Morjana Alaoui

Morjana Alaoui is a Moroccan actress.
She is best known for her starring roles in director Laila Marrakchi's Marock and Rock the Casbah. She also starred in Pascal Laugier's horror film Martyrs.

Biography

Alaoui spent her early life in the Anfa neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco, and studied at the Casablanca American School. At 18, Alaoui moved to Paris, France, where she studied at the American University of Paris. While attending the university, she met director Laila Marrakchi, who offered her a role in the film Marock. Marock was critically acclaimed and provided Alaoui national fame. In 2007, she began filming Martyrs, for which she is also known. In 2016, Alaoui starred in psychological thriller Broken directed by Shaun Robert Smith.