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Arsinée Khanjian Biography

Date of Birth:
Sep 6, 1958Birth Place:
Beirut, Lebanon

Biography

Arsinee Khanjian is an acclaimed actress in theater and independent cinema. When her homeland became dangerous due to growing political unrest, Khanjian's family fled to Montreal when she was 17. Her family urged her to pursue her education, and she earned her bachelor's degree in French and Spanish from Concordia University, before getting her master's in political science from the University of Toronto. In 1984, she landed her first acting role, in the Atom Egoyan dramedy "Next of Kin." She and Egoyan fell in love, married, and continued to collaborate on a number of films, including: the mystery thriller "Exotica," the drama "The Sweet Hereafter," the thriller "Felicia's Journey," and the drama "Ararat." The last of these earned Khanjian a Genie Award and the Best Actress Award from the Durban International Film Festival in 2003. Egoyan has stated his wife is more than his collaborator and the mother of his child, she is his muse. In 2009, Khanjian appeared on the crime dram
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Arsinée Khanjian

ACTOR

1958 - Today

Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian (Western Armenian: Արսինէ Խանճեան, Eastern Armenian: Արսինե Խանջյան; born 6 September 1958) is a Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, filmmaker Atom Egoyan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arsinée Khanjian has received more than 253,493 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Arsinée Khanjian is the 7,058th most popular actor (up from 7,722nd in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Lebanese Actor.

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  • 250k

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  • 50.72

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  • 16

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  • 4.08

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  • 2.26

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Arsinée Khanjian ranks 7,058 out of 13,578. Before her are Alexander Ludwig, Liza Weil, Jeong Da-bin, Charley Grapewin, Patrice Wymore, and Daniela Escobar

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“You know you exist when someone is there opposite you who acknowledges your presence and your narrative. Until what happened 100 years ago is fully acknowledged, there will be no reconciliation for that part of our history, no matter how many centuries pass,” says artist Arsinée Khanjian.

Khanjian loses her composure while telling the story of her family. Emotions turn to tears. Despite her courage in speaking of the unspeakable, she cannot overcome the fear of relating certain episodes. Her ancestors’ history follows her wherever she goes. 

 

Arsinée Khanjian was born in Lebanon. Her family moved to Canada when she was 17. She studied foreign languages and graduated with a Masters in Political Science from University of Toronto. She chose her major at her mother’s urging, but her desire to pursue acting, which she had also studied, led her to perform at a community theater. It was there that she met her future husband, director Atom Egoyan.

                                 

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