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Chafia Boudraa

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
16

Gender
Female

Birthday
April 22, 1930 (96 years old)

Place of Birth
Constantine, Algeria

Chafia Boudraa

Biography

Chafia Boudraa (in arabic : شافية بوذراع), real name Atika Boudraa born April 22, 1930 Constantine is an Algerian actress. She is the widow of Shahid (an FLN fighter during the war of independence, who died in combat in 1960).

She left Constantine, her hometown, for Algiers in 1964. She began by working in different professions to provide for the needs of a family of eleven children: caregiver, switchboard operator, housekeeper, before contacting the RTA to work there, at stamp in several films. Chafia Boudraa will be revealed to the general public, thanks to the television series “El Hariq” (Fire) by Mustapha Badie, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib.

She will even play the role of the widow in “The Taming of the Shrew” produced by the National Theater of Algiers. Since these beginnings, his face has stood out with talent in Algerian and international television and cinema productions. During a rich career spanning over fifty years, she also played in the film "Hors-La-Loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, which represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows destiny of three brothers torn apart by the Algerian war.

She died on May 22, 2022.

Known For

Acting

2015Parfums d'Algeras
2013Just Like a Womanas La mère de Mourad
2010Outside the Lawas Mother
2006Beur Blanc Rougeas La grand-mère de Brahim
1993Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïsas Aïcha
1991Mohamed Bertrand-Duvalas Zohra, Fatima's mother
1991Le Cri des hommesas La Vieille
1990Rückkehr aus der Wüsteas Mohameds Mutter
1984Mint Teaas The mother
1982A Wife for My Sonas
1982Moussa's Weddingas La mère de Moussa
1980Kahla wa Baydaas Mother
1977Leila and the Othersas Yamina, la mère de Meriem
1976Echebka (الشبكة)as Khalti Aldjia
1974L’Incendie (El Harik)as Aïna
1974Hassan Terro's Escapeas

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