Hiam Abbass
Biography
Hiam Abbass is a Palestinian actress and filmmaker who holds French citizenship and was born in Nazareth. Her early screen roles included Haifa (1996) and Red Satin (2002), and she went on to appear in Paradise Now (2005), The Visitor (2007), The Limits of Control (2009), Amreeka (2009), Miral (2010), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). She was named best actress at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2008 for Lemon Tree (2008). Abbass directed the short films Le Pain and La Danse éternelle, made her feature directing debut with The Inheritance in 2012, and served on the Cannes Film Festival jury that year. On television she gained prominence as Marcia Roy in Succession, which earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination, and she also appeared in Ramy and The Old Man. She appeared in the documentary Bye Bye Tiberias (2023).
65years old
Turns 66 on November 30in 49 days
- Born Nazareth
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Iliam Abbass, Hiyam Abbass, Hiyam Abbas, Iliam Abbas, Hiam Soualem and Hiam Abbas
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 29 years1996 to 2025
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Getting ready for a role
Abbass appeared in Spielberg's film Munich, which depicts the response to the Munich massacre, and she also worked as a dialect and acting consultant.
Languages
In Jim Jarmusch's 2009 film The Limits of Control, Abbass took the role of Driver and recites one of the film's leitmotif phrases in Classical Arabic, which begins "He who thinks he is bigger than the rest".
Hiam Abbass movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Cherien Dabis directed two of these films. Alexander Siddig appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Alexander Siddig's page
Alia Shawkat's page
Simon Abkarian's page
Eriq Ebouaney's page
Ali Suliman's page
Makram Khoury's page
All films by Cherien Dabis
Also two films together5 more actors
- Lubna AzabalRock the Casbah (2013) and Paradise Now (2005)
- Qais NashifThe Nativity Story (2006) and Paradise Now (2005)
- Saleh BakriPalestine 36 (2025) and The Source (2011)
- Jameel KhouryMiral (2010) and Lemon Tree (2008)
- Amer HlehelAmreeka (2009) and Paradise Now (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Hiam Abbass's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$809 million
12 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 12 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$268M33.1% of the total
- 2$259M32.0% of the total
- 3$189M23.4% of the total
- 4$46M5.7% of the total
- 5$18M2.2% of the total
- 6$12M1.5% of the total
- 7$7.2M0.9% of the total
- 8$3.4M0.4% of the total
$5.9 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2008 to 2017.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Valois de l'actrice | Insyriated | Won |
| 2012 | Henri-Langlois award | Won | |
| 2008 | Ophir Award for Best Actress | Lemon Tree | Won |
| Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Won | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.