{{short description|Taiwanese actress}} {{infobox person | name = Rima Zeidan | image = Rima Zeidan in October 2015.png | alt = | caption = Rima Zeidan in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|05|01}} | birth_place = Taiwan | occupation = Actress, Model, TV presenter | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | p = ruìmǎ xídān }} }} '''Rima Zeidan''' ({{lang-zh|c=瑞瑪·席丹|p=ruìmǎ xídān}}; {{langx|ar|ريما زيدان}}; born May 1, 1990) is a Taiwanese-Lebanese presenter, model and actress from Taiwan. In 2017 she appeared in the film ''Missing Johnny'' for which she was voted Best New Talent at the Taipei Film Festival and won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer.<ref name=":0" />

==Life and career== Zeidan was born in 1990 in Taiwan to a Taiwanese mother and a Lebanese father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tw.movies.yahoo.com/name_main/41176|title=瑞瑪席丹|publisher=Yahoo|language=Chinese|trans-title=Rima Zeidan|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> She entered showbiz at the age of sixteen, appearing in over 100 television adverts and hosting Taiwanese tourism programs. In 2009 at the age of 18, while in the United States on a study trip she was involved in a motorcycle accident which killed her boyfriend and left her with third degree burns on over 30% of her body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com.tw/fashion/fashion_trend/true-beauty-rima-zeidan-eoev|title=連穿搭都好陽光！混血女模瑞瑪席丹Rima Zeidan的健康自信穿搭術|publisher=Elle Magazine|language=Chinese|trans-title=Mixed Race Model Rima Zeidan and her Healthy Confident Life|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref> After recovering, she returned to the industry to become the face of skincare companies and hosted on various travel programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/611002?t=%E5%90%B3%E5%85%8B%E7%BE%A4%E7%88%86%E6%9C%89%E5%B0%8F%E4%B8%89%E6%80%A5%E7%94%A9%E4%BD%95%E8%B6%85%E8%93%AE%E3%80%80%E6%96%B0%E6%AD%A1%E6%9B%9D%E5%85%89%E7%AB%9F%E6%98%AF%E6%B7%B7%E8%A1%80%E8%BE%A3%E6%A8%A1Rima|title=吳克群爆有小三急甩何超蓮 新歡曝光竟是混血辣模Rima|publisher=ETtoday|language=Chinese|trans-title=Kenji Wu Leaves Laurinda Ho Chiu Lin for Model Rima Zeidan|accessdate=18 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2017 Zeidan made her film debut in the Taiwanese movie ''Missing Johnny'' in which she played the role of a woman named Hsu Zi-qi. Zeidan's performance in the film was widely praised leading to her being nominated for best actress awards at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, the Taipei Film Awards and the Shanghai International Film Festival.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Rima Zeidan Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9061331/awards?ref_=nm_awd|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=18 November 2017|archive-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221122427/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9061331/awards/?ref_=nm_awd|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20130713/00282_060.html|title=瑞瑪席丹：我承認open|publisher=Oriental Daily|language=Chinese|trans-title=Rima Zeidan Opens Up|accessdate=18 November 2017|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805203036/http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/entertainment/20130713/00282_060.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !English title !Chinese title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |2017 |''Missing Johnny'' |強尼·凱克 |Hsu Zi-qi | |- | rowspan="2" |2023 |''The Movie Emperor'' |红毯先生 |Summer | |- |''Hidden Strike'' |狂怒沙暴 |Li Yan | |}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name | id= nm9061331| name= Rima Zeidan }}

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