Amira Casar
Acting
Biography
Amira Casar (born 1 May 1971) is a French actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1989.
Born: May 1, 1971
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Honeyjoon
Persian-Kurdish Lela and her American daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores after a recent loss, both with polar opposite views about why they’re there, how to grieve, and the size of June’s tiny bikini. Amidst honeymooners, the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and their hot, philosophical tour guide, João, the pair find each other… coming back to life.
Call Me by Your Name
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
A Small Light
Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Voltaire High
It’s the first day of the 1963 school year at Voltaire High! And for the first time, girls and boys will mingle. This first year of coeducation is full of surprises, both for teachers and students.
Versailles
The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.
Savages
On the verge of an historic election victory, an Arabic candidate for the French presidency sees his ambitions threatened by a perfect storm of religious, cultural, and family politics.
Sharpe's Siege
Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewhat distracted by thoughts of his wife whom he was forced to leave while stricken with fever.
Sisters in Arms
Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their present strength, especially the fear they inspire in their opponents. The three young women soon bound together and become true sisters-in-arms.
Sooner or Later
A musician leaves his wife in Prague, comes back to his native France and meets a singer.
The Adventurers of Modern Art
An intimate portrait of the lives of the artists, founders of modern art, who lived in Montmartre from 1900 until the liberation of France from the German yoke in 1944, near the end of World War II.
Filmography
as Lela
as Louise Abéma
as Perle Foster
as Johana Van Damaker
as Edith Frank
as Sylvia
as Claire
as Irène
as Selma's Mother
as Commander
as Daria
as Madame de Heredia
as Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
as Annella
as Gabrielle Monti
as Eva Said
as Renate
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Béatrice de Lorraine, Madame de Clermont
as Mrs. M____
as Miriam Kaminski
as Hélène Riva
as Anne-Marie Munoz
as Marie
as Hanna von Stezewitz
as The Abbess
as Sandra
as Irène
as Deniz
as Dora Maar
as Ans
as Anna Di Biaggio
as Madame Gommette
as Client with the socket
as Irène
as Nyla Jayde
as Antonia
as Muriel, the maid
as Isabella
as The journalist
as Dolorès
as Mademoiselle Divine des Airelles
as Self - Guest
as Marie
as Malvina van Stille
as Eva
as Véra
as Self
as The Woman
as Rachel
as Assia Wevill
as Claudia
as Kristina
as Nadia
as Fátima
as Myriem
as Self - Guest
as Helena von Strauss
as Sandra
as Claire
as Catherine
as Noëlle
as Morgiana
as Anne-Laure
as Camille Degère
as Self
as Bon P'tit Diable segment
as Catherine
as Jeune femme de la villa
as Sandra Benzakhem
as Farida
as Catherine
as Alice
as La fille du métro