Personal Info
Birth date
-
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Also known as
-Naidra Ayadi
Biography
Naidra Ayadi is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2012 for her role in the film Polisse. Naidra Ayadi was born to a Tunisian family in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris. She spent several years working mainly in theatre acting and television before her breakthrough film role in 2011's Polisse, directed by Maïwenn. Ayadi won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in the film;[she shared the award with Clotilde Hesme, who won it for her role in Angel & Tony (2011). Source: Article "Naidra Ayadi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Oussekine
7
Overview:
An examination of the terrible true events of December 5, 1986, that led to the death of a young student, Malik Oussekine. Centred on his family’s fight for justice, the series explores the enormous impact this high-profile case had on French society.3x Manon
7.5
Overview:
After going before the judge for the third time, 15-year old Manon is placed in a reform centre for six months. Challenged by her own uncontrollable temper, and the bureaucracy of the institution, will this be Manon’s last chance at redemption?Black Spot
6.8
Overview:
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper into secrets of the area.Héroïnes
1
Overview:
Céline, Selma, Nathalie and Agathe live in a suburban town and all try to survive while the crisis spares no one. The closure of the women's lingerie factory is jeopardizing the city's economy. The joy of living gives way to unemployment and a social fracture more and more gaping, a boon for the National Party. The factory workers react and organize a women's wrestling tournament. The destinies of the four friends will then capsize...Parallels
7.7
Overview:
Four teenagers' lives are turned upside down when a mysterious event propels them into parallel dimensions.Stillwater
6.627
Overview:
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.Coup de Chance
6.174
Overview:
Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.Paris etc.
4.2
Overview:
Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five everyday heroines across Paris, from the start of the school year to the Christmas holidays.Polisse
7.777
Overview:
Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.Les Gazelles
5.071
Overview:
Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision...The Origin of Evil
6.5
Overview:
In a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family : an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and their creepy maid.Promises
6.377
Overview:
Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town plagued by inequality, unemployment and slumlords. However, when Clémence is approached to become Minister, her ambition arises, questioning her devotion and commitment to her citizens. Will her political integrity and election promises survive her newly found ambition?Anything for Alice
5.399
Overview:
Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has earned him millions of dollars, Max risks his entire fortune performing an ever more complicated series of social contortions to get close to Alice, now a politically motivated factory worker.He Even Has Your Eyes
6.044
Overview:
Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for so long: their adoption file is approved. He is adorable, he is 6 months old, his name is Benjamin. He is blond with blue eyes and white. They - are black.SMS
4.606
Overview:
At 9:00, Laurent receives a worrying text message. 9:01, his mobile's stolen. 9:30, his son disappears. 10:00, his house burns down. 10:15, his wife leaves him. 10:30, his company goes bankrupt. 11:00, he's in custody. The day's got off to a bad start.The Sixth Child
6.7
Overview:
Franck, a scrap merchant, and Meriem have five children, a sixth on the go, and serious money issues. Julien and Anna are lawyers and cannot have a child. This is the story of an inconceivable agreement.Parents in Perpetuity
6.458
Overview:
Laurence and Éric are the parents of Guillaume, aged 17. Guillaume is arrested by the police and is accused of rape with a weapon.Zim and Co
5.4
Overview:
Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets into more trouble trying to do that.En tongs au pied de l'Himalaya
6.8
Overview:
A single mother's struggle to raise a child diagnosed with autism.The Odd Girl
5.7
Overview:
Following a long prison term, 30 year-old Céline must find a place in society. Hiding her past, she introduces herself with a new identity to get work for a trial period in a hotel. Céline finds herself endlessly walking a tightrope between truth and fiction. When she meets Idir, despite the threat of being unmasked, Céline falls in love and finds herself a prisoner to her own lies. But how can one live without taking risks?L'enfant du paradis
6.5
Overview:
Everything seems to be smiling again at Yazid, an actor with a sulphurous past. He is trying to regain custody of his son and find a stable family life. But despite his efforts, he is overtaken by his old demons...Leila
5.742
Overview:
Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. Three days before Christmas, Nedjma receives a terse SMS from her older sister. She will not be able to come to join them for the holidays, pretexting once more an overload of work - Latifa attacks Hakim and pushes him to fetch Leïla. Nedjma will come with him, they will take the opportunity to discover Paris. Upon their arrival in the hair salon, they learn that Leila has actually never worked. It is the journey of a father who begins in Paris one night until dawn.Murder in Saint Omer
5.5
Overview:
A blackmailer threatens to expose secrets about an unsolved murder in Doulac.Comme une louve
5.5
Overview:
When Lili, 26 years old, poor, single mother of three, is wrongly accused of abuse and the social services take away her children, she collapses. But this is without counting on the luminous meeting of other women. With them, Lili fights to rebuild her family.Our Men
5.2
Overview:
They come from all over the world but they have one thing in common : The Foreign Legion, their new family. Our Men tells these stories : stories of women who struggle to keep their love fire burning; stories of men who leave for battle; stories of loving couples on hostile ground.Le Jour de Ma Mort
5.8
Overview:
When a fortuneteller predicted Lisa's death on August 15 in midst of fear and violence, she shrugged. Yet, this morning, as the sun rises over a deserted and heat-scorched city, the police is desperate. The killer of three women will strike again by midnight. Suddenly Lisa feels less serene. Especially since she is sure, a man has broken into the empty building. August 15th will be a very hot day….Les Sandales blanches
7.3
Overview:
It all begins in the early 60s, in a slum just outside Paris inhabited by Algerian immigrants. Malika is 5, and her mum has just bought her a brand-new pair of sandals. They're so white that the little girl can't keep her eyes off them, and doesn't see the reversing truck. Then begin years of hospital, operations, suffering and struggle. Years far from her family, during which the little Muslim girl, in the hands of Catholic nurses and nuns, discovers music and singing at mass. From that point on, fighting the racism of French society as well as the enduring prejudices of her own community, Malika follows her dream and moves mountains to become the woman everyone will one day call "the diva of the ghetto".Acting
TBALes Lionnes (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2025Les Orphelins as Unknown
2024En tongs au pied de l'Himalaya as Samia
2024Le Jour de Ma Mort as Laurence Petrucci
2024Parents in Perpetuity as Maître Guedj
2023L'enfant du paradis as Sara
2023Comme une louve as Nora
2023Coup de Chance as Clarice
2022The Origin of Evil as Samira
2022The Sixth Child as Juge
2022Oussekine (4 Episodes) as Fatna
2022Parallels (6 Episodes) as Sofia Belkebirs
2022Promises as Naidra
2021Le Code (12 Episodes) as Nadia Ayad
2021Our Men as Soumeya
2021Stillwater as Nedjma
2021Les Sandales blanches as Fatima
2020Summer Fasting as Mother
2020Pygmalionnes as Self - Actrice, réalisatrice
2019Ce soir-là et les jours d'après as Samira
2019Murder in Saint Omer as Laure Martinez
2018By the End of the Night as Leila
2017Paris etc. (12 Episodes) as Nora
2017Black Spot (16 Episodes) as Leila Barami
2017Héroïnes (3 Episodes) as Selma Zerktouni
2017The Odd Girl as Nadia
2017He Even Has Your Eyes as Anna in the nursery
2016Sonar as Leïla
2014SMS as Leila
20143x Manon (3 Episodes) as Zohra
2014Les Gazelles as Myriam
2014Anything for Alice as Rachida
2011Polisse as Nora
2005Zim and Co as Safia
Writing
2018Leila ... Screenplay
Directing
2018Leila ... Director