Soheila Yacoub is a French theater-trained actor who landed her first film role in director/writer/co-editor Gaspar Noé’s LSD-fueled experimental horror movie, Climax (2018), with Sofia Boutella, Kiddy Smile and Romain Guillermic, produced in part by Wild Bunch and Arte France Cinéma, and released by A24 (U.S.)/Wild Bunch (France)/O’Brother Distribution (Belgium) after premiering in the Directors' Fortnight competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Yacoub appeared in director/co-writer Lea Fredeval’s French comedy, Les affames (2018), with Louane Emera, Francois Deblock, Marc Jarousseau, Nina Melo and Rabah Nait Oufella, which was released in France and partly produced by StudioCanal.
Yacoub played a major role in director/co-writer Philippe Garrel’s excellent black-and-white drama, The Salt of Tears/Le Sel des larmes (2020), co-written by Jean-Claude Carriere and Arlette Langmann, co-starring Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, Louise Chevillotte and Andre Wilms, with Ad Vitam as distributor after premiering in the competition of the Berlin Film Festival. Yacoub starred in director/writer Anais Volpe’s French comedy-drama, The Braves/Entre les vagues (2021), co-starring Deborah Lukumuena, and which was backed and released by MK2 Films. Then Yacoub co-starred in French director/co-writer Yassine Qnia’s crime drama, A Brighter Tomorrow/De bas etage (2021), co-starring Soufiane Guerrab, and which competed in the Directors Fortnight selection at the Cannes Film Festival, produced by Alba Pictures/Wny Not Productions and released in France by Le Pacte.
Soheila Yacoub joined the ensemble of director/co-writer Cedric Klapisch’s dance-themed comedy drama, Rise/En corps (2022), starring Marion Barbeau, Hofesh Shechter, Denis Podalydes and Muriel Robin, and was released by StudioCanal and nominated for eight César Awards, including Best Film. Yacoub then co-starred with Podalydes, Jonathan Cohen, Stefan Crepon, Emmanuelle Bercot, Xavier Beauvois and Valerie Donzelli in director/co-writer Cedric Kahn’s drama about moviemaking, Making Of (2023), produced (in part) by France 2 Cinema and released in France by Ad Vitam after launching out of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Yacoub appeared in her first Hollywood movie, in director/writer
Denis Villeneuve’s magnificent sequel,
Dune: Part Two (2024), co-written by Jon Spaihts adapting Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, starring
Timothée Chalamet,
Rebecca Ferguson,
Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard,
Dave Bautista,
Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christoper Walken and Lea Seydoux, produced by Legendary Pictures, and grossing $715 million globally for Warner Bros. Pictures. Yacoub led the cast of co-star/director/co-writer Noemie Merlant’s French horror comedy, The Balconettes/Les Femmes au balcon (2024), co-starring Sanda Codreanu, Lucas Bravo and Nadege Beausson-Diagne, produced by France 2 Cinema/Nord-Ouest Films and released in France by Tandem.
Soheila Yacoub co-starred with Adele Exarchopoulos in French director/writer Aude Lea Rapin’s dystopian sci-fi movie, Planet B/Planete B (2024), with Eliane Umuhire, produced by Orange Studio and released by Le Pacte in France after launching at the Venice Film Festival, and then Yacoub portrayed Lilith in director/writer Lotfy Nathan’s supernatural horror movie about the young Jesus,
The Carpenter’s Son (2025), produced and starring Nicolas Cage (as Joseph), with FKA Twigs (as Mary) and Noah Jupe (as young Jesus), produced in the U.K./France/U.S. and released to little business by Magnolia Pictures (U.S.)/Altitude Film Distribution (U.K.). Yacoub had her first starring role in a Hollywood-backed movie, director/co-writer
Sebastien Vaniček’s horror sequel,
Evil Dead Burn (2026), co-written by Florent Bernard, based on producer Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise, with Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand and George Pullar, and which was released wide by Warner Bros. Pictures (U.S.)/Sony Pictures Releasing (France, Italy).
