Saïd Taghmaoui

"Saïd Taghmaoui"
French A2 writing exercise

Learn about this famous French-Moroccan-American actor.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "an actor", "France/Morocco", "a big role", "a movie", "to receive (an award)", "later", "to move to [country]", "to become a [nationality] citizen", "French/Arabic/English/Italian (languages)", "to act in a movie", "successful (=popular)".

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Do you know Saïd Taghmaoui? He is a very famous actor. He was born in Villepinte, in France, in 1978, and his parents were from Essaouira in Morocco. In 1995, he had his first big role in "La Haine". For this movie, he even received a César! Later, he moved to the USA and in 2008, he became an American citizen. He speaks four languages: French, Arabic, English and Italian. He has acted in many successful movies. He was in "Wonder Woman" for example!

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