Sanâa Alaoui

Sanâa Alaoui, also known as Sanaa Alaoui (سناء العلوي), is a French Moroccan actress.

Life
Alaoui aws born on April 29, 1987, in Casablanca. She earned her high school degree at Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca.

As a polyglot, she collaborated with directors from various nationalities, such as Gustavo Loza, Adil El Arbi and Abdelkader Lagtaâ. She plays in five languages: Arabic, French, Spanish, English and German.

In 2021, she led the jury of the Festival AMAL in Spain.

Private life
Alaoui currently resides in Casablanca, after several years spent in Paris.

Film

 * 2022: Collapsed Walls by Hakim Belabbes :
 * 2018: Operation Red Sea (Opération Mer Rouge) by Dante Lam: Ina
 * 2015: Black by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah: Mina
 * 2014: Image by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah: Mina
 * 2013: Vuelos prohibidos by Rigoberto Lopez: Monica
 * 2011: Poupiya by Samia Charkioui (short film)
 * 2008: Terminus des anges by Hicham Lasri, Narjiss Nejjar and Mohamed Mouftakir: Samia
 * 2008: Ça se soigne ? by Laurent Chouchan: Samia
 * 2008: Un novio para Yasmina (Un fiancé pour Yasmina) by Irene Cardona: Yasmina
 * 2007: Yasmine et les hommes by Abdelkader Lagtaâ: Yasmine
 * 2007: Oud Al ward ou la beauté éparpillée by Lahcen Zinoun: Oud l'Ward
 * 2005: Ici et là by Mohamed Ismaïl: Samira
 * 2004: Le Pain nu (Al khoubz al hafi) by Rachid Benhadj: Mohamed Choukri's mother
 * 2004: Al otro lado (De l'autre côté) by Gustavo Loza: the mother
 * 2004: Le Cadeau by Jamal Souissi (short film)
 * 2002: Face à face by Abdelkader Lagtaâ: Amal
 * 1996: Le Cri de la soie by Yvon Marciano: Aicha

Television

 * 2022: Nisf Kamar of Jihane Bahar : Hanane
 * 2020: Le secret enterréof Yassine Fennane : Ferdaous
 * 2019: Coeur Karimof Abdelhay Laaraki : Professeur Nezha
 * 2016: Le juge est une femme, ep. Mauvais genre: Dalila Bensalem
 * 2011: Fischer fischt Frau, TV film by Lars Jessen: Mona
 * 2011: Section de recherches: Leïla Rezoug
 * 2010: Les Virtuoses, TV series, 1 episode: Nora Belassen
 * 2008: Bajo el mismo cielo, TV film by Sílvia Munt
 * 2008: Julie Lescaut, television series, 2 episodes: Maud
 * 2008: Famille d'accueil, a series by Stéphane Kaminka, 3 ep.: Lila
 * 2007: Duval et Moretti, a series by Stéphane Kaminka, 3 ep.: Lila
 * 2006: Les Rimaquoi (France 5): various roles
 * 2002: Préjudices: Nadia Chianti
 * 2002: Les grands frères, leading ep.: Malika
 * 2001: Le juge est une femme, ep. L'Ami d'enfance: Malika

Awards

 * February 2018: tribute at the International Youth Film Festival in Meknès
 * November 2017: tribute at the Festival méditerranéen cinéma et immigration in Oujda
 * September 2017 : tribute at the Khouribga African Film Festival
 * 2009: New Talent Award at the MedFilm Festival in Rome
 * 2007: first prize for Feminine Role at Moroccan National Film Festival for her role in Lahcen Zinoun's Oud Al’ward ou La Beauté éparpillée.