Race
- Pijama (2014) from Rat Race
- Lento (2020) from Viene de largo
- Panpan (2020)
- Mira Como Van (2020)
- Santa Claus llego a la cuidad (2020)
- Contra Quien Luchaba (2022)
- Aperol (2022)
- Esquiando (2023)
- Big Bang (2023)
- Chia (2023) ·
Filmography
=Films=
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbrv|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2015–2019
| Zulema Zahir | Main cast; 40 episodes | align = "center" | |
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scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2018
| Feliz Halloween | Zulema Zahir | Special short | align = "center" | |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2019–2021
| Alicia Sierra Montes | Main cast (season 3-5); 25 episodes | align = "center" | |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2020
| Zulema Zahir | Lead role; 8 episodes | align = "center" | |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2021–2022
| Insiders | Host | 14 episodes | align = "center" | |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2022–23
| Gloria Román / Julia Santos | Lead role; Seasons 1–2 | {{center|{{Cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/mag/fama/sagrada-familia-temporada-2-actores-y-personajes-quien-es-quien-en-los-nuevos-episodios-de-la-serie-de-netflix-holy-family-season-2-espana-video-nnda-nnlt-noticia/|website=mag|via=El Comercio|title=Lista de actores y personajes de “Sagrada familia” - Temporada 2: quién es quién en los nuevos episodios de la serie de Netflix|date=21 November 2023|first=Nelly|last=Osco}}}} |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2023
| Haruka | Season 2 | align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/r14993/30-monedas-ofrece-un-primer-vistazo-al-personaje-de-najwa-nimri-en-la-temporada-2|website=Vandal|via=El Español|title='30 monedas' ofrece un primer vistazo al personaje de Najwa Nimri en la temporada 2|date=4 March 2022|first=Xavi|last=Mogrovejo}} |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2023
| Berlin | Alicia Sierra Montes | 3 episodes | align = "center" | |
scope="row" style=text-align:center | 2024
| Respira (Breathless) | Patricia Segura | | align = "center" | {{Cite web|url=https://mag.elcomercio.pe/fama/que-ver/respira-actores-y-personajes-quien-es-quien-en-elenco-de-la-serie-de-netflix-breathless-cast-guide-espana-nnda-nnlt-noticia|website=mag|via=El Comercio|first=Judith|last=Vicente|date=30 August 2024|title=Lista de actores y personajes de “Respira”: quién es quién en elenco de la serie de Netflix}} |
= Podcast=
class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Episodes |
2020
| Zulema Zahir | Voice role, 10 episodes |
Accolades
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References
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External links
{{Commonscat|Najwa Nimri}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0632385}}
{{Platino Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV series}}
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Category:Spanish film actresses
Category:English-language singers from Spain
Category:French-language singers of Spain
Category:Spanish people of Jordanian descent
Category:Musicians from Bilbao
Category:Actresses from Bilbao
Category:Actresses from Navarre
Category:20th-century Spanish singers
Category:21st-century Spanish singers
Category:20th-century Spanish women singers
Category:21st-century Spanish women singers
Category:Spanish television actresses
Category:20th-century Spanish actresses