Clara Khoury (Arabic: كلارا خوري‎, Hebrew: קלר×"
ח'ורי‎; born 29 December 1976) is an Arab Israeli actress of
Palestinian origin. She works in film, television and theater.Clara
Khoury was born in Haifa. She is the daughter of the award-winning
actor Makram Khoury. Her family is Greek Orthodox. She studied cinema
at the Open University in Tel Aviv and drama at the Beit Zvi acting
school. She is married to Sean Foley, an American with Irish and
Egyptian roots.Khoury has worked in a variety of roles on stage
including the lead in Antigone by Jean Anouih, The Glass Menagerie by
Tennessee Williams and Salome by Oscar Wilde, in Arabic as well as in
Hebrew and English. Her television work includes the series Parashat
Hashavua, written by Ari Folman, and Arab Labor written by Sayed
Kashua. She made her big screen debut in 2002 in Rana’s Wedding by
Hany Abu-Assad (director of the Oscar-nominated Paradise Now) which
premiered at the Semaine Internationale de la Critique at the Cannes
Film Festival.In 2005 she gained international recognition for her
role in The Syrian Bride, portraying a young Druze woman who risks
losing her family by entering an arranged marriage with a Syrian
national. Directed by Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree) the film won the
Audience Prize at the Locarno Film Festival.
ח'ורי‎; born 29 December 1976) is an Arab Israeli actress of
Palestinian origin. She works in film, television and theater.Clara
Khoury was born in Haifa. She is the daughter of the award-winning
actor Makram Khoury. Her family is Greek Orthodox. She studied cinema
at the Open University in Tel Aviv and drama at the Beit Zvi acting
school. She is married to Sean Foley, an American with Irish and
Egyptian roots.Khoury has worked in a variety of roles on stage
including the lead in Antigone by Jean Anouih, The Glass Menagerie by
Tennessee Williams and Salome by Oscar Wilde, in Arabic as well as in
Hebrew and English. Her television work includes the series Parashat
Hashavua, written by Ari Folman, and Arab Labor written by Sayed
Kashua. She made her big screen debut in 2002 in Rana’s Wedding by
Hany Abu-Assad (director of the Oscar-nominated Paradise Now) which
premiered at the Semaine Internationale de la Critique at the Cannes
Film Festival.In 2005 she gained international recognition for her
role in The Syrian Bride, portraying a young Druze woman who risks
losing her family by entering an arranged marriage with a Syrian
national. Directed by Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree) the film won the
Audience Prize at the Locarno Film Festival.
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