Liya Kebede
Actor · Born January 3, 1978 (48) · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Liya Kebede (born January 3, 1978) is an Ethiopian model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer and actress who has appeared three times on the cover of US Vogue . According to Forbes, Kebede was eleventh-highest-paid top model in the world in 2007. Since 2005, Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liya Kebede, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 3, 1978 (48)
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Liya Kebede's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 4 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Waris Dirie in Desert Flower (2009)
- Shapeshifteras Nassim in Capital (2012)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Liya Kebede's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- Crunchyroll
- Acorn TV, show their title on Acorn TV
- Cohen Media Channel, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
- Lionsgate+, show their title on Lionsgate+
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
- RetroCrush, show their title on RetroCrush
- Shout! TV, show their title on Shout! TV
- Sundance Now, show their title on Sundance Now
- ViX, show their title on ViX
Subscription and free streaming for Liya Kebede's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Furcy, né libre(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
A Fire Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
City Hunter(2018)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Mogadishu, Minnesota(2016)
Samba(2014)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Innocence(2013)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
The Best Offer(2013)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Capital(2012)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Day of the Falcon(2011)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Desert Flower(2009)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Good Shepherd(2006)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Lord of War(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2009.
Biggest box office
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
Highest rated
The Best Offer (2013)
Most popular right now
Desert Flower (2009)
Film career
Peak 2009 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2009Screen debut· Desert Flower
- 2009First top-billed film· Desert Flower
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Liya Kebede's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of the 11 of 12 with a score; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Liya Kebede's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Liya Kebede work with?
People who share at least 2 of Liya Kebede's MovieCove titles; Tahar Rahim shares the most, 2.
- Tahar RahimShared titles: Samba (2014), Day of the Falcon (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Tahar Rahim
