Nadia Kounda

Nadia Kounda

Born: October 24, 1989
in Casablanca, Marocco
She began acting in Morocco in 2008. In 2010 she got the lead role in the indie film "The Rif lover" which won her recognition in the film industry. In 2011, she moved to Montreal, Canada, where she graduated in film studies.

Movies for Nadia Kounda...

My Dad is not Dead
Title: My Dad is not Dead
Released: November 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Malik and his father Mehdi live in a funfair where they work as handymen. Mehdi gives his son five special paintings. Curious Malik is dazzled by the beauty of these works. The next day, the two accidentally find themselves in the middle of a political rally. Mehdi is brutalized in front of Malik by two cops who accuse him of propaganda against the government. Later that night, the police burst into the funfair and arrested Mehdi. Shocked, Malik begins searching for his father with the help of the other showmen, finding answers in the paintings his father left behind.
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Summer Days
Title: Summer Days
Released: July 17, 2022
Type: Movie
The members of a debt-ridden family reunite in an evanescent Tangier, running away from painful memories but at the same time clinging to a past they do not want to forget. Their childhood home and its magnificent estate are due to be sold in early autumn; increasingly, summer days fade into distant memory.
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Title: Fragile
Character: Malaka Rached
Released: November 21, 2019
Type: TV
Fragile tells the story of two diametrically opposite families: the wealthy, influential Bachands, and the salt-of-the-earth Coutures. It’s also the story of an unlikely friendship, that of Dominic Couture (Pier-Luc Funk) and Félix Bachand (Marc-André Grondin). The pair’s mysterious death sends shock waves through their families and community, exposing jealously guarded secrets, dangerous liaisons, and hidden agendas.
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La Source
Title: La Source
Character: Nassima Benhima
Released: July 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Samir lives in a suburban city. One day, he has a revelation when he sees the picture of an American surfer from suburbs who looks like him.
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Title: Abu Omar Al-Masry
Character: Kenza
Released: May 17, 2018
Type: TV
An ambitious lawyer survives an assassination attempt, he escapes to Belgium to start a new life with a different identity, decides to seek revenge.
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Marry Me, Dude
Title: Marry Me, Dude
Character: Sana
Released: October 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...
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The Stand-In
Title: The Stand-In
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A small film crew is wandering about Marrakesh and the surrounding desert. They are looking for locations for the remake of an American film in which a man swims his way home, passing through the houses and pools that he finds along the route. Corrado is the stand in used to test the shots, locations and the swimming pools in which the lead will be filmed. While we watch his attempts to get into the part, the real actors and a real crew burst onto the scene, on a set in which no one is in the right place. A film with a crisis of identity, in a surreal search for itself.
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Volubilis
Title: Volubilis
Character: Malika
Released: July 30, 2017
Type: Movie
Volubilis is a tale of love in a world of despair, of beauty among the ruins. In the Moroccan city of Meknès, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet. They dream of leaving the family house and finally starting a life of their own together. But one day at work, Abdelkader gets mixed up in a violent incident that will turn their lives upside down.
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Mistaken
Title: Mistaken
Character: Laila Atta
Released: February 2, 2017
Type: Movie
A Moroccan woman is detained at JFK airport in New York days after 9/11 because her husband has the same name as the lead terrorist.
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هوى يا هوى
Title: هوى يا هوى
Character: Raouia
Released: January 18, 2017
Type: Movie
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Votez Bougon
Title: Votez Bougon
Character: Femme de l'Arabe
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Paul Bougon ignites social media networks and public opinion after his brief participation in a television program. Having become an instant celebrity thanks to his outspokenness, he decides to go into politics and founds his own party. With the help of his devoted entourage and at the head of the PEN (Parti de l’Écœurement National) [National Disgust Party], he wins the elections and becomes Premier. The challenges of his new career place him in front of heartbreaking choices.
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Certifiée Halal
Title: Certifiée Halal
Character: Sultana
Released: May 13, 2015
Type: Movie
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The Birthday
Title: The Birthday
Released: May 14, 2014
Type: Movie
During a reception organized on the occasion of Ghita's 44th anniversary, friends and family members of Said and Ghita will be confronted with unexpected events serious enough to provoke disturbing reactions, starting points of questioning the little material and emotional comforts by which all this little world was surrounded.
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Paris or Perish
Title: Paris or Perish
Character: Djalila
Released: July 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Maya is living the ultimate fashionistas dream: she is working as a stylist for one of the French trend setters, in the capital of haute-couture: Paris. One of the IT girls of fashion, shes following her dreams until one night, when her life takes a sudden turn: shes being deported back to Morocco, after being stopped for over speeding, because her Visa expired some time ago. So in no more than 24 hours, shes deported back to her family and original country. The strong cultural shock and the judgmental differences are pushing the woman to obtain back her place in the city of dreams and her dreams, no matter the costs. But that doesn't mean she will have to return alone, as she finds other things also among her way back to the city.
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The Rif Lover
Title: The Rif Lover
Released: July 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Aya lives in a small village and spends her days sunbathing until her oldest brother secretly pimps her to a hashish trafficker called The Baron. Aya only has her naive notions of romance to help her control her destiny while she is in his clutches.
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Rabat
Title: Rabat
Character: Yasmina
Released: June 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Three friends drive from Holland to Morocco to deliver a taxi to a family friend, but the trip turns out more complicated than expected.
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The Rif Lover
Title: The Rif Lover
Character: Aya
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Aya only dreams of finding love like her favorite opera character Carmen. But the person who steals her heart is a powerful hashish trafficker known as The Baron. After buying her virginity from her brothers, he soon reveals himself to be an illusory prince charming.