Rym Ben Messaoud
Biography
Tunisian actress with a master's degree from the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts. She made her debut in 2007 and is famous for her role in the series Bolice. She also appeared in the Egyptian series Mandatory Choice and the award-winning Tunisian film Hedi (We Love You Hedi).
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Rim
Young Tunisian Hedi lives an ordered life in which he believes there can be no more surprises. His future will play out as other people have planned, until he meets a young woman named Rim at a hotel in Mahdia Hediand. An ostensibly personal story broadens into a panorama of a society in upheaval, an allegory about breaking away from traditions. And a film about the happiness and pain of freedom.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Tunis, winter 2010, a few weeks before the fall of Ben Ali. Loyal friends Fathi, Moha, and Walid stick together to try to survive in a society ruled by corruption, fear, and injustice. Moha, the eldest and a talented musician, destroys himself with alcohol out of rage at not being able to make it big, secretly dreaming of a clandestine passage to Lampedusa. Walid, a smooth talker and handsome guy, is skilled at taking advantage of a system that disgusts him. Fathi, the youngest and most idealistic, naively hopes to get a teaching job through competitive examination and has just fallen in love with the pretty Noura, a liberated young woman who flirts with cyber-dissidence. Then, in a deprived provincial town, the suicide by fire of a young vegetable seller sets Tunisia ablaze. Each of them will see their lives turned upside down in the turmoil of this end of an era...
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series takes place between the era of Jahiliyya and the beginning of the Umayyad caliphate, and presents the history of the Arab sword by documenting the most important stations that Arabs went through throughout the ages.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Reporter
When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Haifa
The security team works to search for the criminals and arrest them after collecting sufficient information, but in a comedic and funny way, especially in the repeated clash in the thoughts and actions of the operations commander, Rashid, with one of the squad members, Ammar.
Drama Series - 2026, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The series sheds light on the fact that the crime is not only aimed at uncovering the perpetrator but also at exposing the hidden depths of the human psyche and the complexities of toxic relationships.