Samia Akariou
Biography
Samia Akariou was born in 1972 in the town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. She studied and graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cultural Activities (ISADAC) and the Higher National Drama Paris Conservatoire. She began her career in theater by presenting several pieces, then the cinema in the film (Lalla Hobbi) Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi of who did it truly known to the public. She worked in films Tricks women Farida Belyazid, Friends yesterday by Hassan Benjelloun and Ali, Rabiaa and Others ... Ahmed Boulane.
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Chama
Four sisters reveal their secrets and express their ambitions, and depict their tense relationship with a domineering and assertive mother, where the desire for freedom and the search for the “savior” man
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Jamila
In the 70s, Ali, Rabiaa, Driss, Abdellah and Hamid are a group of friends grow up in a heavy world of drugs, pop, politics ans sex. Rabiaa is a local girl whom they all share whenever the urge comes. Ali, accidentally kills a policeman and sent to prison. When he is released 20 years later, the group is just a memory. Ali relives the past and faces up the today's different reality with its disillusions ans responsibilities.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
As the son of the Sultan loves Aisha, the pampered daughter of the merchant, they both play tricks on each other to determine who is the most intelligent, a man or a woman.
Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series revolves around three women who develop a friendship in prison and their personal struggles after leaving it.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
As Haj Moussa is caught by border guards while trying to reach Gibraltar in a small boat, he is sent to prison, and his family tries to help him return home, while his wife tries to procure money for the household and run the business.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Oufae
"Mustapha" a taxi driver in the city of Tangier, during one of his trips the driver will accidentally meet a lost woman named "Toraya", who is foreign to the city and has no place to live in. Mustafa admires the woman and takes her to his house to stay with his wife, so problems start
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Faouzia
Three women who are completely different from each other in the way of life, but they have a common point, which is the pathological need to make everyone around them taste suffering. These ladies enter the world of three families and make elaborate plans to steal their happiness and turn their lives upside down.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Mina(The Mother)
The life of a young man who is passionate about music (rap) and the problems of his family accepting what he wants to be.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Fadila, the bride
In Algiers in 1993, while the civil war is starting, Mrs Osmane's tenants have to endure her bad temper. Her husband left her and the fear to lose her respectability haunt her. The former member of the Resistance during the Independence War persists in controlling the slightest moves of the households rather than struggle against her own frustrations. Learning her daughter is in love, the possibility of finding herself alone will push her to the limit: The symbolical Mrs Osmane "harem" is about to collapse.