
Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti (ليلى بختي) is a French-Algerian actress, born on March 6, 1984, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. She notably received the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2011 for her role in Tout Ce Qui Brille. In 2010, Leïla Bekhti married actor Tahar Rahim, whom she met in 2007 on the set of the film A Prophet. Leïla Bekhti was born into an Algerian family from Sidi Bel Abbès in western Algeria, who settled in the Paris region. Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Leïla Bekhti grew up in Bagneux. She is the youngest of three children. While a high school student, she regularly bought Casting magazine, with the sole intention of having fun looking for ads that might be of interest to her, without taking any action each time they did. After obtaining a literary baccalaureate (with a theater option) from the Maurice-Genevoix high school in Montrouge, she reluctantly enrolled in a university and took an art therapy course there.[4] She also attended a theater school in Paris for six months, without much regular attendance. While working various odd jobs—including as a saleswoman in a clothing store owned by her brother in Orléans—to pay for her classes, she then enrolled at the Stéphane-Gildas school in Paris, then Bérengère Basty's class at the Art'aire Studio. In 2005, encouraged by friends, she went to the casting of Sheitan, a film by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel (also the film's producer), and obtained one of the main roles, that of Yasmine, a young woman with no fears. Leïla Bekhti then played in the TV film Harkis with Smaïn and rediscovered the history of Algeria, the country where her family comes from. We find Leïla Bekhti in Paris, Je T’Aime then in Roschdy Zem's first film Mauvaise Foi. Then, her friend Géraldine Nakache offered her the main role alongside her in Tout Ce Qui Brille, a real box-office success, which earned her a César for Most Promising Actress. In 2011, she played in Toi, Moi, Les autres and Itinéraire Bis. After La Source Des Femmes, Leïla Bekhti returned to the screen in A Better Life with Guillaume Canet in January 2012. This was followed by more than fifty films and as many notable roles, in both drama and comedy, for film and television (see filmography). In her private life, Leila Bekhti met actor Tahar Rahim on the set of Jacques Audiard's film A Prophet, released in 2009. They married discreetly in 2010 and went on to have five children.
74 acting credits
Acting · 74

Quotidien
2016

Bref
2011

Beau geste
2023

LOL : Qui rit, sort !
2021

Cérémonie des César
1976

Burger Quiz
2001

The Eddy
2020

Paris Je T'aime
2006

The Flame
2020

Casting(s)
2013

A Prophet
2009

Hot Ones
2022

Le Débarquement
2013

Beirut
2018

The Torch
2022

Midnight Sun
2016

How I Became a Superhero
2020

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008

Sink or Swim
2018

Serge le Mytho
2016

Once Upon My Mother
2025

Longlasting Youth
2010

Bonsoir !
2018

Satan
2006

All Your Faces
2023
Violette
2026

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
2007

Perfect Nanny
2019

Maria Montessori
2023

Nous York
2012

The Source
2011

All Three of Us
2015

Saddle Up For Revenge
2021

Le Débarquement
2013

Carnivores
2018

A Man in a Hurry
2018

A Better Life
2011

Loris Giuliano en balade
2024

All That Glitters
2010

Speak Up
2017

Loving Memories
2023

The Restless
2021

Dolls and Angels
2008

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
2007

Twenty Show: The Film
2009

Fracture
2010

Les Tricheurs
2006

Armed Hands
2012

Battle of the Classes
2019

Bad Faith
2006

I'll Go Where You Go
2019
Le Débarquement 2
2013

Myriam's choice
2009

Choosing Love
2008

Before the Winter Chill
2013

Harkis
2008

The Third War
2021

Itinéraire bis
2011

Bacon on the Side
2010

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018

Leila
2011

Astragal
2015

Now or Never
2014

For the Love of God
2006

The View from Up Here
2017

Polonium
2015

The Original+
2025

Q d'Or 2026
2026

Conte de la frustration
2010

Grand Corps Malade au Zénith de Lille
2024
Quais de Seine
2006

... à la française !
2013
Untitled movie with Leila Bekhti
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L'Ordre des Mots
2025