Anissa Daoud

Anissa Daoud (Arabic: أنيسة داود) is a Franco-Tunisian actress, author and producer. Living between Paris and Tunis, she is part of the art collective Artists Producers Associates (APA). Anissa Daoud grew up in Tunisia, of Tunisian parents. Self-taught, her acting career started in cinema with leading roles in She and He (Elle et Lui) by Elyes Baccar, Thalathun by Fadhel Jaziri, The Long Night by Syrian director Hatem Ali or La Tendresse Du Loup by Jilani Saadi, for which she has received many awards. At the Theatre, she took part, as an actress and staging assistant, in the productions of director Mohamed Guellati in France, Africa or Palestine (the Freedom Theatre in Jenin) for several years. She also worked under the direction of Franco-Comoran choreographer fr:Karry Kamal Karry. In 2010, she got back to her Italian roots in Naples interpreting, in Italian, the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet directed by Alexander Zeldin for the Napoli Teatro Festival. Since 2009, Anissa has joined director Lotfi Achour as co-playwright and actress on the musical and theatrical shows Hobb Story, Sex in The Arab City and Macbeth: Leila and Ben has Bloody History, created for the 2012 London Olympics. Together they founded the APA : Artists Producers Associated, and through it, she has been producing various shows and movies, some of which were in official competitions at top festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Dubai, Cannes or the Venice Film Festival. More recently she has played the female lead role in Jeunesse Tunsienne- Tunisian Spring by Raja Amari and produced by Arte, winning the Best Actress Award in Durban International Film Festival – South Africa, and in Les Frontières du Ciel by Fares Naanaa for which she has also received the Best Actress award at the Rencontre des Réalisateurs Tunisiens. In 2016 she is one of main characters, the co-writer and co-producer of the first feature of Lotfi Achour "Demain dès l'Aube". 1999 : Tunis... fille du siècle (Tunis... daughter of the century) of Taïeb Jellouli 2014 : Let me finish by Doria Achour : Sonia 2016 : The Rest is the work of man by Doria Achour 2008 : Hé ! N'oublie pas le cumin (Hey!