Leila Shenna

Biography

Leila Shenna is a Moroccan actress born in Morocco, best known for her role as an evil air hostess in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. She also appeared in critically acclaimed films such as Remparts d'argile (1968) and Chronique des années de braise (1975), both set in Algeria or the desert, respectively. Shenna is notable not only for her acting work but also for being the cousin of Malika Oufkir, writer of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail.