Leila Shenna ليلى شنّا | |
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| Born | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Other names | Leilah Shenna |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Moonraker |
Leila Shenna (Arabic:ليلى شنّا; born Morocco) is a former Moroccan actress who featured on film mostly in the 1970s.
She is most commonly remembered in English speaking countries for her role as aBond girl in the 1979 filmMoonraker as an evil air hostess.[1] However, she also starred in the 1968 filmRemparts d'argile (initially released in Italy, later released in the United States in 1970 under the titleRamparts of Clay) directed byJean-Louis Bertucelli,[1] the 1975Palme d'Or winnerChronique des années de braise directed byMohammed Lakhdar-Hamina,[2] as well as the 1982 Algerian filmVent de sable, also directed by Lakhdar-Hamina.[3] The first two films were set in Algeria, the third simply in the desert. She also had a minor role in the 1977 filmMarch or Die.[1]
She is the cousin ofMalika Oufkir, the writer ofStolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, an account of the failed 1972 assassination attempt on the King of Morocco by her father (and Leila's uncle), GeneralMohamed Oufkir.
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