Diamand Abou Abboud began her career in 2001 after being cast in the period TV series,
The Search for Saladin. She appeared in several Lebanese movies and series, including helmer Samir Habchi's
Beirut Open City and the
Pan-Arab hit drama,
Ruby, starring
Amir Karara,
Cyrine Abdelnour,
Maxim Khalil, and directed by Rami Hanna. In 2013, she joined an all-star cast in Mahmoud Hojeij's
Stable Unstable, playing the role of Anna, for which she won the Murex d'Or. Abou Abboud came into international prominence after starring in
Ziad Doueiri's
The Insult, which screened in the main competition section of the
74th Venice International Film Festival and was selected as the Lebanese entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film, after which the film was nominated for the Oscar at the
90th Academy Awards. In 2017, she starred, alongside
Hiam Abbass, in Belgian director
Philippe Van Leeuw's film
In Syria. In 2019, Abou Abboud starred in
Eden, a European series directed by French filmmaker
Dominik Moll. Abou Abboud starred in Shahid's hit series
The Fixer in 2020 and also starred in Netflix's first Arabic original feature, an all-star adaptation of Italian box office hit
Perfect Strangers. In 2022, she starred alongside Egyptian actresses
Menna Shalabi and
Elham Shahin in
Shahid's Ramadan series, ''Bitlou' Al Rouh'', which was directed by
Kamla Abou Zekry. In 2024, she starred in
Arzé, the
comedy-drama directed by
Mira Shaib in her
feature directorial debut. The film was selected in the Main Competition of the
45th Cairo International Film Festival, but the festival was canceled due to the
Gaza war. The film had its world premiere in
Beijing and its North American premiere in
Tribeca. She also starred in Samir El Habashy's
Hassan Al Masry, an Egyptian film also starring
Ahmed Hatem. ==Personal life==