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Yasmine Al Massri

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Yasmine Al Massri
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Yasmine Al Massri is an international actress, contemporary artist and dancer. Born in Lebanon, from a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother. At age 20, she moved to Paris to study, and graduated from the prestigious L'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris in Multimedia and live performances.

Her artistic interdisciplinary career began in dancing, when in 2000 she joined the Thouraya Baghdadi's Dance company in Paris. Inspired by great choreographers, she explored classical and innovative ways of performing Arab repertoire and opened herself to world folklore, Flamenco, Salsa and African dance. Shortly afterwards she created her own personal style of performance and directed herself in numerous performance videos that have been seen in performance arts festivals around the world.

Al Massri's first big break as an actress was in the award-winning Lebanese film "Caramel" written and directed by Nadine Labaki. At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival it generated tremendous critical acclaim and went on to be the most successful Arab film to date. It also got Al Massri a best actress award with the film's ensemble of actresses at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, and later a nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Award 2007.

In 2008, director Najwa al Najjar cast Yasmine in the lead role of her award winning film "Pomegranates and Myrrh" alongside Hiam Abbass. The film opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and Yasmine went on to win the Youssef Chahine Best Actress award for her performance at the Rabat International Film Festival.

In 2010 Yasmine starred in Julian Schnabel's internationally acclaimed film," Miral", alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Hiam Abbas, Frieda Pinto and Willem Dafoe. Her latest movie "The Last Friday", won the best film award at the Dubai International Film Festival 2011.

More recently, Yasmine was seen as a series regular opposite John Malkovich in the NBC series Crossbones and also as a series regular in the ABC series Quantico.

In 2015, Variety included her on their list of breakout performances, which also included the likes of Rami Malek, Aziz Ansari, Titus Burgess, Taraji P. Henson, Ben Mendelsohn and more.
BornNovember 21, 1978
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      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Miral (2010)
    Miral
    6.2
    • Nadia
    • 2010
    Caramel (2007)
    Caramel
    7.1
    • Nisrine(as Yasmine Al Masri)
    • 2007
    Crossbones (2014)
    Crossbones
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Selima El Sharad
    Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
    Quantico
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Nimah Amin
    • Raina Amin

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    Actress



    • Palestine 36
      • Khouloud
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Untitled Caroline Labaki Film
      • Eva
      • Post-production



    • Thank You for Banking with Us (2024)
      Thank You for Banking with Us
      7.5
      • Noura
      • 2024
    • La Maison magique de Mickey (2021)
      La Maison magique de Mickey
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Bast (voice)
      • 2023–2024
    • I was a Stranger (2024)
      I was a Stranger
      9.3
      • Amira Homsi
      • 2024
    • Salvation Has No Name (2022)
      Salvation Has No Name
      7.5
      Short
      • Woman (voice)
      • 2022
    • Castlevania (2017)
      Castlevania
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Morana (voice)
      • 2020–2021
    • Refugee (2020)
      Refugee
      7.6
      Short
      • Amira
      • 2020
    • Denim (2019)
      Denim
      6.0
      Short
      • Mrs. Greene
      • 2019
    • Plant B (2019)
      Plant B
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Abeer
      • 2019
    • Ice-T, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and Peter Scanavino in New York - Unité spéciale (1999)
      New York - Unité spéciale
      8.1
      TV Series
      • First Officer Tara Sidnana
      • 2018
    • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
      Quantico
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Nimah Amin
      • Raina Amin
      • 2015–2017
    • Crossbones (2014)
      Crossbones
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Selima El Sharad
      • 2014
    • The 404 (2012)
      The 404
      9.1
      TV Movie
      • Nailah (as Yasmine Elmasri)
      • 2012
    • Al Juma Al Akheira (2011)
      Al Juma Al Akheira
      5.9
      • Dalal (as Yasmine Elmasri)
      • 2011
    • Habibti (2010)
      Habibti
      7.0
      Short
      • Amira (as Yasmine Elmasri)
      • 2010
    • Miral (2010)
      Miral
      6.2
      • Nadia
      • 2010

    Director



    • Yasmine Al Massri and Emmanuel Barrault in Boum... Tac (2006)
      Boum... Tac
      5.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006

    Editor



    • Yasmine Al Massri and Emmanuel Barrault in Boum... Tac (2006)
      Boum... Tac
      5.6
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2006

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    crossbones
    Demo Reel 4:23
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    quantico
    Demo Reel 6:09
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    Caramel
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    Caramel
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    Caramel
    Caramel
    Clip 1:51
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    • Alternative names
      • Yasmine Elmasri
    • Born
      • November 21, 1978
      • Beirut, Lebanon
    • Spouse
      • Hani Al Naimi? - present (1 child)
    • Children
      • Liam Al Massri

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