Nora Hamzawi (born 29 April 1983)[1] is a French humorist, comedian, and columnist.
Nora Hamzawi | |
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| Born | 29 April 1983 Cannes, France |
| Nationality | French |
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| Website | norahamzawi |
Biography
editNora Hamzawi is of Syrian origin by her mother.[2] She was born in Cannes and grew up in Paris.[3] After obtaining a baccalauréat, she enrolled in law school but gave up after three weeks. She then enrolled at IUT Paris Descartes in Infocom and completed her training at CELSA, section "marketing, advertising and communication". She follows in parallel with her studies Cours Florent[4] and Atelier Fanny Vallon.[5]
She goes on stage in 2009 with her first one-woman show. She was revealed to the public the same year by the festival Just for Laughs from Nantes. She is also writer for the series Scènes de ménages on M6.
She made a name for herself by appearing on Laurent Ruquier's On n'demande qu'à en rire on France 2 between 15 September 2011 and 19 March 2012, before being eliminated by an insufficient rating from the viewers (10/20). Jean Benguigui said of her: "She does not know how to move, she does not know how to play, she does not even know how to wear a dress!"[6]
Between 2013 and 2015, she played the main role of Oh-Oh de Nora, a small humorous sequence integrated into Le Before du Grand Journal on Canal+. As of 2014, she is also a columnist in Le Grand Journal. After being the guest on TMC's Quotidien in October to present her show, Nora Hamzawi joins Yann Barthès' team on 1 December 2016 and hosts a column entitled "Nora a la réponse" in which she answers children's questions in a humorous way.
She is a radio columnist on France Inter from 2013 to 2017, in the show On va tous y passer then in La Bande originale.
Career
editShows alone on stage
edit- 2009: Nora One Woman Show, at the Théâtre Le Bout in Paris[7]
- 2010: Le Show Inutile, at the theatre of La Loge in Paris[8]
- 2012: Harmonie Hormonale, at La Comédie des Trois Bornes
- Since 2013: Nora Hamzawi, throughout France
Filmography
editCinema
edit- 2012: Réussir sa vie of Benoît Forgeard
- 2013: The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu of Antonin Peretjatko
- 2013: L'Ex de ma vie of Dorothée Sebbagh
- 2015: French Cuisine of Florent Emilio Siri
- 2017: Boule et Bill 2: The editor
- 2018: Non-Fiction of Olivier Assayas
- 2019: Alice and the Mayor
- 2020: Eleonore of Amro Hamzawi
Short films
edit- 2010: L'Antivirus of Benoît Forgeard,[9] broadcast on France 2 on 27 Jun 2010[10]
- 2011: Coloscopia of Benoît Forgeard, broadcast on France 2[11]
- 2011: Les Secrets de l'invisible of Antonin Peretjatko
Television
edit- 2009–11: writer in Scènes de ménages broadcast on M6[12]
- 2011–12: participant at On n'demande qu'à en rire, Laurent Ruquier's show on France 2
- 2013–15: humorous sequence "Oh-Oh de Nora" in Le Before du Grand Journal on Canal+
- 2013: plays her own role in the miniseries What Ze Teuf on C8
- 2014–15: columnist in Le Grand Journal, with Antoine de Caunes on Canal+
- Since 2016: columnist in Quotidien, with Yann Barthès on TMC
- 2022 : Carla in Irma Vep on HBO
Radio
edit- 2013–14: columnist in On va tous y passer, with Frédéric Lopez on France Inter
- 2014–16: columnist in La Bande originale, with Nagui on France Inter
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- "30 ans (10 ans de thérapie)", Mazarine, 2016, (ISBN 978-2-86374-443-7)
Press
edit- 2014–17: weekly column in Grazia: Dans la tête de Nora Hamzawi
Distinctions
edit- 2012: Public's favourite at La Fontaine d'Argent's festival du rire in Aix-en-Provence
- 2013: SACD Prize at the "L'Humour en Capitales" Festival
- 2017: SACEM Grand Prix of humour
References
edit- ^ "Nora HAMZAWI - Dirigeant de la société J'en Peux Plus Productions" (in French). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Portrait acide d'une femme d'aujourd'hui" (in French). youhumour-blog.com. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ Lazimi, Charlotte (12 Nov 2013). "Nora Hamzawi rit juste". cheekmagazine.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ Hamzawi, Nora (29 Oct 2008). "Interview : Nora Hamzawi, (one woman) show girl" (Interview) (in French). madmoizelle.com. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Nora HAMZAWI". agencesartistiques.com (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Nora Hamzawi (Grand Journal) : Mon papa est mort quand j'avais un an". purepeople.com (in French). 22 Feb 2015. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "au Théâtre Le Bout". parisetudiant.com (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ Papillard, Agnès (28 Feb 2010). "Nora à la Loge". savemybrain.net (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Fiche de L'antivirus (2010)". IMDb (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "L'antivirus". Site de Benoit Forgeard (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Fiche de Coloscopia (2011)". IMDb (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
- ^ "Fiche de scènes de ménage". Groupe M6 (in French). Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
External links
edit- Nora Hamzawi at IMDb