Clara Khoury
American actress of Palestinian descent
Clara Khoury (Arabic: كلارا خوري, romanized: Klārā Khūrī, born 29 December 1976) is a Palestinian–American actress. She works in film, television and theater. She grew up in Haifa, and now lives in California, United States.
Biography
Clara Khoury was born to a family of Palestinians in Haifa, Israel. She is the daughter of the award-winning actor Makram Khoury. Her family is Greek Orthodox Christian. She studied cinema at the Open University in Tel Aviv and drama at the Beit Zvi Acting School. Her brother Jamil Khoury is an actor and composer, while her sister Roula Khoury is an art curator.
Acting career
Khoury has worked in a variety of roles on stage including the lead in Antigone by Jean Anouilh, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Salome by Oscar Wilde, in Arabic as well as in Hebrew and English. Her television work includes the series Parashat Hashavua, written by Ari Folman, and Arab Labor written by Sayed Kashua.
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