Majdouline Idrissi

Acting

Born March 10, 1977, Rabat, Morocco

Idrissi was born in Rabat in 1977. Her parents are of Berber ancestry. Idrissi dreamed of becoming a ballerina, enrolling in ballet lessons at the age of four. At age 16, she moved to Montreal to study business management, and discovered her passion for cinema after she went with a friend to a theater competition. In 2003, she made her film debut in El Bandia, which was popular among younger audiences. She starred as Habiba in the 2006 film La Symphonie marocaine, directed by Kamal Kamal. Idrissi played Jamila in Souad Hamidou's 2009 film Camille and Jamila. She portrayed Rihanna, a sick girl at a mental asylum, in Pégase in 2010, and received her first prize for her performance. In 2016, Idrissi played Myriam, one of the leading female roles, in Divines, directed by Houda Benyamina. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Idrissi has also acted in theatrical productions and has been praised for her versatility as an actress.

Filmography

• Alhan Al Madi
• Jorh Qadeem
• 2025Routine
• 2025The Ants
• 2025عائلة فوق الشبهات
• 2 Wjouh — Chama
• 2024L'Batal
• 2024Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy — Acompañante Tunecina
• التيساع في الخاطر
• 2023Dados
• 2023I Am Not Myself
• 2023Triple A
• Wlad El A'am
• Daba Teziane — Mrs. Sabah (Farid's Wife)
• 2017In The Land Of Wonders — Leila Laabidi
• 2017Lahnech
• 2016Divines — Myriam, la mère
• 2016The Blind Orchestra — Fatima
• 2015Aida
• 2014The Narrow Frame of Midnight — Nadia
• 2013A Day and a Night — Aziza
• 2013Pillow Secrets
• 2011The Road to Paradise — Leila
• 2010EX-Shamkar
• 2010Pegasus — Ryhana
• 2008Nancy and the Monster — Naïma
• 2007Abou Amal — Amal (Mother)
• 2006Snowing in Marrakech
• 2006The Moroccan Symphony — Habiba
• 2005Little Joy
• 2005The Right Path
• 2003The Bandits
• 2002Le pote
• The five seasons — Hind