Anissa Daoud

Self-taught, her acting career started in cinema with leading roles in She and He (Elle et Lui) by Elyes Baccar, Thalathun by Fadhel Jaziri, The Long Night by Syrian director Hatem Ali or La Tendresse Du Loup by Jilani Saadi, for which she has received many awards.

Since 2009, Anissa has joined director Lotfi Achour as co-playwright and actress on the musical and theatrical shows Hobb Story, Sex in The Arab City and Macbeth: Leila and Ben has Bloody History, created for the 2012 London Olympics.

More recently she has played the female lead role in Jeunesse Tunsienne- Tunisian Spring by Raja Amari and produced by Arte, winning the Best Actress Award in Durban International Film Festival – South Africa, and in Les Frontières du Ciel by Fares Naanaa for which she has also received the Best Actress award at the Rencontre des Réalisateurs Tunisiens.

In 2013, she signed with Jawhar Basti and Lotfi Achour the adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, in the context of post-revolution Tunisia.

Their adaptation, called Macbeth : Leila and Ben – A Bloody History, was created in London for the Cultural Olympiad 2012 (en) and World Shakespeare Festival.