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Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It has a population of roughly 37 million, the official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; French and the Moroccan dialect of Arabic are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, African and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. The region constituting Morocco has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago. The Idrisid dynasty was established by Idris I in 788 and was subsequently ruled by a series of other independent dynasties, reaching its zenith as a regional power in the 11th and 12th centuries, under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, when it controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb. Centuries of Arab migration to the Maghreb since the 7th century shifted the demographic scope ... ()

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Nadia Farès(55)

Actress | Marrakech (MA)

Nadia Farès (Arabic: نادية فارس, born 20 December 1968 in Marrakech, Morocco) is a French actress. She made her film debut in 1992, with My Wife's Girlfriends. She rose to fame with the police thriller Les Rivières pourpres (The Crimson Rivers). She appeared as Jade Agent Kinler in the 2007 action/thriller War, and as Pia in the 2007 horror film Storm Warning.

Myriem Akheddiou(45)

Actress | Bruxelles (BE)

Myriem Akheddiou (born 27 September 1978) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and began working in theatre after developing an interest in acting. She collaborated with directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on a number of films, appearing in The Kid with a Bike (2011), Two Days, One Night (2014), The Unknown Girl (2016), and Young Ahmed (2019). Her film credits also include A Happy Event (2011), The Connection (2014), and The Benefit of the Doubt (2017), which earned her a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Most Promising Actress.

Assaad Bouab(43)

Actor | Rabat (MA)

Assaad Bouab is a French-Moroccan actor whose first co-starring role is Whatever Lola Wants, directed by Nabil Ayouch and co-starring Laura Ramsey as Lola. The film premiered 11 December 2007 at the Dubai International Film Festival. Bouab attended Cours Florent from 1999 to 2002, and graduated from CNSAD in Paris in 2006. He has had a regular role in the popular French television series Call My Agent!.

Mina El Hammani(30)

Actress | Madrid (ES)

Mina El Hammani is a Spanish actress of Moroccan origin.

Known for: Elite, El Principe

Jamel Debbouze(48)

Actor | Trappes, Yvelines, Ile-de France (FR)

Jamel Debbouze (French pronunciation: [dʒamɛl dəbuz]; Arabic: جمال دبوز, romanized: Jamāl Dabūz; born 18 June 1975) is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable French humourists such as Florence Foresti, Fred Testot and Gad Elmaleh. He has starred in a number of box-office successes, including Amélie, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Hollywoo and HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami. He is the founder of the Canal+ television show Jamel Comedy Club.

Said Bey(53)

Actor | Aïn Taoujdat, Meknès (MA)

Said Bey is a Moroccan actor and humorist.

Michel Qissi(61)

Actor | Oujda (MA)

Michel Qissi (Arabic: ميشيل قيسي; born Mohammed Qissi on 12 September 1962) is a Belgian Moroccan actor, best known for his role as Tong Po in the 1989 martial arts film Kickboxer.

Lubna Azabal(51)

Actress | Brussels (BE)

Lubna Azabal (born 15 August 1973) is a Belgian actress.

Soumaya Akaaboune(50)

Actress | Tangier (MA)

Soumaya Akaaboune (Arabic: سومية أكعبون; born 16 February 1974) is a Moroccan actress.

Mohamed Majd(† 73)

Actor | Morocco (MA)

Born in 1940, Mohamed Majd took his first steps on the stage in the late 1950s. After 10 years acting in theaters, he turned to the cinema and acted in the shorts of Abdelmajid R'chich then alongside Anthony Quinn in the historical epic : The Message (1975), Moustapha Akkad. Renowned Moroccan actor at the age of 47, he gained international fame, By Casting Director Ahmed Boulane to play along side with jhon Hurt in a Richard Stroud movie Deadline. and in Philippe de Broca The Thousand and One Nights (1989).

Sanaa Hamri(49)

Crew | Tangier (MA)

Sanaa Hamri (Arabic: سناء حمري; born November 19, 1977) is a Moroccan-American film, television, and music video director. She has directed music videos for musicians including Prince, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Sting. She is known for her 2010 film Just Wright and the 2008 movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, as well as for her music video for the Nicki Minaj song "Super Bass". Hamri made her directorial debut in 2006 with the romantic comedy Something New. Scholar Shelley Cobb has credited Hamri's work as "[offering] alternative representations of black women that productively engage with and even challenge usual stereotypes, even as they use and conform to mainstream cinematic conventions".: 157 

Amidou(† 78)

Actor | Rabat (MA)

Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television, and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents. Amidou was best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he shot eleven films, including Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960). He made his debut in a Moroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou. His career included roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, including William Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's Escape to Victory. In 1969, Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in Life Love Death by Claude Lelouch, and later won best actor awards at the Cairo Film Festival (for Pursuit by Leila Triquie) and at the Tangier Film Festival (for Rachid Boutounes's Here and There). In 2005 he received, from the hands of Martin Scorsese, a Lifetime Career Award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech. He was also the first Moroccan actor to have won an acting award at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. Amidou died on 19 September 2013 in Paris, France, from an undisclosed illness.

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Layla El(46)

Actress | London (GB)

Layla Elis an Englishdancer,model,professional wrestler,valet, andactress.She works forWorld Wrestling Entertainmenton itsSmackDownbrandunder thering nameLayla. After attending aperforming artscollege,El was a dancer forCarnival Cruise Lines, theMiami Heatfranchise of theNational Basketball Association(NBA), where Layla received a championship ring,and also danced forP. DiddyandKanye Westat theMTV Video Music Awards.She has also appeared on several television shows, includingFamily Feud,Project Runway,andCelebrity Fit Club Boot Camp. In 2006, Layla won the2006WWE Diva Search, earning a contract with theWorld Wrestling Entertainment.After briefly appearing onSmackDownbrand, she was moved to theECWbrand in January 2007 where she formed theExtreme Exposédance troupe withKelly KellyandBrooke Adams.In 2008, she was drafted to theRawbrand, where she beganmanagingWilliam Regal. The following year, she returned to theSmackDownbrand, where she formed an alliance withMichelle McCoolknown asLayCool.In May 2010, Layla won theWWE Women's Championshipfor the first time, making her the firstBritishwoman andDiva Searchwinner to have won the championship in history; she was also the final recognized WWE Women's Champion as the title was retired in September 2010.At theExtreme Rulespay-per-view in May 2011, the team would split after Layla defeated McCool in ano countout,no disqualification,loser leaves WWEmatch. Layla won her first-everWWE Divas Championshipat theExtreme Rulespay-per-view, lasting up to theNight of Championspay-per-view in September 2012.

Nawal Bengholam(47)

Actress | Casablanca (MA)

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Younes Bouab(44)

Actor | Salé (MA)

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Nadia Niazi

Actress

Nadia Niazi is a Moroccan actress.

French Montana(39)

Actor | Casablanca (MA)

Karim Kharbouch (Arabic: كريم خربوش [kæɾiːm χɑɾbuːʃ]; born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is a Moroccan-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 13. He embarked on a musical career in 2002, releasing a slew of underground material until signing a joint-venture record deal with Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records and Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group in 2012. Kharbouch first gained recognition hosting the locally-tailored DVD series Cocaine City during the 2000s, which focused on interviews of hip hop figures and personalities. His debut studio album, Excuse My French (2013) was met with generally unfavorable reception despite commercial success, mainly stemming from its lead single, "Pop That" (featuring Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne). His 2017 single, "Unforgettable" (featuring Swae Lee) peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It preceded the release of his second studio album Jungle Rules (2017), which was met with further commercial success—peaking at number three on the Billboard 200—as well as an improvement in critical reception. His third and fourth studio albums, Montana (2019) and They Got Amnesia (2021) were released to lukewarm critical and commercial response. Kharbouch founded the record label Coke Boys Records (previously known as Cocaine City Records) in 2008, which has signed Chicago rapper Lil Durk, as well as fellow New York artists including Velous, the late Chinx, and record producer Harry Fraud. He is the most streamed African-born musical artist, and is the first African-born artist to have a diamond-certified song by the RIAA. Outside of music, Kharbouch has been prolific in charitable and philanthropic endeavors.

Omar Lotfi(40)

Actor | Casablanca (MA)

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Michèle Ohayon(64)

Crew | Casablanca (MA)

Michele Ohayon is an award winning director, writer and producer. Born in Casablanca and raised in Israel, Michele graduated from Tel Aviv University (Film & Television), after serving in the army. Her critically acclaimed feature documentaries include: It was a Wonderful Life (1987, narrated by Jodie Foster) (PBS), Colors Straight Up (1997) (Nominated for an Academy Award, Directors Guild of America, Spirit awards and won 13 National awards), Cowboy del Amor (2005) (winner SXSW both jury and audience award), Steal a Pencil for Me, (2007), produced with Netflix. Winner Jerusalem Film Festival, S.OS./State of Security (2010) (Berlin film festival) and Solar Roadways, (Tribeca film festival). In 1984, she received the Israeli Best Film Award for 'Pressure', one of the first dramatic films on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1987, she moved to Los Angeles, where she went on to direct many acclaimed documentary features.In 2013 Ohayon made the Academy of Motion Pictures tribute film for Angelina Jolie, narrated by Morgan Freeman, and for Jolie's Governor's academy award for her humanitarian work, and in 2014 tribute film for Jean Claude Carriere, Academy Award, narrated by Jeremy Irons, with Irons, Richard Gere, Natalie Porman, Juliet Binoche and Isabelle Huppert. Michele has also moderated the first TV summit for the Berlin Film Festival 2014, followed by "Hollywood Inside and Out" at the Sarajevo film festival 2014, and served on juries of various festivals, including Berlin and Sarajevo.Michele is the CEO and Co-Founded the Kavana Entertainment based in Los Angeles with a mission to bridge between Hollywood and Europe, and offer seminars, lectures and consulting for filmmakers around the world. Michele is also a fiction film writer with numerous screenplays developed by major studios such as MGM, Focus Films and Starz cable. She has been a guest speaker/lecturer at various schools and colleges, including UCLA, AFI, USC, UVA, Georgetown, Wesleyan, Stanford, Chapman, Kenyon and more. For her body of work, Michele received the 1996 and the 1998 Artist's Grant from the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and was recognized for her fiction writing in the Chesterfield Writing Competition 2000. Michele is one of the founders of Cinewomen. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures where she serves on the International committee, foreign film committee and the educational/grants committee. She is also a member of the WGA, PGA and IDA.

Arié Elmaleh(49)

Actor | Casablanca (MA)

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Mohamed Bastaoui(† 60)

Actor | Mrizig (MA)

Famous moroccan actor (1954-2014)Mohamed Bastaoui in arabic [محمد البسطاوي] was born in Mrizig on june 3,1954 and died in rabat on decembre 17, 2014 with a career spanning 30 years.He begin his acting career in the theater on 1987, with a theater group called "Masrah al Yaoum", Then ten years later with group "The sun".In cinema, his career started in the late 1990s, exactly on 1998 into a movie "Adieu Forain"And then rolled his roles simple and complex in several films, serials and plays.His departure left a great sadness for his friends in the profession or the Moroccan public in general.

Known for: Atash

Morjana Alaoui(40)

Actress | Casablanca, Marocco

Morjana Alaoui (Arabic: مرجانة العلوي; born November 30, 1982) is a Moroccan- actress. She is best known for her starring roles in director Laila Marrakchi's Marock and Rock the Casbah, films which dealt with sexual taboos, cultural and religious values, and female emancipation in Morocco. She also starred in Pascal Laugier's horror film Martyrs, a polarizing film and associated with the New French Extremity movement.

Aziz Dadas(56)

Actor | Casablanca (MA)

Aziz Dadas (born 16 May 1968 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan actor. He is known for starring alongside comedian Saïd Naciri, working with him in a number of acts such as The Rebbe, Al-Aouni, Playing with Wolves, The Hook, and for appearing in the successful Moroccan series Hour in Hell which aired on Al Aoula Channel. However, when he participated in the Moroccan comedy film The Way to Kabul, he was aired. He also appeared on the series Hdidan in Gueliz in 2017.

Loubna Abidar(38)

Actress | Marrakech, Marocco

Loubna Abidar (born 20 September 1985) is a Moroccan actress.

Sofia Essaïdi(39)

Actress | Casablanca (MA)

Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي; born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father, Lhabib Essaïdi, and a French mother, Martine Adeline Gardelle.

Anas El Baz(40)

Actor | Rabat (MA)

Anas El Baz was born in Rabat to a leading Moroccan Economist father and a teacher mother.In 2003, he entered the prestigious "Cours Florent" and started a four years training with Mélissa Broutin, Christian Croset, George Becot and Helene Marthy.El Baz earned critical notice for his starring role in "CasaNegra", Morocco's Box-Office hit of 2009, which garnered over 25 International Festival Prizes and won him The Best Actor Award at the Brussels Independent Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival and Muscat Film Festival.

Souheil Ben-Barka(81)

Crew | Timbuktu (ML)

Souheil Ben-Barka (born 25 December 1942) is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed seven films between 1974 and 2002. His 1975 film La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1983 film Amok won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1987 he was a member of the jury at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.

Mohammed Marouazi(50)

Actor | Morocco (MA)

Mohammed Marouazi (born June 28, 1973) is a Moroccan actor currently based in Canada. He is most noted for his performance as Atif in the 2022 film Breathe (Respire), for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

Zineb Oukach(41)

Actress | Casablanca (MA)

Zineb Oukach (Arabic: زينب أوكاش; ; born January 4, 1993) is a Moroccan film actress and model, known to worldwide audiences for playing the role of Fatima in the 2007 Gavin Hood film Rendition.

Abdellah Didane(55)

Actor | Rabat (MA)

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