Rita Hayek
ريتا حايك
Born
Rita Elie Hayek

(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987
Beirut, Lebanon[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Abdullah Rebeiz
​
(m. 2017)​

Rita Elie Hayek (Arabic: ريتا حايك; born 9 October 1987 in Beirut)[2] is a Lebanese actress and television presenter.

Biography

Hayek studied acting at the National Institute Of Fine Arts (or INBA) at the Lebanese University.[3] In 2011, she took acting courses at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Hollywood.[4]

Hayek had her first television role in 2005, starring in the drama series A March Dream (Arabic: حلم آذار). A March Dream was a drama production portraying the contemporary events of 2005.[5]

She has been selected to star in a play called High Heels, which portrays social dynamics in a way that is unusual in the region.[6]

In 2017 Hayek starred in The Insult as the wife of the main character. The film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2018 and won several prizes at international film festivals.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rita Hayek". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  2. ↑ "ريتا حايك تتزوج مدنيا في قبرص.. شاهد أول صورة من حفل الزفاف". kollelngoom (in Arabic). 6 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "9 معلومات عن ريتا حايك.. بطلة "القضية 23"". e3lam (in Arabic). 12 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Five Things You Didn't Know About Rita Hayek". TV Overmind. 29 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Al-akhbar.com, Al Akhbar (Lebanon) - article: الشاشات اللبنانية تتنافس على... الضحك
  6. ↑ "كعب عالي.. من مونو الى بابل .. والأصداء مذهلة".
  7. ↑ L'insulte - IMDb, retrieved 2019-07-25
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