Léa Salamé

Known for: Acting

Born: October 27, 1979

Hala Léa Salamé, known as Léa Salamé (born 27 October 1979), is a Lebanese-born French journalist. Hala Léa Salamé is the daughter of Ghassan Salamé, former Lebanese Minister of Culture and former special advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; her mother, Mary Boghossian, of Armenian descent, is the sister of diamond dealers Jean and Albert Boghossian. She escaped war in Lebanon with her family, settled in Paris at age 5 and obtained French nationality at age 11. Léa Salamé studied law at…