Souheila Yacoub
Actor
Born in 1992 in Geneva, Switzerland to a Flemish mother and a Tunisian father. She devoted her childhood and adolescence to sports and joined the Swiss National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team as an elite athlete. She attended a theatre and dance school in Geneva, then obtained a scholarship and went to Paris to take part in the “classe libre” at the Cours Florent before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique. Soon, Lebanese-Canadian director Wajdi Mouawad offered her a role in the multi-lingual play, TOUS DES OISEAUX. She charmed the press as well as the public: her career was launched, and the cinema world was quickly very interested in the actress. For her supporting role in CLIMAX by Gaspard Noé, which premiered in Cannes 2019, she was selected as Revelation for the Académie des César. She was cast in THE SALT OF TEARS (2020) by Philippe Garrel which premiered at the Berlinale, and in A BRIGHTER TOMORROW (2021) by Yassine Qnia. In 2019, she appeared for the first time as one of the leads in a high profile drama series LES SAUVAGES directed by Rebecca Zlotowski and in 2020 in the Arte/Hulu epic war series NO MAN'S LAND directed by Oded Ruskin. THE BRAVES (2021) by Anaïs Volpé, in which she plays the leading role and A BRIGHTER TOMORROW (2021) both screened in Cannes’ Directors Fortnight in 2021. In 2022, she featured in Cédric Klapisch’s dance-based film RISE (2022) and in Alice and Benoît Zeniter’s first feature film BEFORE WE COLLAPSE (2023).
Filmography
(a selection)
Actor
- 2021
- The Braves by Anaïs Volpé
- 2020
- A Brighter Tomorrow by Yassine Qnia
- 2020
- Le sel des larmes by Philippe Garrel
- 2018
- Climax by Gaspar Noé
Awards
(a selection)
- 2025
- Paris, 50e Cérémonie des César 2025, César de la Meilleure Révélation Féminine (Nomination)