Spanish actress and singer

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nimri and the second or maternal family name is Urrutikoetxea.Musical artist

Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea (Spanish::; born 14 February 1972) is a Spanish actress and singer.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Discography
  • 3.1 With Carlos Jean as Najwajean
    • 3.1.1 Najwajean singles
  • 3.2 Solo albums
    • 3.2.1 Solo singles
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Films
  • 4.2 Television
  • 4.3 Podcast
• 5 Accolades
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Nimri's mother is from Pamplona and her father, Karam Nimri, is Jordanian. She has a brother named Karim Nimri, a half-brother named Andre Nimri and two half-sisters named Sara and Nadia Nimri. Najwa also has a cousin who is a singer named Alexander Nimier. When she was a child she moved to Bilbao and now lives in Madrid. She has one son named Teo Nabil, who was born on 30 June 2004.

Career

Her first major film role was in Salto al vacío, the first movie by film director Daniel Calparsoro. Her career as a singer started with small groups. In 1996, she formed the band Najwajean with Carlos Jean. She has also released three solo albums. She was married to Daniel Calparsoro and in 2004, she has a son, Teo.

Several of her film roles won her praise: as Ana in Lovers of the Arctic Circle, and as Elena in Lucía y el sexo. Both films were directed by Julio Medem. She starred next to Eduardo Noriega in Abre los ojos, and El método.

She was nominated to the 33rd edition of Goya Awards for Goya Award for Best Actress for Quién te cantará.

In 2020, she returned as Zulema in the spin off Vis a vis: (Locked Up)El oasis, starring with Maggie Civantos. She played Alicia Sierra, a policewoman inspector in (Money Heist) La casa de papel. She voiced Kate Laswell in the 2019 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Discography

With Carlos Jean as Najwajean

• No Blood (1998) – No. 80
• Asfalto (2001) (soundtrack) – No. 175
• Guerreros (2002) (soundtrack) – No. 88
• Najwajean Selection (2002) (compilation album) – No. 108
• Till It Breaks (2008) – No. 20
• Bonzo (2015)

Najwajean singles

• I'm gonna be (1999)
• Garota de Ipanema (1999)
• Crime (2008)
• Waiting (2015)
• Bonzo (2015)
• Drive me (2016)

Solo albums

• Carefully (2001) – No. 76
• Mayday (2003) – No. 48
• Walkabout (2006) – No. 10 (50,000 copies sold; Gold)
• Donde rugen los volcanes (2012)
• Rat Race (2014)
• Viene de Largo (2020)
• AMA (2021)

Solo singles

• That Cyclone (2001) from Carefully – No. 37
• Following Dolphins (2001) from Carefully – No. 68
• Go Cain (2003) from Mayday – No. 20
• Hey Boys, Girls (2003) from Mayday – No. 26
• Capable (2006) from Walkabout – No. 3
• Push It (2006) from Walkabout
• Le Tien, Le Mien (2006) from Walkabout
• El último primate (2010) from El Ultimo primate
• Como un animal (2010) from El ultimo primate.
• Donde rugen los volcanes" (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
• Somos su nuevo invitado (2012) from Donde rugen los volcanes
• Feed Us (2014) from Rat Race
• Rat race (2014) from Rat Race
• Pijama (2014) from Rat Race
• Lento (2020) from Viene de largo
• Panpan (2020)
• Mira Como Van (2020)
• Santa Claus llego a la cuidad (2020)

Filmography

Films

Television

Podcast

Accolades

References

External links

• Najwa Nimri at IMDb
• Najwa Nimri's website (in Spanish)