Yasmine Al Massri Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for an Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress for "Caramel" in 2007
• Won an Abu Dhabi Film Festival Award for Best Actress for "Caramel" in 2007
• Studied Musical Theatre under Peter Knopp at London's Central School of Speech and Drama
• Graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where she studied multimedia and performance, in 2007
• Made her screen acting debut in the short film "Boum․․․Tac," which she also directed and edited, in 2006
• Started out as a dancer in 2000, performing with the Souraya Baghdadi dance company in Paris
• Best known for her role as Selima El Sharad in "Crossbones" and as Nisrine in "Caramel․"