Majdouline Idrissi

Majdouline Idrissi is a Moroccan actress and comedian. She participated in several Moroccan films and series

Biography

Idrissi was born in Rabat in 1979. Her parents are of Berber ancestry. Idrissi dreamed of becoming a ballerina, enrolling in ballet lessons at the age of four. At age 16, she moved to Montreal to study business management, and discovered her passion for cinema after she went with a friend to a theater competition. In 2003, she made her film debut in El Bandia, which was popular among younger audiences. She starred as Habiba in the 2006 film La Symphonie marocaine, directed by Kamal Kamal. Idrissi played Jamila in Souad Hamidou's 2009 film Camille and Jamila. She portrayed Rihanna, a sick girl at a mental asylum, in Pégase in 2010, and received her first prize for her performance. In 2016, Idrissi played Myriam, one of the leading female roles, in Divines, directed by Houda Benyamina. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Idrissi has also acted in theatrical productions and has been praised for her versatility as an actress.
In a 2019 interview, she stated that she cannot wear a bathing suit to the beach for fear of public harassment from photographers due to her fame.

Acting credits

Film

year	title	role	Director	notes
2002	Oueld El Derb		Said Naciri
2003	The Bandits		Said Naciri
2006	The moroccan Symphony	Habiba	Kamal Kamal	Moroccan submission for the 79th Academy Awards.
2006	It snows in Marrakesh		Hicham Alhayate	Short film
2007	Nancy and The Monster	Nancy	Mahmoud Frites
2008	Ex-Shamkar		Mahmoud Frites
2009	The Man who sold the world		Imad Noury; Swel Noury
2009	Camille and Jamila	Jamila	Souad Amidou	Short film
2010	Pegase	Rihanna	Mohamed Mouftakir	She won Best actress in a leading role award at the 2010 National film festival in Tangier.
2011	The road to paradise	Leila	Houda Benyamina	Short film
2013	Pillow Secrets		Jillali Ferhati
2013	Youm ou Lila		Naoufel Berraoui
2014	The Narrow Frame of the Midnight	Nadia	Tala Hadid
2015	The Blind Orchestra	Fatima	Mohamed Mouftakir	the film Won the Tanit d'Or.
2015	Aida		Driss Mrini	Moroccan submission for the 88th Academy awards.
2016	Divines	Myriam	Houda Benyamina	the film won the Caméra d'Or.
2017	Au pays des merveilles	Leila	Jihane Bahar	English Title : "In Wonderland"
2017	Lahnech	Bouchra	Driss Mrini
2023	Dados		Abdelouahed Mjahed
2024	Triple A		Jihane Bahar	Post-production
TBA	Ana Mashi Ana		Hicham El Jebbari	Post-production
TBA	Les uns contre les autres		Mehdi Meklat; Badroudine Said Abdallah	Post-production
TBA	The Broker, the Grasshopper and the Ant		Yassine Fennane	In production