Ricci was born in Montreal to immigrant parents, and is of French and Tunisian ancestry.
[4] In La Presse, Marc-André Lussier [fr] praised Ricci's acting in Antigone.
[7] She also won the Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.
[8] In 2020 she starred in the short film Girls Shouldn't Walk Alone at Night (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit).
Nahéma made her English language feature debut in 2022 portraying Alix, a troubled teenager, in Under Spanish Skies, directed by Nathan Buck.