Nora Hamzawi

Nora Hamzawi
Born (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 43)
Cannes, France
Occupations
  • Humorist
  • actress
Websitenorahamzawi.fr

Nora Hamzawi (born 29 April 1983) is a French comedian, actress, writer and columnist. She first performed on stage in the late 2000s and later became known through radio and television appearances. Since the late 2010s, she has appeared regularly in French auteur films. She has also published several books.

Biography

Nora Hamzawi is of Syrian origin by her mother. She was born in Cannes and grew up in Paris. After obtaining a baccalauréat, she enrolled in law school but gave up after three weeks. She then enrolled at IUT Paris Descartes in Infocom and completed her training at CELSA, section "marketing, advertising and communication". She follows in parallel with her studies Cours Florent and Atelier Fanny Vallon.

She went on stage in 2009 with her first one-woman show. She was revealed to the public the same year by the festival Just for Laughs from Nantes. She is also writer for the series Scènes de ménages on M6.

She made a name for herself by appearing on Laurent Ruquier's On n'demande qu'à en rire on France 2 between 15 September 2011 and 19 March 2012, before being eliminated by an insufficient rating from the viewers (10/20). Jean Benguigui said of her: "She does not know how to move, she does not know how to play, she does not even know how to wear a dress!"

Between 2013 and 2015, she played the main role of Oh-Oh de Nora, a small humorous sequence integrated into Le Before du Grand Journal on Canal+. As of 2014, she is also a columnist in Le Grand Journal. After being the guest on TMC's Quotidien in October to present her show, Nora Hamzawi joins Yann Barthès' team on 1 December 2016 and hosts a column entitled "Nora a la réponse" in which she answers children's questions in a humorous way.

In parallel, she worked as a radio columnist on France Inter from 2013 to 2017, first on On va tous y passer and later on La Bande originale.

Career

Shows alone on stage

Stage work

Since 2024, she has been performing a new solo show in Paris and on tour in France.

Filmography

Cinema

Short films

  • 2010: L'Antivirus of Benoît Forgeard, broadcast on France 2 on 27 Jun 2010
  • 2011: Coloscopia of Benoît Forgeard, broadcast on France 2
  • 2011: Les Secrets de l'invisible of Antonin Peretjatko

Television

Radio

Bibliography

Books

  • 30 ans (10 ans de thérapie), Mazarine, 2016. ISBN 978-2-86374-443-7
  • 35 ans (dont 15 avant Internet), Mazarine, 2021. ISBN 978-2-86374-498-7
  • Public imaginaire, Actes Sud, 2021. ISBN 978-2-330-15836-5 {{isbn}}: Check isbn value: checksum (help)
  • Couple. Splendeurs et misères de la vie à deux, photographs by Stéphan Gladieu, Seuil, 2025. ISBN 978-2-021-56789-3 {{isbn}}: Check isbn value: checksum (help)

Press

  • 2014–18: weekly column in Grazia: Dans la tête de Nora Hamzawi

Distinctions

Awards

Nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Portrait acide d'une femme d'aujourd'hui" (in French). youhumour-blog.com. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  2. ↑ Lazimi, Charlotte (12 Nov 2013). "Nora Hamzawi rit juste". cheekmagazine.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  3. ↑ Hamzawi, Nora (29 Oct 2008). "Interview : Nora Hamzawi, (one woman) show girl" (Interview) (in French). madmoizelle.com. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  4. ↑ "Nora HAMZAWI". agencesartistiques.com (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nora Hamzawi (Grand Journal) : Mon papa est mort quand j'avais un an". purepeople.com (in French). 22 Feb 2015. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  6. ↑ "au Théâtre Le Bout". parisetudiant.com (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Papillard, Agnès (28 February 2010). "Nora à la Loge". savemybrain.net (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Un apéro avec Nora Hamzawi : « Rien ne m'angoisse plus que quelqu'un qui va toujours bien »". Le Monde (in French). 23 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nora Hamzawi, la thérapie par le rire". Le Monde (in French). 25 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mostra de Venise : les premières de Nora Hamzawi". Le Monde (in French). 1 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Le Bloc-notes de Jérôme Garcin : Pascal Bonitzer plein cadre". Le Monde (in French). 29 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Fiche de L'antivirus (2010)". IMDb (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "L'antivirus". Site de Benoit Forgeard (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.
  14. ↑ "Fiche de Coloscopia (2011)". IMDb (in French). Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ "Fiche de scènes de ménage". Groupe M6 (in French). Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 10 Jan 2018.