Christine Solomon

Christine Solomon (born February 13, 1981) is an Egyptian-born Canadian actress.

Christine Solomon
Born (1981-02-13) February 13, 1981
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present

Early life

Solomon was born in Cairo; her family moved to Montreal, Quebec when she was 7 years old. She developed an interest in acting during her childhood.[1]

Acting career

Solomon made her stage debut when she was 5 years old,[1] which was followed by theatrical performances, TV commercials, and other roles.[2]

She has acted in over 20 stage plays, performed voice-over roles (including for DL Music) for TV networks and shows including Dr. 90210, the Academy Awards, Fox, Melrose Place, Disney, and videogame publisher Ubisoft. She also performed in films and television shows such as The Score with Academy Award-winning actors Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, VH1's Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story, Sony Pictures' Head in the Clouds, and HBO Canada's Fakers.

Solomon has compere hosted with Rotana Group (a producer/distributor of Arabic music and film) for music videos, television commercials, and endorsement deals.[3] She is also co-lead in Gabriel's Gift, directed by academy award nominee Roland Joffe.[4]

Awards

Solomon won the Best Actress of Empowerment Award at the 2009 Madbakh Awards in Toronto for her role in Heliopolis.[5] Her role was the first representation of a Gothic woman in Egyptian film.[5] Solomon has appeared in other award-winning films, such as the foreign film, Basra.[6]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Score Graduate
2001 Obsession Lisa
2004 Head in the Clouds Parisian Woman #2
2007 City of Girls Gigi
2008 Basra Boutina
2009 Heliopolis Gothic Girl
2013 True Piracy Officer Nathaniel
2011 Rats of Babylon Habiba
2012 Betroit Rola
2015 What Now Melissa
2015 Yumna Yumna
2016 Just 20 Monica
2017 The Big Shot Chantal
2018 Kids Can Christine
Gabriel's Gift Natalie In-Development
A Sixth Dimension Alter In-Development
2019 My Stretch of Ground Zaina
2020 Bullet Ride Chantal
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story Groupie TV movie
2007 Mat Ghani Alaya Lana TV series
2007 La Tagini Tatazerer Yasmine TV series
2007 Aleel El Heilah Dina TV series
2007 Eyes and Ashes Mariam TV series
2009 Catching up with Christine Solomon Christine Solomon TV series
2010 Fakers Exotic Dancer TV movie
2015 Yasmine Reem TV series

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Rainbow Six: Siege Mira, Pregnant Woman, Radio Announcer Voice

References
  1. Sabin, Angie. "Q & A with Christine Solomon". Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  2. "Christine Solomon: A Canadian-Egyptian rising star". albawabaeg.com. 2015-12-27. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. "'The Quest Trilogy' by CDI Set to Come Full Circle". prlog.org. 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. "Actress Five Year Report". Wireservice.ca. 2015-01-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  5. "Actor Christine Solomon Stars in Feature Film 'Heliopolis', Screening at VIFF :: Wire Service Canada". Wireservice.ca. 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  6. "An interview with the star of "BASRA", Christine Solomon". Cinema Without Borders. 2009-03-29. Archived from the original on 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
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