Hafsia Herzi

CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 16: Herzi attends the ‘L’Apollonide’ photocall during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2011 in Cannes, France. Denis Makarenko/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Manosque, France

Date of Birth: 25 January, 1987

Ethnicity:
*Tunisian (father)
*Algerian (mother)

Hafsia Herzi is a French actress and director. She is known for her debut role in the award-winning Franco-Tunisian feature The Secret of the Grain, for which she won the award for most promising actress at the César Awards 2008, and the Marcello Mastroianni award for best emerging actor/actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival.

She is the youngest of a family of four children, of Tunisian origin on her father’s side and Algerian on her mother’s side.