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born: "14 February 1972"
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# Najwa Nimri

Actor. Born 14 February 1972 in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 February 1972, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
- **Also known as:** Najwa Nimri Urruticoechea, Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea, Najwajean
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najwa_Nimri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264867, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16442

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Money Heist*](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md) (70)

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## Biography

Najwa Nimri is a Spanish actress and singer. Born Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea in Pamplona in 1972, she moved to Bilbao as a child and later to Madrid. She made her acting debut in the 1995 film *Salto al vacío*, the first feature directed by Daniel Calparsoro, to whom she was married from 1995 to 2000.

Nimri is known for her roles in films directed by Alejandro Amenábar and Julio Medem, including *Open Your Eyes* (1997) and *Sex and Lucía* (2001). On television she has played Zulema Zahir in the series *Locked Up* (2015) and its spin-off, and Alicia Sierra in *Money Heist* (2017) and the spin-off *Berlin* (2023). She formed the musical duo Najwajean with Carlos Jean in 1996 and has released solo albums.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, money-heist.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Money Heist* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Alicia Sierra — [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Punto Nemo* (2025), series, as Juana
- *The Red Virgin* (2024), as Aurora
- *Breathless* (2024), series, as Patricia Segura
- *Berlin* (2023), series, as Alicia Sierra
- *Holy Family* (2022), series, as Gloria Román / Julia Santos
- *30 Coins* (2020), series, as Haruka
- *Locked Up: The Oasis* (2020), series, as Zulema Zahir
- *Una vida una cena* (2019), series, Acting
- *The Tree of Blood* (2018), as Macarena
- *Quién te cantará* (2018), as Lila
- *The Eighth Dimension* (2018), as Olga Calderón
- *Mi madre* (2018), as Madre
- *Money Heist* (2017), series, as Alicia Sierra — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *Cuento de verano* (2015), Music Director
- *Locked Up* (2015), series, as Zulema Zahir
- *10,000 Nights Nowhere* (2013), as Claudia
- *The Wine of Summer* (2013), as Ana
- *Verbo* (2011), as Inés
- *Route Irish* (2011), as Marisol
- *Even the Rain* (2011), as Isabel (uncredited)
- *Anything You Want* (2010), Acting
- *Inseparable From You* (2010), Acting
- *Room in Rome* (2010), as Edurne
- *Oviedo Express* (2007), as Bárbara
- *Mataharis* (2007), as Eva
- *Celia's Lives* (2006), as Celia
- *Trastorno* (2006), as Natalia
- *The Method* (2005), as Nieves
- *20 Centimeters* (2005), as La Conejo, Music
- *A+* (2004), as Dam
- *Secret Agents* (2004), as Maria Menendez
- *Utopia* (2003), as Ángela, Original Music Composer
- *La reina del bar Canalla* (2003), as Linda
- *Warriors* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Stones* (2002), as Leire
- *Fausto 5.0* (2001), as Julia
- *Sex and Lucía* (2001), as Elena
- *Before Night Falls* (2000), as Fina Zorilla Ochoa
- *Asfalto* (2000), as Original Music Composer
- *Lovers of the Arctic Circle* (1998), as Young Ana
- *9'8m/s²* (1998), as Ella
- *Open Your Eyes* (1997), as Nuria
- *Blinded* (1997), as Marrubi
- *Pasajes* (1996), as Gabi
- *Salto al vacío* (1995), as Alex
- *Mataleón*, series, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Foto: Rosario López (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-86d2d0a19a37.jpg) Foto: Rosario López (2010) — Alterna2 http://www.alterna2.com, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Concierto_de_Najwa_Nimri_en_Barcelona.jpg/1280px-Concierto_de_Najwa_Nimri_en_Barcelona.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Najwa Nimri en un concierto en 2010](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-e6a604a7df22.jpg) Najwa Nimri en un concierto en 2010 — Rosario López (Alterna2), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Najwa_Nimri.jpg/1280px-Najwa_Nimri.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-49c2647c59dd.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Najwa_Nimri_%28200x290%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Najwajean : Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean durante su actuación en el Festival Sonorama 2008, en Aranda de Duero (Burgos)](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-008dc6e4c611.jpg) Najwajean : Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean durante su actuación en el Festival Sonorama 2008, en Aranda de Duero (Burgos) — Pravdaverita, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Najwajean_Najwa_Nimri_y_Carlos_Jean_en_Sonorama_2008.jpg/1280px-Najwajean_Najwa_Nimri_y_Carlos_Jean_en_Sonorama_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-7fc65d40c32a.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-e68578216424.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-582dc6347fb5.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB
- ![Najwajean : Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean, durante su actuación en el Festival Sonorama 2008, en Aranda de Duero (Burgos.](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-25d702f33b1b.jpg) Najwajean : Najwa Nimri y Carlos Jean, durante su actuación en el Festival Sonorama 2008, en Aranda de Duero (Burgos. — Jacobo Revenga, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Najwajean_Najwa_Nimri_y_Carlos_Jean_en_el_Festival_Sonorama_2008.jpg/1280px-Najwajean_Najwa_Nimri_y_Carlos_Jean_en_el_Festival_Sonorama_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-e4e2319b915b.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-b2077fe37b3e.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB
- ![Najwa Nimri](https://film.one/media/person/976768/gallery-e7a9e8ecd65f.jpg) Najwa Nimri — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 6 nominated

- Platino Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV series 2022: Platino Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV series (won), for *Money Heist*
- Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series (nominated), for *Money Heist*
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award 2020: Sitges Grand Honorary Award (won)
- Premios Ondas 2015: Premios Ondas (won)
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act 2010: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act (nominated)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2002: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Sex and Lucia*
- Goya Award for Best Original Score 2001: Goya Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Asfalto*
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act 2001: MTV Europe Music Award for Best Spanish Act (nominated)
- Goya Award for Best Actress 1999: Goya Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Lovers of the Arctic Circle*
- Premios Ondas 1998: Premios Ondas (won), for *Open Your Eyes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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