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Samira Saraya

 

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Country: Israel

T-Port Partner: The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University

Saraya was born the 11th of 13 children. She began her nursing career at Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv in the oncology-hematology ward and held different positions at the hospital. In 2017, she won the Best Actress Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival  for her role in "Death of a Poetess” by Dana Goldberg and Efrat Mishori. Saraya won several awards for her performance in different stage plays. As a rap and spoken word artist, she is a member of the hip hop band "System Ali”.

Project in development

Filmography on T-Port

Polygraph

Yasmine (37), an openly lesbian Arab nurse living in Tel Aviv, finds out that her...

Polygraph // Gesher Film Fund

Yasmine (37), an openly lesbian Arab nurse living in Tel Aviv, finds out that her...