Laëtitia Eïdo

Laëtitia Eïdo was born to a French father and a Lebanese mother.

Eïdo has played the roles of strong women both on the big and small screens.[2]

She first trained in classical acting techniques in Paris, she attended workshops with theatre companies such as Peter Brook's or Jacques Lecoq's. She then studied in depth S. Meisner acting techniques in Paris and New York. She thus first started her acting career in the theatre where she interpreted known classical roles such as Andromache, in Racine's Greek tragedy, Eglé, Marivaux's character in the Quarrel.

In 2017 she took part in the new adaptation of the book the 4th wall of Sorj Chalandon staged by Arnaud Stéphan, at the National Theatre of Bretagne in Rennes. She then directed her career towards cinema and television. She plays many roles such as Cleopatra in The Destiny of Rome for the channel ARTE, Eshana for the series called Hero Corp directed by Simon Astier, the role of Jade in a French series called Yes I Do, produced by Studio+, as well as the leading feminine role in the film Holy Air directed by Shady Srour. She also starred in the film Tel Aviv on Fire directed by Sameh Zoabi.

In 2014, she took on the role of Fatma n'Soumer, a drama film shot in the Algerian Berber mountains in the Kabyle language, taking on the traits of a resistant woman who repels the first French invasion in 1850.[2] That same year she played Fahima in the drama Dancing Arabs, directed by Eran Riklis.[3]

In 2015, she landed her breakthrough role as Dr. Shirin El Abed in the international television series Fauda. That same year, she was a ‘Talent’ Alumna at the Berlin Film Festival (2015) and a jury member in festivals like Jerusalem, Oran or Cannes for the ‘Queer Palm’ award.

• In 2016, Best Actress - Views of the World Film Festival of Montreal (Fadhma n'Soumer)
• In 2016, Best Actress - Sotigui Awards - Fespaco Festival (Fadhma n'Soumer)
• In 2017, nominated Best Actress - Tribeca Film Festival of New York (Holy Air)
• In 2017, nominated Best Actress - International Film Festival of Jerusalem (Holy Air)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laetitia Eido.

• Official website
• Laëtitia Eïdo at IMDb
• Interview Laëtitia EÏDO: FAUDA Tv-series / Jerusalem FIlm Festival 2015 on Vimeo
• Lesme, Anthony (3 January 2018). "Laëtitia Eïdo, actrice à la lisière de plusieurs mondes et bâtisseuse de paix" (in French). TV5Monde. Retrieved 9 January 2018.