Myriem Akheddiou

Acting

Myriem Akheddiou

Born 1978-09-27 · Bruxelles, Belgium

Myriem Akheddiou (born 27 September 1978) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and began working in theatre after developing an interest in acting. She collaborated with directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne on a number of films, appearing in The Kid with a Bike (2011), Two Days, One Night (2014), The Unknown Girl (2016), and Young Ahmed (2019). Her film credits also include A Happy Event (2011), The Connection (2014), and The Benefit of the Doubt (2017), which earned her a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Most Promising Actress. Source: Article "Myriem Akheddiou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Titane poster
6.3

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Titane

2021

Two Days, One Night poster
6.9

Sandra is a young woman who has only one weekend to convince her colleagues they must give up their bonuses in order for her to keep her job — not an easy task in this economy.

Two Days, One Night

2014

Cape Farewell poster
7.0

Fresh out of prison, Toni struggles to reconnect with her daughter Anna, who was raised by her grandmother Betty, while resisting the pull of her ex-lover Max's criminal world. Working at her uncle Frank's restaurant, she discovers his smuggling ties and Max involves her in a violent altercation on the docks. She faces pressure from the police and seeks redemption by getting away from Max. But trouble catches up with her, putting her family in danger. Toni will take all the risks to finally find a chance for her future with Anna and Betty.

Cape Farewell

2026

The Connection poster
7.1

Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

The Connection

2014

The Kid with a Bike poster
7.1

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

The Kid with a Bike

2011

Iris and the Men poster
5.2

Iris has a seemingly flawless husband, two wonderful daughters, a dental practice with a relentless stream of customers, a nice apartment in an area she loves, friends who understand her... And she’ll soon be 50. And then a stranger plants a seed in her head: "Take a lover". Iris open Pandora’s box and candidates emerge as if from nowhere – as if it were raining men.

Iris and the Men

2023

The Unknown Girl poster
6.2

Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.

The Unknown Girl

2016

Out of Love poster
6.9

When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unravel. Confronted with unexpected responsibilities, she must balance the fragile task of earning the children’s trust while also tending to her own relationship with her girlfriend, who struggles to adjust to Jeanne’s new role. As grief, uncertainty, and shifting loyalties mount, Jeanne finds herself redefining what family and love truly mean.

Out of Love

2025

The Edge of the Blade poster
6.5

In 1887, at a time when duels are in vogue in Paris, Clément Lacaze and Marie-Rose Astié meet. He's a charismatic master of arms; she's a feminist, far ahead of her time. Clément gets caught in a spiral of violence and decides to initiate Marie-Rose in the art of dueling. The two must work together to save face. How far will they go to defend their honor?

The Edge of the Blade

2023

Young Ahmed poster
6.3

A young Belgian is incited by his imam to view a teacher as an apostate and assassinate her; after he fails, he is sent to juvenile reform.

Young Ahmed

2019

A Happy Event poster
6.0

She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn't anyone warn me? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?" Un heureux événement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.

A Happy Event

2011

The Shift poster
6.3

Brussels. Seventeen-year-olds Eden and Abdel carry out a terrorist attack in their school. Isabelle and Adamo, two paramedics who rush to the scene after the explosion, find Eden injured and unconscious, and load him into the ambulance without imagining that he is one of the terrorists. When Isabelle realizes that he is wearing an explosive belt, it is too late: Eden has woken up.

The Shift

2021

Louise poster
7.6

Follows the struggles of Marion in her attempt to reconnect with her family and piece together her fragmented identity after fleeing a troubled childhood.

Louise

2025

Orange-Flavoured Wedding poster
NR

The Puig family has seven children. And today is the wedding of the youngest: Jacques. It's March 1978 in a church in a suburb of Nantes. The father isn't attending the wedding; he's been banished from the family. Jacques is marrying Martine, a young woman who lives in the same neighborhood. It's a love match. But can love heal the wounds of childhood?

Orange-Flavoured Wedding

2026

Better Days poster
6.6

Following a car accident, Suzanne loses custody of her three children. She has no choice but to seek treatment at a center for alcoholics. As soon as she arrives, she meets Alice and Diane, two women with strong personalities. Denis, a sports instructor, will try to bring them together around the same goal: to participate in the Dune Rally in the Moroccan desert. He will need a lot of patience and teaching skills to prepare this unlikely team to achieve their goal.

Better Days

2025

We Believe You poster
6.7

Today, Alice stands before a judge, knowing there is no room for error. She must speak up for her children, as her custody is being called into question. Can she protect them from their father before it is too late?

We Believe You

2025

Among the Almond Trees poster
7.7

Maysan and Iyad, a Syrian couple, work at a Breton fish auction and with their daughter seem to constitute a happy family. They have just been informed their residence permits have been approved. But then Iyad asks a question his wife wishes she hadn't heard. Great acting in this dissection of a marriage.

Among the Almond Trees

2019

Before We Collapse poster
5.4

In a dystopia Paris, this is about a campaign manager named Tristan who is knocked sideways when he receives an anonymous letter containing a positive pregnancy test. Potentially suffering from a fatal and incurable genetic illness, Tristan becomes obsessed with the idea of finding the woman who sent him this test. He decides to carry out an investigation, risking his love life and his career in the process.

Before We Collapse

2023

The Benefit of the Doubt poster
6.2

David has a woman he loves, two lovely young children, a band of friends with whom they go on holiday. But on his return from a stay in the Vosges, he is interrogated by the police in connection with an investigation into a murder. Quickly, it is established that David, under irreproachable looks, does not have a life as smooth as what he claims. Despite the support of his best friend, Noël, and his lawyer, Marco, the doubt spreads.

The Benefit of the Doubt

2018

Birds of Passage poster
6.1

Cathy’s birthday’s on 29th February, which is an impossible day as it is, because it’s a leap day. Then her dad comes up with the bright idea of giving her a duck egg to hatch for her tenth birthday. The chick appears when Cathy and her best friend Margot are watching, and the chick thinks Margot is its mummy. But Margot is bound to a wheelchair and will soon have to go to a special home. Unable to look after the duckling on her own, her parents decide to ged rid of it... Cathy and Margot end up in an adventure which teaches them a lot about how to rescue a migratory bird, but even more about themselves.

Birds of Passage

2015

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NR

Three climbers are stranded on mountain as darkness sets in.

Nuit blanche

2010

Habib poster
4.4

The story of a young Belgian actor of Moroccan origin who agrees to play the role of Saint-François-d'Assise to put an end to the roles of nice Arabs that are stuck on his forehead in often mediocre films. Getting into the historical figure will represent a real challenge for him; when his father, settled in Morocco, suddenly returns to Brussels with a new wife, and the beginnings of Alzheimer's, he finds himself having to juggle between the expectations of his colleagues and his family.

Habib

2023

Midwives poster
6.8

After 5 years learning the profession of midwife, “the most beautiful job in the world”, Louise and Sofia are finally entering working life and taking on huge responsibilities in a world where, at a frenetic pace, they handle with birth, motherhood and sometimes death. Will their vocation resist such a storm?

Midwives

2023

The Rembrandt Syndrome poster
3.9

Claire and Yves, trained as physicists, have worked in the nuclear industry their entire lives. During a visit to the National Gallery, Claire is deeply moved by three Rembrandt paintings. This encounter with these three masterful works will change them forever.

The Rembrandt Syndrome

2025