Samira Carvalho is an actress and costume designer, known for Hard (2020), The Death of Lazarus (2022) and Mutum - Ame (2018).
Samira El Ouassil is an actress and writer, known for Free Identity (2012), Sturm der Liebe (2005) and Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben (2017).
Samira Fernandes is known for One Piece: Wan pîsu (1999) and Yugioh Slumdog (2004).
Samira Goetschel is an Iranian-born American award-winning filmmaker and a human rights activist. An alumnus of NYU Film School, her graduating film, Clown de la Vie, won Best Short Film at the New York State Film Festival and was a finalist at the Student Academy Awards. She earned her Master of Arts degree at Columbia University. Samira's first documentary, Our Own Private Bin Laden, was named Best Foreign Documentary and Best Film of the Festival at the 2006 European Independent Film Festival in Paris, and won the Audience Award at the International Film Festival in Seoul in 2007. Samira's most recent film, CITY 40, which investigates Russia's largest secret nuclear city was nominated for several awards including: an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary (2017); a Matter of Act Amnesty International Film of the Year Award; the Human Rights Activist of the Year Award (The Hague, 2017); and a Grand Jury Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival in the UK (2016). CITY 40 is available worldwide on Netflix. Samira's work is concerned with identity politics and politics of fear in societies where the power structure maintains order and control over the population. Her films attempt to disrupt the normative "story" of totalitarian governments with alternative histories and lived experiences of marginalized individuals that remain untold. Her aim is to highlight people's experiences of silence, resistance, and solidarity in films that ultimately empower the individual while creating common space for the audience's critical engagement and reflection on issues that impact their lives and society at large. Samira has served as the head of jury in documentary category in international competitions and as a judge for the Emmy Awards. Her articles have been published in The Guardian and The Huffington Post. She is a member of the International Criminal Court Alliance in Los Angeles (ICCA).
Samira Hchaika is an actress, known for Raltat (2013), Au nom de ma fille (2016) and Dunya & Desie (2008).
Samira Izadi is an actress, known for This Is Us (2016), S.W.A.T. (2017) and SEAL Team (2017).
Samira Mekibes Meza is an actress, known for Army of Thieves (2021).
Samira was raised in Dubai with Muhammed, her UAE National father, and Helena, her mother, who originated from Portimao, Portugal. The family moved to Neath, South Wales, UK when Samira was an early teenager. Samira began modelling for international brands in 2002 and won various beauty pageants including the 2009 Miss Europen title. In 2011, Samira made her film debut in the British horror Spirital Phantoma (2012) as Gabrielle and was then cast in the horror film Molly Crows (2013) where she was nominated for an award at Cannes Film Festival for her performance as an alcoholic mother in the film. She was the first Westerner to be cast as the lead role in the Bollywood movie Badshah (2014) and in September 2014 completed filming on the action movie adaptation of the best-selling novel by Welsh author Katherine John By Any Name (2017) where she played the lead role Dr Elizabeth Santer, a bereaved psychiatric Doctor who becomes involved with a game of cat and mouse when a mystery patient takes her hostage and goes on the run. In early 2015, Samira was cast in the US hit TV series Egyptian Vice (2015) followed by lead role in the Bollywood movie BPositive (2017) which is due for release in March 2017. The film is part of a franchise which will see her as back filming early 2017 for the sequel and in 2018 for the third film. Samira is currently working on three new movies which are set for global release in 2017/2018. In all the films, Samira performs her own stunts. Samira is very passionate about the film and television industry as well as maintaining a healthy lifestyle and helping others. She is currently the UK ambassador for children's charity Cerebra and a patron for Llandough Hospital in Cardiff, South Wales.
Samira Schoffel is known for Özel Ders (2022).