Lyna Khoudri
Actress
Lyna Khoudri is a French-Algerian actress whose films include Papicha, The French Dispatch and The Three Musketeers. She won the César for Most Promising Actress in 2020 for Papicha.
- Born
- 3 Oct 1992
Biography sources
Lyna Khoudri photos
Photo credits
- A lilac evening look · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri at the Cannes Film Festival · Instagram · @degaine.sofoot ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- During Paris Fashion Week · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- A Mediterranean break · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- At Cannes for In Waves · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- Lyna Khoudri · Instagram · @lynakhoudri ↗
- At a Cannes photocall with Zineb Triki · Kacy Bao / Wikimedia Commons · Kacy Bao ↗ · Licence
- On the Cannes red carpet · Kacy Bao / Wikimedia Commons · Kacy Bao ↗ · Licence
- At the Berlinale · Elena Ternovaja / Wikimedia Commons · Elena Ternovaja ↗ · Licence
- Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri at the Cannes Film Festival · Instagram · @degaine.sofoot ↗
- Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri at the Cannes Film Festival · Instagram · @degaine.sofoot ↗
- Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri in Paris · Instagram · @karimbenzema ↗
Career and background
Before Papicha, Khoudri won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress at the 2017 Venice Film Festival for Sofia Djama’s Les Bienheureux. Her later work in Novembre brought a 2023 César nomination for Best Supporting Actress.Sources: La Biennale di Venezia ↗ · Académie des César ↗
Relationship history
Karim Benzema and Lyna Khoudri made their relationship public together at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2025. French reporting says they married in Corsica that July. Khoudri later described their choice to appear together as wanting to share an important moment in her career.
Relationship sources
- Karim Benzema leprogres.fr ↗
Family life
Khoudri grew up with a journalist father and a violinist mother. She has said she initially wanted to follow her father into journalism, but a film he persuaded her to watch—Abdellatif Kechiche’s L’Esquive—helped inspire her to act. She also credits him with encouraging her attention to the wider world, something she brings to choosing roles.Source: A Rabbit’s Foot ↗