Maryam Hassouni

Maryam Hassouni (born 21 September 1985) is a Dutch television and film actress. In 2006, she won an International Emmy Award for her role in Offers (2005).

Maryam Hassouni
Maryam Hassouni, 2020
Born (1985-09-21) 21 September 1985
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Biography

Her parents Alia and Abdelbaki Hassouni are Moroccan and moved to the Netherlands a few years before Maryam was born on 21 September 1985 in Amsterdam. She has a younger brother named Zakariya and a sister called Sarra.[1]

Maryam Hassouni received her high school diploma in 2003. She studied museology until 2005, then took law at the Free University in Amsterdam but failed the course.[2]

In 2002 she started her acting career with the role of Dunya El-Beneni in the television series Dunya and Desi, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Children and Young People in 2004 and again in 2005.[3]

In 2006 she won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress for her role Laila al Gatawi in the 2005 Dutch TV film Offers.[4]

Filmography

Television[5]

  • Dunya and Desi (2002–2004)
  • Shouf shouf! (2006–2007)
  • One night stand: Liefde, dank je wel (Short subject: Danyael Sugawara, role: Naïma) (2008)
  • Verborgen Gebreken (televisieserie, role: Mouna Chabbar) (2009)
  • Flikken Maastricht (serie, role: Rebecca Meeuws, aflevering 'Schuld') (2011)
  • Flikken Rotterdam (2016–)

Film[5]

Awards

References
  1. Actorbio Dunya: Maryam Hassouni Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved November 25, 2006
  2. Curriculum Vitae Maryam Hassouni Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, November 21, 2006; retrieved November 22, 2006
  3. Awards for "Dunya and Desi"; retrieved November 23, 2006
  4. 34th International Emmy Awards Gala celebrates the world's best television programming Archived 2007-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, November 20, 2006; retrieved November 21, 2006
  5. "Maryam Hassouni". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
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