Background and career
Nora Arnezeder (born 8 May 1989) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the science fiction thriller film Tides (2021), the zombie heist film Army of the Dead (2021) and IFC's assassin thriller American Star (2024).
Nora Arnezeder was born on 8 May 1989 in Paris, France. Her father Wolfgang Arnezeder is Austrian and Catholic, her mother, Piera Schinasi, is a Jewish Egyptian of Sephardic Jewish descent. While she was in high school, Arnezeder studied acting, dancing and singing at the drama school of Cours Florent.
Arnezeder's first major role was in 2008 in Paris 36 (French: Faubourg 36) directed by Christophe Barratier; for which she won the 2009 Lumière Award for Most Promising Actress, as well as an Étoile d'Or Award (Golden Stars of French Cinema). In the film Arnezeder performed the song "Loin de Paname", that was nominated for the Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards. In 2009, Arnezeder was the face of Guerlain's fragrance L'Idylle. In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the American action thriller film Safe House, portraying the girlfriend of Ryan Reynolds' character. In the same year she appeared in the role of Celia in the American mystery drama film The Words, which was presented at the Sundance Film Festival. In the same year, Arnezeder starred in the horror slasher film Maniac. In 2013, she was the leading actress in the period drama adventure film Angélique directed by Ariel Zeitoun. She appeared as Chloe Tousignant, a French intelligence investigator, in the main cast of the first two seasons (2015–17) of the CBS series Zoo. Arnezeder appeared in 6 episodes, between 2014 and 2018, of the series Mozart in the Jungle, playing Anna Maria. She played the main role of Evelyn Rey in the single season of the YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) science fiction series Origin (2018). In 2021, Arnezeder played Lilly "The Coyote" in Zack Snyder's Netflix film Army of the Dead. She was also cast as Françoise Glazer in the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer. She starred in the 2021 English-language German-Swiss science fiction thriller film Tides (The Colony), playing the lead role of Blake.
