BIOGRAPHY

Yasmine Al-Bustami is an actress who was born in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. & raised in Duncanville, Texas. She is of Jordanian-Palestinian & Filipina heritage and is fueled by hummus, pansit, brisket & queso–she also says y’all a lot.

She is currently filming her role as Ramah in The Chosen and Lucy Tara in NCIS:  Hawai’i.

Previous film & TV appearances include:  Orbital Redux on Dust, The Chosen on The CW & Netflix, John Legend’s music video Surefire, CBS’ S.W.A.T., Netflix’s You Get Me, CW’s The Originals, ABC’s Nashville, CW Seed’s I Ship It.

Fun Facts

• can fake burp
• favorite book: Replay by Ken Grimwood
• spirit animal: Michael Scott from The Office (see proof here)
• has visited two world wonders:  Giza Pyramids (ancient) & Petra (new) (she’s pretty much Indiana Jones)
• lived in Jordan at 13 years old
• loves country line dancing
• has a soft spot for Irish music
• favorite season is football (Go Cowboys!/Hook ‘Em!)
• has a finance degree
• if you ever want to crash a party, say you know John. there’s always a John.