DUBAI: British Lebanese actress Razane Jammal, who broke out internationally with a role in Netflix’s adaptation of DC Comics’ “The Sandman,” picked up an award for Best Lebanese Actress on the Arab and Global Scene at the AFDAL International Festival in Lebanon.
The actress, who has previously starred opposite Hollywood actor Liam Neeson in “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” attended the gala evening wearing a black gown by Beirut-based label Azzi & Osta.
Earlier this year, Jammal got a starring role in French luxury label Dior’s campaign for Ramadan, joining Saudi Arabia’s Aseel Omran.
The star, who is the brand’s Middle East ambassador, was featured in a shoot for the new capsule collection, Dior Or.
Jammal told Hia magazine at the time: “Giving up is not an option, because despite the obstacles faced by anyone on their journey, they should be completely ready to seize the opportunity that arises.”
In “The Sandman,” Jammal plays Lyta Hall, a woman who dreams of her dead husband each night, slowly realizing that he is not a figment of her imagination but is hiding out in the dream world to be with his wife.
It is a part that Jammal managed to play truthfully with subtlety — a subtlety for which she credited her mother.
Jammal, who was raised in Beirut, told Arab News: “I’ve always been extra, and my mom was far more subtle than I am. I had to fine-tune myself to vibrate on her frequency, a frequency that was very sweet and very raw and vulnerable and nurturing. I took that from her.
“I grew up having a simple, community-based life in a place where you have 500 mothers and everyone feeds you and you feel safe — even if it’s not safe at all. At the same time we went through so many traumas, from civil wars to assassinations to losing all our money in another financial crisis.”
