Natacha Karam

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|4|9}}

| birth_place = Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

| citizenship = Ireland

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2017–present

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Natacha Karam (born April 9, 1994) is a Saudi-born Irish and Lebanese actress. She is best known for playing action heroes including Jasmine "Jaz" Khan in The Brave and Marjan Marwani in 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Background

Karam was born in Jeddah, where her family was stationed, to a Northern Irish mother and a Lebanese-French father. Her family moved around while Karam was growing up;{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/natacha_karam|title=Natacha Karam|website=RottenTomatoes.com|accessdate=28 November 2021}} places she lived included Ireland,{{Cite journal|url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/depaul/meet-bad-ass-female-taking-over-nbc-natacha-karam-whitterview-11/|title=Meet the Bad Ass Female Taking Over NBC - Natacha Karam in #Whitterview #11|journal=Her Campus|first=Whitney|last=Wallers|date=8 March 2018|accessdate=10 December 2022}} Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, and Dubai.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1999806/lifestyle|title=Actress Natacha Karam talks smashing stereotypes in Hollywood|journal=Arab News|first=Raffi|last=Boghosian|date=7 January 2022|accessdate=10 December 2022}} Karam completed her A Levels at Dubai College in 2012. She went on to study at the City Literary Institute in London, graduating in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.the961.com/lebanese-actress-in-netflixs-the-old-guard/|title=Meet The Lebanese Actress In Netflix's New Hit Film 'The Old Guard'|first=Maria|last=Zakhour|website=The961.com|date=12 July 2020|accessdate=28 November 2021}}

Career

Karam began her acting career in 2017, with one-off appearances in television series Silent Witness and Homeland, along with an appearance in the TV film Valentine's Again.{{cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/07/13/natacha-karam/|title=Who is Natacha Karam? Getting to know The Old Guard star – big things to come|first=Christopher|last=Weston|website=HITC.com|date=13 July 2020|accessdate=28 November 2021}} She landed her first major role later that year, when she was cast as Sergeant Jasmine "Jaz" Khan on the military action drama series The Brave,{{cite web|url=https://www.nbc.com/the-brave/credits/character/jasmine-jaz-khan|title=JASMINE "JAZ" KHAN: The Brave character|website=NBC.com|accessdate=28 November 2021}} which ran for one season consisting of 13 episodes on NBC.

In 2018, Karam made an appearance in the film The Hurricane Heist, and in 2019, she appeared in an episode of the 34th season of the TV series Casualty. From 2020 to 2025, she was part of the main cast of the procedural drama series 9-1-1: Lone Star on Fox, playing the role of firefighter Marjan Marwani.{{cite web|url=https://www.fox.com/9-1-1-lone-star/credits/natacha-karam-marjan-marwani-9-1-1-lone-star/|title=Natacha Karam | 9-1-1 LONE STAR Cast|website=Fox.com|accessdate=28 November 2021}} Karam also appeared in the 2020 Netflix film The Old Guard, in which she played the role of Dizzy.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="2"\| 2017 \| Valentine's Again \| Melissa \| TV movie
Valentine's Again \| Melissa \| Short
2018 \| The Hurricane Heist \| Laurie \|
2020 \| The Old Guard \| Dizzy \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="2"| 2017

| Valentine's Again

| Melissa

| TV movie

Valentine's Again

| Melissa

| Short

2018

| The Hurricane Heist

| Laurie

2020

| The Old Guard

| Dizzy

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="2"\| 2017 \| Silent Witness \| Tamara \| Episode: "Identity: Part 1"
Homeland \| Mina Becker \| Episode: "The Covenant"
2017–18 \| The Brave \| Jasmine "Jaz" Khan \| Main Cast
2019 \| Casualty \| Ambi Busnal \| Episode: "Episode #34.14"
2020–25 \| 9-1-1: Lone Star \| Marjan Marwani \| Main Cast

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="2"| 2017

| Silent Witness

| Tamara

| Episode: "Identity: Part 1"

Homeland

| Mina Becker

| Episode: "The Covenant"