Birth Date: | 1 April 1978 |
Birth Place: | Chartres, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | actress |
Years Active: | 1996–present |
Education: | École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre |
Awards: | Prix Suzanne Bianchetti |
Suliane Brahim (born 1 April 1978) is a French actress. With a background in theatre, she has also performed in film and on television, most recently in a lead role in the series Zone Blanche (Black Spot).
Brahim was born the eldest of three children in Chartres, France, to a father of Moroccan descent and a Breton mother. She was raised in Bourges. She studied the Swahili language at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, planning on a humanitarian career, as well as theatre at École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre.[1]
In 1996, Brahim performed in her first play and continued into the next decade, becoming a boarder and, later, member of Comédie-Française. Her performances onstage include Peer Gynt, Dom Juan, Lucrezia Borgia and Romeo and Juliet.[2]
Since 2013, Brahim has been in several films and television shows, leading to her being cast as Major Laurène Weiss in the France 2 thriller Zone Blanche in 2017 and Virginie in The Swarm (French: La Nuée) in 2020.[3] She is also a recipient of the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti, given to the most promising young French actress.