Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس; born November 30, 1960), also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge, Haifa (1996), Paradise Now (2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), Free Zone (2005), and The Visitor (2008) and Amreeka. She had a small role in Steven Spielberg's Munich, a film depicting the response to the Munich Massacre, where she also served as a dialect and acting consult...
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Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس; born November 30, 1960), also known as Hiam Abbas or Hiyam Abbas, is a Palestinian actress. She is known for her roles in the films Satin Rouge, Haifa (1996), Paradise Now (2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), Free Zone (2005), and The Visitor (2008) and Amreeka. She had a small role in Steven Spielberg's Munich, a film depicting the response to the Munich Massacre, where she also served as a dialect and acting consultant. Additionally, she directed two short films, Le Pain (2001), La Danse éternelle (2004), and She is the lead actress in Julian Schnabel's Miral. Abbass was born in Nazareth, Israel and was raised in a traditional Muslim Palestinian village by the Lebanese border. She became famous in the international film scene through the film Satin Rouge (2002), by Raja Amari, a film about the self-discovery of a middle aged Tunisian widow with her own desires and sexuality. She also played a similar role in The Syrian Bride, about a caged Druze woman...
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