Ayisha Issa
Biography
Ayisha Issa is a Canadian actress who also practices martial arts. Born and raised in Montreal, she got her break in the film Immortals (2011) and then appeared in The Bait (2010), Brick Mansions (2014), The Hummingbird Project (2018) and Polar (2019). On television she played Bouba in the French-language prison series Unité 9 and Dr. June Curtis in the medical drama Transplant, winning a Canadian Screen Award for her supporting role in Transplant in 2022. She also appeared in series including Dark Matter, 12 Monkeys, Workin' Moms, Shadowhunters and The Expanse. A Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, she won the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World Championships twice, taking a white-belt title in 2010 and a blue-belt title in 2014. Her voice work includes Far Cry Primal, and she also voiced a part in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, which earned a BAFTA nomination for supporting performer.
42years old
Turns 43 on March 18in 156 days
- Born Montreal
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Issa, Ayisha
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 14 years2010 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Dark MatchIMDb rating 5.4
- 2019PolarIMDb rating 6.3
- 2018The Hummingbird ProjectIMDb rating 6.2
- 2014Brick MansionsIMDb rating 5.6
- 2010The BaitIMDb rating 4.3
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Big break
Issa got her breakthrough part in the major picture Immortals, released in 2011, thanks to connections she had made during her earlier modeling work.
Languages
Issa learned to speak lines in a reconstructed version of Proto-Indo-European for her voice acting in Ubisoft's Far Cry Primal (2016).
First role
In 2011, Issa made her television debut with a small part on 30 vies, a series in the French language.
Own stunts
Issa also did motion-capture work for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, which came out in 2018, providing the movements of numerous female characters in the game.
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Worked with
Ayisha Issa shares two films with Robert Maillet, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Kwasi Songui's page
Richard Dreyfuss's page
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Julian Richings's page
Johnny Knoxville's page
Jonas ÅkerlundDirector, 1 film, 2019
All films by Jonas Åkerlund
All films by Camille Delamarre
Kim NguyenDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Kim Nguyen
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