Zita Hanrot


Zita Hanrot is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2016 for her role in the film Fatima.

Life and career

Zita Hanrot was born in 1990, to a Jamaican mother and a French father. She briefly studied history of art before enrolling at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, France's national drama academy based in Paris, in 2011; she graduated in 2014. Zita appeared in commercials such as the French army campaign alongside the French actor Karl E. Landler. She has cited the actress Béatrice Dalle as an inspiration, particularly for her role in the 1986 film Betty Blue.
Hanrot's first film role came in 2012 in Radiostars, directed by Romain Lévy, in which she plays the younger sister of Manu Payet. She subsequently played minor roles in The New Girlfriend, and Eden. Her breakthrough role came in 2015's Fatima, for which she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress. In the film, directed by Philippe Faucon, she plays Nesrine, a medical student and the daughter of a north-African immigrant, determined to improve her position in life.
Her brother, Idrissa Hanrot, is also an actor, starring notably in the 2016 film Five.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Le TuteurMalikaTV series
2012RadiostarsJennifer
2013RunDouniaShort film
2014EdenAnaïs
2014The New GirlfriendRestaurant waitress
2014ErranceThe girl on the trainShort film
2015Rose et le soldatRoseTelefilm
2015Nuit/BétonMorganeShort film
2015ChefsNadiaTV mini-series
2015FatimaNesrineCésar Award for Most Promising Actress
2015Chez VictoireIrisTelefilm
2015Point du JourSabrinaShort film
2016Le Gang des AntillaisLinda
2016De sas en sas
2018Paul Sanchez est revenu!Marion
2018The Hook Up PlanElsaNetflix series - 16 Episodes
2019The Swallows of Kabul
2020School LifeSamiaNetflix Original