Yasmine Al Massri is an International actress and human rights activist whose roles stand out nationally and internationally thanks to her talent in carefully choosing stories and characters that are unconventional and underrepresented on screen. From a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother, Al Massri was born and raised in Lebanon, then moved to Paris at the age of 20 to study. There she graduated from the prestigious L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris in multimedia and live performances. She enjoys leading the way to women of her generation by breaking the cliches of representation of Arab female characters whether on TV or Film. She works and lives between Los Angeles, Paris and Beirut.
Yasmine Al Massri is the first Middle Eastern actress to star in a series of critically acclaimed award-winning films, such as Nadine Labbaki's Caramel, The Last Friday, Pomegranates and Myrrh, and Julian Schnabel's Miral starring alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Hiam Abbass, Frieda Pinto and William Dafoe.
In addition to her success in major films, Al-Massri starred in major ABC’s hit show Quantico. Her breakout role as Arab-American FBI twins, alongside Priyanka Chopra and Aunjenu Ellis. Al-Massri also starred in ABC's Crossbones alongside John Malkovitch, as 'Selima El Sharad.'
Today, Al-Massri continues to pursue subjects that are relevant in bringing global awareness to the world we live in. She guest starred in Law and Order season's most acclaimed episode tackling the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Al-Massri also starred in the Oscar-shortlisted Refugee- Short Film, written and directed by Brandt Andersen, alongside Omar Sy and Jason Behgue. Most recently, Al-Massri plays the first Middle Eastern lesbian vampire in Netflix's top animation show Castelvania.
Al-Massri is currently developing two scripts at the moment as a co-writer, producer to star in, the two projects will portray female Characters from the Arab world and the Middle East whose lives and journeys happen in international cities around the world. She also strives to push different projects that represent the Arab world through collaborating and consulting through Uncensored Narratives, a creative lab and platform that she founded last year.