Najwa Nimri - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Najwa Nimri

★ Acting🎥 36 films📺 13 TV shows📅 1995–2025🔥 3

Also known as: Najwa Nimri Urruticoechea, Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea, Najwajean, Найва Нимри...

Born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

1972-02-14 (age 54)

​Najwa Nimri is a Spanish film and television actress, singer and music composer of Jordanian descent. Begins to be recognized in the film world by the hand of director Daniel Calparsoro in films such as Leap into the void, Passages, Blind or Asphalt. After the success of Abre los ojos by Alejandro Amenábar, comes her first Goya nomination for best leading actress with Los Amantes del circulo Polar by Julio Medem, with whom she repeats in Lucía y el Sexo for which she is also nominated for a Goya in the best supporting actress category.From Wikipedia
Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea (Spanish: [ˈnaʝwa ˈnimri urutikoeˈtʃea]; born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer.
In 1996, Nimri formed the musical duo Najwajean along with producer Carlos Jean, launching No Blood, an early instance of a trip-hop album in Spain. She first appeared in a film with a leading role in Jump into the Void (1995), eventually becoming one of the big names of 1990s and 2000s Spanish cinema. Film roles that came after her debut include performances in Passages (1996), Open Your Eyes (1997), Blinded (1997), Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998), Asfalto (2000), Sex and Lucia (2001), and Fausto 5.0 (2001).
After spending some time on the back burner as an actress, her popularity greatly increased in the streaming era for her television work in villain roles in crime drama series Locked Up and Money Heist.
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