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Nadine Labaki
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Film & TV
Baabdat, Lebanon
Nadine Labaki (born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, writer, and director. Before directing films, Labaki started out as one of the well known directors in the Arabic music video industry. Inspired by growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, Labaki is known for demonstrating everyday aspects of Lebanese life and covering a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism in…
Known for
- The Sand Castle — Yasmine2024
- Back to Alexandria — Sue2024
- Swimming Home — Laura2024
- Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano2023
- Costa Brava, Lebanon — Souraya2022
- Perfect Strangers — May2022
- 1982 — Yasmine2020
- Capernaum — Nadine2018
- The Idol — Shadia2016
- The Price of Fame — Noor2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Nadine Antoine Labaki , ( 1974-02-18 ) February 18, 1974 (age 52) , Baabdat , Lebanon
- Education
- Saint Joseph University
- Occupations
- Actress, director
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Spouse
- Khaled Mouzanar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
- Website
- www .nadinelabaki .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nadine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Lebanon
- Place of birth
- Baabdat
- Spouse
- Khaled Mouzanar
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Participant in
- 2011 Cannes Film Festival
- Official website
- www.nadinelabaki.com
- Image
- Nadine Labaki by Matteo Chinellato (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Nadine Labaki
- date of birth
- 1974-02-18
- name in native language
- نادين لبكي
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 728343
- birth name
- نادين أنطوان لبكي
- number of viewers/listeners
- 268141
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Encyclopedic overview
Nadine Labaki (Arabic: نادين لبكي, romanized: Nādīn Labikī; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, director, and activist. Labaki first came into the spotlight as an actress in the early 2000s. Her filmmaking career began in 2007 after the release of her debut film, Caramel, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She is known for demonstrating everyday aspects of Lebanese life and covering a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism. She is the first female Arab director to be nominated for an Oscar in the category for Best Foreign Language Film for her third directorial effort, Capernaum (2018).
Early life
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