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1988-11-05 · United Arab Emirates · Female

7 series in the catalog

Yasmine Al-Bustami (Arabic: ياسمين البسطامي: Yāsmīn al-Busṭāmī) is an American-Emirati actress. She is most known for her roles on The Originals, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and The Chosen.

Early life

Yasmine Al-Bustami was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to a Palestinian-Jordanian father and Filipina mother, but moved with her family to Texas at the age of three. After receiving a degree in Finance, she decided to enter the world of entertainment, and improved her studies in Chicago, Illinois.

Career

In 2013, Al-Bustami made her television debut in The Originals as the recurring role of Monique Deveraux, a season one villain.

In 2014, she guest starred in a season 3 episode of Nashville playing the role of Delissa Birch.

In 2015, Al-Bustami guest starred in a season 4 episode of Switched at Birth.

In 2016-2017, she had a recurring role on season 2 of The Inspectors. In 2017, she appeared in the music video of John Legend's single, "Surefire." Al-Bustami also had a role in the feature film You Get Me. She was a series regular in the CW Seed series I Ship It playing Sasha.

In 2018, Al-Bustami was cast as a series regular in the Alpha streaming service live interactive sci-fi series Orbital Redux playing the role of Tommie.

In 2019, season 2 of I Ship It was released with Al-Bustami back as Sasha. The season premiered again on CW Seed, but also premiered this time on The CW.

From 2021, she reprised the role of Ramah in multiple episodes of The Chosen's second, third and fourth seasons, after appearing in a season one episode in 2019. She was also cast as a series regular in NCIS spin-off NCIS: Hawaiʻi playing the role of Special Agent Lucy Tara.