Laëtitia Eïdo

French actress
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Laëtitia Eïdo is a French actress, born to a French father and a Lebanese mother. She is best known as Dr. Shirin El Abed, one of the leading roles in the Israeli Netflix series Fauda, and as the voice of Mira in the Adult Swim adult animated television series Primal.

Eïdo has played the roles of strong women both on the big and small screens.

She first trained in classical acting techniques in Paris, she attended workshops with theatre companies such as Peter Brook's or Jacques Lecoq's. She then studied in depth S. Meisner acting techniques in Paris and New York. She thus first started her acting career in the theatre where she interpreted known classical roles such as Andromache, in Racine's Greek tragedy, Eglé, Marivaux's character in the Quarrel.

In 2017 she took part in the new adaptation of the book the 4th wall of Sorj Chalandon staged by Arnaud Stéphan, at the National Theatre of Bretagne in Rennes. She then directed her career towards cinema and television. She plays many roles such as Cleopatra in The Destiny of Rome for the channel ARTE, Eshana for the series called Hero Corp directed by Simon Astier, the role of Jade in a French series called Yes I Do, produced by Studio+, as well as the leading feminine role in the film Holy Air directed by Shady Srour. She also starred in the film Tel Aviv on Fire directed by Sameh Zoabi.

In 2014, she took on the role of Fatma n'Soumer, a drama film shot in the Algerian Berber mountains in the Kabyle language, taking on the traits of a resistant woman who repels the first French invasion in 1850. That same year she played Fahima in the drama Dancing Arabs, directed by Eran Riklis.

In 2015, she landed her breakthrough role as Dr. Shirin El Abed in the international television series Fauda. That same year, she was a ‘Talent’ Alumna at the Berlin Film Festival (2015) and a jury member in festivals like Jerusalem, Oran or Cannes for the ‘Queer Palm’ award.

Date of Birth25th October 1985
Age39 Years
Zodiac SignScorpio
CountryFrance
Current CityFrance
Birth PlaceFrance
NationalityFrance
CitizenshipFrance
Education
Cours Florent
Occupationactor, film director, film actor