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Arsinée Khanjian (Western Armenian: Արսինէ Խանճեան, Eastern Armenian: Արսինե Խանջյան; born 6 September 1958) is a Canadian actress and activist. She is widely known for her collaborations with her husband, filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
Arsinée Khanjian was born on 6 September 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and producer, known for Ararat (2002), Exotica (1994) and The Captive (2014). She is married to Atom Egoyan.
Arsinée and Atom Atom Egoyan after attending in NYC, Adoration, an adaptation into opera of his film Adoration, “a psychodrama about terrorism and Islamophobia that anchors its questions in family secrets and betrayal.”
“You know you exist when someone is there opposite you who acknowledges your presence and your narrative. Until what happened 100 years ago is fully acknowledged, there will be no reconciliation for that part of our history, no matter how many centuries pass,” says artist Arsinée Khanjian.
Arsinée Khanjian (born 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon Արսինէ Խանճեան) is an Armenian-Canadian actress and producer. In addition to her independent work and stage roles, she is regularly cast by her husband, Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in his films.
The husband and wife team talk about their artistic process, making movies together, and the play they're collaborating on, 'Cruel and Tender.'.
Mar 17, 2003 · In 1983, Arsinée Khanjian was married to a Lebanese dental student when Atom Egoyan walked into her life. They were both Armenian immigrants. He was an unknown film-maker from Toronto, in Montreal to cast a part in his first movie; she was an amateur actress rehearsing The Mousetrap, in Armenian.
