Razane Jammal

Razane Jammal (Arabic: رزان جمّال ; born on 7 August 1987) is a British-Lebanese actress, best known for her role as Sara in the Pan-Arab Serie Thaman, Netflix Original series Paranormal, and her work in films by Kanye West, Robert Guédiguian, Marwan Hamed and Olivier Assayas. She plays Lyta Hall in the 2022 Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.

Jammal was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. Her father is British-Lebanese who was born in Nigeria. Her mother had a father born to a Turkish father and a Romanian mother who met in Lebanon. Her maternal grandmother had a Palestinian father and a French mother who met while studying in London. Her parents lived and married in Alexandria, Egypt.

She started acting in television commercials at age 15, taking part in regional campaigns in the Middle East. At age 18 she moved to London where she studied business at the King's College, and was eventually cast in her first film role in 2009 in Carlos by Olivier Assayas.

Her breakout role was in 2010's Carlos, followed by horror director Tobe Hooper's Djinn in 2012. In 2012, she was also part of the cast for Kanye West's debut short film screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Cruel Summer. In 2014 she starred with Liam Neeson in A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014). In 2015, she starred in Robert Guédiguian's Don't Tell Me The Boy Was Mad, which premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. She played the role of Maggie in the Netflix Original series Paranormal, based on the books by Ahmed Khaled Tawfik. The series is directed by Amr Salama and Majid Al Ansari.

In May 2021, it was announced that Jammal had joined the cast of The Sandman for Netflix, based on Neil Gaiman's DC Comics graphic novel.[10]