Biography
Manal Issa is a French-Lebanese actress. She was born on 9 March 1992 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, to Lebanese parents, and moved with her family to Beirut at the age of three before returning to France for her studies.
Issa studied engineering and began her acting career with the lead role of Lina in Danielle Arbid’s Parisienne (2015). She has appeared in films including Nocturama (2016), The Sea Ahead (2021) and The Swimmers (2022), in which she played Sarah Mardini alongside her sister Nathalie Issa as Yusra Mardini. In 2017 she was shortlisted for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.
