Biography

Myriam Emilie Francois was born on December 20, 1982 in Camden, London, England, UK. She is a producer and actress, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Paws (1997) and Finding Alaa (2023).

Graduated from Cambridge in 2003 and converted to Islam, where under the name Myriam Francois Cerrah she became a media spokeswoman for Muslim understanding.

In a September 2011 interview with the BBC World Service, Myriam Francois Cerrah said that she hopes to continue to act, but she recognizes that her Muslim faith will curtail opportunities for her. For instance, she told the interviewer that she had turned down a role that would have required her to participate in a sex scene, and she would not take a role for which she would have to show her hair.