Hiam Abbass
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Hiam Abbass at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
November 30, 1960 Nazareth, Israel |
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Israeli French |
| Occupation | Actress, Director |
Hiam Abbass (Arabic: هيام عباس, Hebrew: היאם עבאס; born November 30, 1960), also Hiyam Abbas, is an Israeli Arab actress and film director of Palestinian descent.
Hiam Abbass was born into a Muslim family in Nazareth, Israel. She was raised in the Arab village of Deir Hanna.
During the filming of the Steven Spielberg film Munich, Abbass lived in a hotel with the Arab and Israeli actors for three months. During that time, they had many discussions that "helped both sides grow closer." In an interview in 2006, Abbass said, "I still remember how difficult it was for the Arab actors to manhandle the Israeli actors in the first scene where the Israeli national team is taken hostage."
Abbass is known for her roles in Satin Rouge (2002), Haifa (1996), Paradise Now (2005), The Syrian Bride (2004), Free Zone (2005), Dawn of the World (2008), The Visitor (2008), Lemon Tree (2008), Every Day is a Holiday (2009) and Amreeka (2009). In Spielberg's film, depicting the response to the Munich Massacre, she also served as a dialect and acting consultant.
She directed two short films, Le Pain (2001), and La Danse éternelle (2004). She portrays humanitarian Hind al-Husseini in Julian Schnabel's film Miral (2010), based on the life of Husseini and her orphanage.
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