Souheila Yacoub (born 29 June 1992) is a Swiss actress. Her films include Climax (2018), Making Of (2023), Dune: Part Two (2024) and Evil Dead Burn (2026). On television, she appeared in the Canal+ miniseries Savages (2019).
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Early life and education
Souheila Yacoub was born on 29 June 1992 in Geneva to a Tunisian father and a Flemish mother. She has a sister. Yacoub attended La Haute école fédérale de sport de Macolin and joined the Swiss National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team as a teenager, competing in the 2009 and 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. She left school at 16 to focus on gymnastics. When the team did not qualify for the Olympics, Yacoub quit the sport altogether. Although she did not officially testify against the coaches amid abuse allegations in 2020, detailed in the Magglingen Protocols, she supported her former teammates' claims and told a number of stories of the coaches' behaviour, such as limiting how much members could eat or drink and benching them for putting on a kilo.
After quitting, Yacoub returned home. Uncertain what to do next, her sister suggested she apply for Miss Suisse Romande. Yacoub also enrolled in local dance and acting classes. After winning Miss Suisse Romande 2012, Yacoub was offered a scholarship for a three-year programme at the Cours Florent in Paris. She further trained at the CNSAD.
