Senegalese actress, screenwriter, film director and producer.

She is sometimes credited as
Zeynab NGOM BARRY

Dieynaba NGOM is an actress, screenwriter, director and producer.

She is known for "Huis-Clos" (2014, Actress), "Boulevard " (Actress), "Idoles" (2016-2019, Actress), "Fissures / Cracks" (2021, Director / Actress / Screenwriter / Producer).

Her passion for cinema began at the age of 16 during a cultural exchange with young people from the Forerunners Institute in Philadelphia, an annual program called Journey to Freedom. This program allowed her to go on stage with young African Americans and young Senegalese members of the United like a puzzle club, activities that revolve around urban culture and board theater from 1997 to 2000.
From 2011, she trained in directing and screenwriting at Ciné Banlieue / Ciné Ucad, Dakar (class of 2012).

As an actress, she plays in "Huis Clos", a film by Ousmane Sarr Majat (2014) and in "Boulevard " by the late Bouna Médoune Sèye and is also one of the main cast of the TV Series "Idoles" as Binta.

As a filmmaker, she directed two short films, including a collective entitled "Linguère" in 2014 and another individual self-produced by herself entitled "Fissures / Cracks" (2021).


Our Sources:
- (FFA 2022, Dakar) www.filmsfemmesafrique.com/competition-courts-metrages
- (Her Official Twitter): www.twitter.com/lecinemamapass1
translated from French by Thierno Dia, on 17 Nov 2022