Biography
Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978) is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared three times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007. Since 2005, Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liya Kebede, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Furcy, né libre
2026
A Fire Within
2022
Executive Producer
Three Ethiopian women flee to the U.S. after surviving torture in their home country and then discover that their former interrogator is not only livi...
Mogadishu, Minnesota
2016
as Maryam
A drama about a Somali family living in Minneapolis.
Samba
2014
as Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recent...
Innocence
2013
as Moira Neal
After losing her mother in a tragic accident, Beckett Warner realizes that her troubles may be far worse—her school is run by a coven of beautiful wom...
The Best Offer
2013
as Sarah
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his ...
Capital
2012
as Nassim
The head of a giant European investment bank desperately clings to power when an American hedge fund company tries to buy them out.
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
as Reine Paya
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery.....
Black Gold
2011
as Aicha
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to riva...
Desert Flower
2009
as Waris Dirie
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is n...
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Miriam
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young ...
Lord of War
2005
as Faith
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol a...