Abbass was born on 30 November to a family of Muslim Arabs in Nazareth, Israel , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was raised in the nearby village of Deir Hanna. Since the late s, she has lived in Paris , France, [ 5 ] and holds French citizenship. During the filming of the Steven Spielberg film Munich , Abbass lived in a hotel with Israeli and Palestinian actors for three months. During that time, they had many discussions that "helped both sides grow closer. She appeared in Spielberg's film Munich , depicting the response to the Munich massacre , and also served as a dialect and acting consultant.
She portrays humanitarian Hind al-Husseini in Julian Schnabel 's film Miral , based on the life of Husseini and her orphanage. In , she appeared in Satin Rouge by Raja Amari , a film about the self-discovery of a middle aged Tunisian widow.
In Jim Jarmusch 's film The Limits of Control , in the role of Driver, she recites in Classical Arabic one of the film's leitmotif -phrases, "He who thinks he is bigger than the rest must go to the cemetery. There he will see what life really is. In , she played Freysa, the head of the replicant freedom movement, in Blade Runner In , Abbass starred in the documentary film Bye Bye Tiberias which follows her decision to pursue her dream of becoming actress, directed by her daughter, Lina Soualem.
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