{{Short description|Canadian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Christine Solomon | birth_place = Cairo, Egypt | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|2|13|mf=y}} | height = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Solomon at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of ''Road, Movie'' | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1986–present }}
'''Christine Solomon''' (born February 13, 1981) is an Egyptian-born Canadian actress.
==Early life== Solomon was born in Cairo; her family moved to Montreal, Quebec when she was 7 years old. She developed an interest in acting during her childhood.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| last=Sabin| first=Angie| title=Q & A with Christine Solomon|url=https://www.socialmagazine.us/solomon/|access-date=2021-02-26|language=en}}</ref>
==Acting career== Solomon made her stage debut when she was 5 years old,<ref name=":0" /> which was followed by theatrical performances, TV commercials, and other roles.<ref name="albawabaeg.com">{{cite web|date=2015-12-27|title=Christine Solomon: A Canadian-Egyptian rising star|url=http://www.albawabaeg.com/31413|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204091013/http://www.albawabaeg.com/31413|archive-date=2017-02-04|accessdate=2015-12-27|publisher=albawabaeg.com}}</ref>
She has acted in over 20 stage plays, performed voice-over roles (including for DL Music) for TV networks and shows including ''Dr. 90210'', the Academy Awards, Fox, ''Melrose Place'', Disney, and videogame publisher Ubisoft. She also performed in films and television shows such as ''The Score'' with Academy Award-winning actors Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, VH1's ''Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story'', Sony Pictures' ''Head in the Clouds'', and HBO Canada's ''Fakers''.
Solomon has compere hosted with Rotana Group (a producer/distributor of Arabic music and film) for music videos, television commercials, and endorsement deals.<ref name="prlog.org">{{cite web|date=2017-01-23|title='The Quest Trilogy' by CDI Set to Come Full Circle|url=https://www.prlog.org/12614897-the-quest-trilogy-by-cdi-set-to-come-full-circle.html|accessdate=2017-01-23|publisher=prlog.org}}</ref> She is also co-lead in ''Gabriel's Gift'', directed by academy award nominee Roland Joffe.<ref name="MontrealTimes.ca">{{cite web|date=2015-01-21|title=Actress Five Year Report|url=http://mtltimes.ca/christine-solomon-actress-five-year-progress-report/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301001521/http://mtltimes.ca/christine-solomon-actress-five-year-progress-report/|archive-date=2016-03-01|accessdate=2015-01-21|publisher=Wireservice.ca}}</ref>
==Awards== Solomon won the Best Actress of Empowerment Award at the 2009 Madbakh Awards in Toronto for her role in ''Heliopolis''.<ref name="Wireservice.ca">{{cite web|date=2009-09-28|title=Actor Christine Solomon Stars in Feature Film 'Heliopolis', Screening at VIFF :: Wire Service Canada|url=http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=1678|accessdate=2012-09-06|publisher=Wireservice.ca}}</ref> Her role was the first representation of a Gothic woman in Egyptian film.<ref name="Wireservice.ca" /> Solomon has appeared in other award-winning films, such as the foreign film, ''Basra''.<ref name="Cinema Without Borders">{{cite web|date=2009-03-29|title=An interview with the star of "BASRA", Christine Solomon|url=http://cinemawithoutborders.com/conversations/1824-an-interview-with-the-star-of-basra-christine-solomon.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030225844/http://cinemawithoutborders.com/conversations/1824-an-interview-with-the-star-of-basra-christine-solomon.html|archive-date=2012-10-30|accessdate=2012-09-06|publisher=Cinema Without Borders}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2001 |data-sort-value="Score, The" | ''The Score'' |Graduate | |- |2001 |''Obsession'' |Lisa | |- |2004 |''Head in the Clouds'' |Parisian Woman #2 | |- |2007 |''City of Girls'' |Gigi | |- |2008 |''Basra'' |Boutina | |- |2009 |''Heliopolis'' |Gothic Girl | |- |2013 |''True Piracy'' |Officer Nathaniel | |- |2011 |''Rats of Babylon'' |Habiba | |- |2012 |''Betroit'' |Rola | |- |2015 |''What Now'' |Melissa | |- |2015 |''Yumna'' |Yumna | |- |2016 |''Just 20'' |Monica | |- |2017 |data-sort-value="Big Shot, The" | ''The Big Shot'' |Chantal | |- |2018 |''Kids Can'' |Christine | |- | |''Gabriel's Gift'' |Natalie |In-Development |- |- | |data-sort-value="Sixth Dimension, A" | ''A Sixth Dimension'' |Alter |In-Development |- |2019 |''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8774100/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4 My Stretch of Ground]'' |Zaina | |- |2020 |''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3528764/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3 Bullet Ride]'' |Chantal | |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2001 |''Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story'' |Groupie |TV movie |- |2007 |''Mat Ghani Alaya'' |Lana |TV series |- |2007 |''La Tagini Tatazerer'' |Yasmine |TV series |- |2007 |''Aleel El Heilah'' |Dina |TV series |- |2007 |''Eyes and Ashes'' |Mariam |TV series |- |2009 |''Catching up with Christine Solomon'' |Christine Solomon |TV series |- |2010 |''Fakers'' |Exotic Dancer |TV movie |- |2015 |''Yasmine'' |Reem |TV series |- |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2015 | ''Rainbow Six: Siege'' | Mira, Pregnant Woman, Radio Announcer | Voice |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|2555010}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, Christine}} Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Living people Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Dawson College alumni Category:Actresses from Cairo Category:Actresses from Montreal Category:1981 births