Nora El Koussour
{{Short description|Dutch actress (born 1994)}}
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| birth_place = Veghel, Netherlands
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| years_active = 2016 – present
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Nora El Koussour (born 1994) is a Dutch actress. She won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award in 2017 for her role in the film Layla M..
Career
She made her film debut in the 2016 film Layla M.. She won the Golden Calf for Best Actress award in 2017 for her role in the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/nff/4943915/winnaars-van-gouden-kalveren-2017.html|title=Dit zijn de winnaars van de Gouden Kalveren 2017|date=29 September 2017|publisher=NU.nl|accessdate=9 June 2019|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609001218/https://www.nu.nl/nff/4943915/winnaars-van-gouden-kalveren-2017.html|language=Dutch}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/entertainment/5459228/gouden-kalf-winnares-nora-el-koussour-krijgt-rol-in-britse-thriller.html|title=Gouden Kalf-winnares Nora El Koussour krijgt rol in Britse thriller|date=12 September 2018|publisher=NU.nl|accessdate=9 June 2019|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609000653/https://www.nu.nl/entertainment/5459228/gouden-kalf-winnares-nora-el-koussour-krijgt-rol-in-britse-thriller.html|language=Dutch}} The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated as a finalist.{{Cite news|date=5 September 2017|title=Layla M. is Nederlandse Oscarinzending|work=NU.nl|url=https://www.nu.nl/entertainment/4908890/layla-m-nederlandse-oscarinzending.html|access-date=5 January 2021|language=nl}}
Nora appeared in the 2019 film, The Promise of Pisa, portraying character Mina Zafar.{{Cite AV media |url=https://watch.plex.tv/movie/promise-of-pisa |title=Promise of Pisa |date=2019-10-10 |language=en |access-date=2024-11-18 |via=watch.plex.tv}} In 2020, she appeared as Sanaa in the British crime thriller television series Baghdad Central. She also appeared in the Dutch television series Kerstgezel.nl. In 2022, she appeared as Emma Watson in the play Emma Watson - The Play.{{Cite web|date=10 February 2022|title=Theatermaker Caro Derkx is echt heel erg fan van Emma Watson. Ze maakte een voorstelling in háár woorden|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/theatermaker-caro-derkx-is-echt-heel-erg-fan-van-emma-watson-ze-maakte-een-voorstelling-in-haar-woorden~b950a8bf/|access-date=15 February 2022|website=De Volkskrant|language=nl}}{{Cite web|date=9 February 2022|title=Als ik me in Emma Watson verplaats, voel ik me gesterkt'|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/02/09/als-ik-me-in-emma-watson-verplaats-voel-ik-me-gesterkt-a4087063|access-date=15 February 2022|website=NRC|language=nl}}
Awards
Filmography
- 2016: Layla M.
- 2017: Aziza
- 2018: Mocro Maffia
- 2019: The Promise of Pisa
- 2020: Kerstgezel.nl
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|8135252}}
{{Golden Calf for Best Actress}}
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Category:21st-century Dutch actresses
Category:Dutch television actresses
Category:Dutch people of Moroccan descent
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