Chafia Boudraa

Birthday: 1930-04-22
Deathday: 2022-05-22
Birthplace: Constantine, Algeria
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

Chafia Boudraa (in arabic : شافية بوذراع), real name Atika Boudraa born April 22, 1930 Constantine is an Algerian actress. She is the widow of Shahid (an FLN fighter during the war of independence, who died in combat in 1960).

She left Constantine, her hometown, for Algiers in 1964. She began by working in different professions to provide for the needs of a family of eleven children: caregiver, switchboard operator, housekeeper, before contacting the RTA to work there, at stamp in several films. Chafia Boudraa will be revealed to the general public, thanks to the television series “El Hariq” (Fire) by Mustapha Badie, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib.

She will even play the role of the widow in “The Taming of the Shrew” produced by the National Theater of Algiers. Since these beginnings, his face has stood out with talent in Algerian and international television and cinema productions. During a rich career spanning over fifty years, she also played in the film "Hors-La-Loi" by Rachid Bouchareb, which represented Algeria at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. In this political thriller which follows destiny of three brothers torn apart by the Algerian war.

She died on May 22, 2022.

Credits

Year Title Character
2015-01-01 Profumi d'Algeri
2013-03-07 Just Like a Woman La mère de Mourad
2010-09-21 Outside the Law La mère
2006-05-17 Beur Blanc Rouge La grand-mère de Brahim
1993-09-13 Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs Aïcha
1991-10-25 Mohamed Bertrand-Duval Zohra, Fatima's mother
1991-02-01 Le cri des hommes La Vieille
1990-03-22 Rückkehr aus der Wüste
1984-10-20 Mint Tea The mother
1982-01-01 Moussa's Wedding La mère de Moussa
1982-01-01 A Wife for My Son
1980-01-01 Kahla wa Bayda Mother
1977-01-02 Leila and the Others Yamina, la mère de Meriem
1976-01-01 Echebka (الشبكة) Khalti Aldjia
1974-01-02 Hassan Terro's Escape