---
name: "Nathalie Issa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathalie-issa"
fi1m_id: "nathalie-issa"
tmdb_id: 2013586
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:09:38.008873+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nathalie Issa

## Identity

Nathalie Issa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathalie-issa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathalie-issa
- **TMDB ID:** 2013586
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2013586

Actor. Born 17 December 1998 in Lebanon.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1998, Lebanon
- **Also known as:** ナタリー・イッサ
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2013586

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Swimmers*](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md) (66)

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## Biography

Nathalie Issa is a French-Lebanese actress. She was born on 17 December 1998 in Lebanon and moved to France with her family as a child.

Issa made her screen debut in the 2018 drama *My Favourite Fabric*. She gained international recognition for her leading role as Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini in the 2022 biographical film *The Swimmers*, directed by Sally El Hosaini. She starred opposite her real-life sister Manal Issa, who played the role of Sara Mardini.

She has also appeared in the 2023 short film *Sea Salt*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, netflix.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Swimmers* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Yusra Mardini — [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Sea Salt* (2023), Actor
- *The Swimmers* (2022), as Yusra Mardini — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-swimmers.md)
- *My Favourite Fabric* (2018), as Line
- *Unforgettable Memory of a Friend* (2018), as Raya
- *May You Outlive Us*, Actor

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