Amina Ben-Smail
www.AminaBenSmail.com
A M I N A B E N – S M A I L
aminabensmail.com aminabsmail@gmail.com
Height: 5'5'' Valid passport - EU citizen
FILM
Entre Deux Lead Feature Film Nada Mezni Hafaiedh
Bitter Sugar Lead Feature Film Malik Isasis
Metamorphosis of Ismaila Ba Lead Feature Film Malik Isasis
Best Day Ever* Lead Short Film A. Daoud/A. Amini
Credible Fear Supporting Short Film Malik Isasis
Water Spiral
Lead Short Film Fatma Daldoul
* Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight
Cairo International Film Festival
Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli
Goethe-Institut film festival
NEW YORK THEATRE
Almost, Maine Glory, Sandrine ASDS Repertory Season Amy Woschnik
Alice in ChristmasLand Mr. Time Nubox Theater Rob Lester
EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
A Doll House Nora ASDS Susan Aston
North Carolina* Jill ASDS Amy Woschnik
Road to Nirvana Lou ASDS Jessica Fichter
* denotes originating role
EDUCATION + TRAINING
Actors Studio Drama School MFA, Acting Acting: Jacqueline Jacobus,
Susan Aston, Jacqueline Knapp
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Shakespeare Summer School
Jinen Butoh dance workshop Summer Intensive Workshop
Workcenter of J. Grotowski & T. Richards Summer Intensive Program Mario Biagini, Thomas Richards
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater West African American Dance
Ballroom dancing
Private Singing Lessons Private Instructor, NYC Alba Quezada Bloomgarden
Bowdoin College BA, Anthropology
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects: neutral American (fluent), French (native), Arabic (native), Italian (fluent). Manual transmission.
AMINA BEN-SMAIL is a Tunisian/Italian New York City-based actress born and raised in Tunisia, making her
a native French and Arabic speaker. She has studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London
and at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards in Italy. She has played in short and feature
films in Tunisian, French, and New York productions, making it into several festivals, including the Cannes Film
Festival. Her favorite roles at ASDS include Lou in Road to Nirvana, Nora in A Doll's House, Rosa in The
Rose Tattoo, and Chickie in In Arabia We'd All Be Kings. She is forever grateful to her family for their endless
support.
