Biography
Nadine Labaki (born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress, writer, and director. Before directing films, Labaki started out as one of the well known directors in the Arabic music video industry. Inspired by growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, Labaki is known for demonstrating everyday aspects of Lebanese life and covering a range of political issues such as war, poverty, and feminism in her work. She is the first female Arab director to direct a film nominated for an Oscar in the categ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Sand Castle
2024
as Yasmine
Stranded on a deserted island, a family of four scavenges for survival as their past unravels, sending them into a downward spiral of painful events.
Disorder
2024
Executive Producer
Four darkly funny tales about Lebanon: Activists planning a protest descend into internal strife. Three sisters and their mother argue while an incomp...
Back to Alexandria
2024
as Sue
After more than 20 years, Sue returns from Switzerland to her home country Egypt because her mother Fairouz is in a hospital bed. Sue ran away from th...
Swimming Home
2024
as Laura
Joe and Isabel’s marriage is dying when Kitti, a naked stranger found floating in the pool at their holiday villa in Greece, is invited to stay. Kitti...
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023
On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins. In the midst of the chaos,...
Costa Brava, Lebanon
2022
as Souraya
Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are sh...
Perfect Strangers
2022
as May
A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.
1982
2020
as Yasmine
On the eve of an invasion in 1982 Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy at a mountain school is determined to express his feelings to a classmate. As tension bu...
Capernaum
2018
as Nadine
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-ol...
Capernaum
2018
Director, Writer
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-ol...
The Idol
2016
as Shadia
Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
The Blind of the Cathedral
2015
Thanks
In front of a cathedral, fate led to Hala and Bachir's meeting. At first sight, they share nothing in common: she is a 15-year-old student, she is Mus...
The Price of Fame
2015
as Noor
A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.
Rio, I Love You
2014
as Herself (segment "O Milagre")
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story...
Rio, I Love You
2014
Director, Writer
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story...
Mea Culpa
2014
as Alice
Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A fe...
Rock the Casbah
2013
as Miriam
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
Where Do We Go Now?
2011
as Amale
In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the c...
Where Do We Go Now?
2011
Director, Screenplay, Producer
In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the c...
The Father and the Foreigner
2011
as Zaira
Stray Bullet
2010
as Noha
In 1976 Beirut, after a rendezvous with her old flame, soon-to-wed Noha witnesses a violent incident and changes course on a path to self-realization.
Caramel
2007
as Layale
In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust the...
Caramel
2007
Director, Screenplay
In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust the...
Bosta
2005
as Alia
After 15 years in France, Kamal returns to his native Beirut and reassembles his dance crew, striving to modernize traditional Dabke routines.
The Seventh Dog
2005
Soraya is a French/Palestinian living in New York. Soraya and her Boyfriend Yusif are reported to the office of Homeland Securty by the "super" of Sor...
Ashes
2003
Nabil returns to Beirut with the ashes of his father who died abroad. He tries to overcome his bereavement while his family insists on respecting rite...
Non Métrage Libanais
2003
as Nina