Best Arab & Egyptian Actresses 2020

  • 10. Haifaa Adel

  • A Kuwaiti actress. Her career began at a young age in the late 1960s. However, her breakthrough was in 1981 in the play Bye Bye London.

    • Birth Country:
    • Iraq

  • 8. Hayat Al Fahad

  • A Kuwaiti actress, who was born in Kuwait in 1948 and moved with her family to the city of Mirqab when she was five years old after losing her father. She did not complete her primary school, but she mastered reading and writing in both Arabic and English. She worked with actor...Read more Hussein Al Qattan (Bu Jassum) who visited the hospital where she was working at the time and talked her into pursing an acting career. She debuted in the series Bu Jassum's Family (1962), after which she presented numerous TV series until she became one of the pioneers of Gulf drama. She is known for Auntie Qemasha, Wounds of Life, and The Kind Soliman.

    • Birth Country:
    • Kuwait

  • 7. Yousra

  • Born Civene Muhammad Haafez Nasseem (1955 Cairo), is an Egyptian actress who was first discovered by photographer Abdul Haleem Nasr who gave her a role in his debut as filmmaker. She played several TV roles like “Arees we aroussa i.e. Groom and bride”, “Al-shaahed al-waheed i.e....Read more The only witness”, “ Hayaat al-Gohary”, “Raafat al-Haggaan”, “Sayyedat al-fondok i.e. The Lady of the hotel”, “Awaan al-ward i.e. A time for flowers”, “Ayna Kalby? i.e. Where is my heart?” and “ Malak rowhy i.e. King of my soul”. “Entadher la taktolny i.e. Wait, don’t kill me” is among her radio series. She played stage roles like “Ka’b aaly i.e. High heels” and “Lamma baba yenaam i.e. When daddy sleeps”. Superstar Youssra is married to Khaaled Seleem, the son of football Legend Saaleh Seleem and the actor Heshaam Seleem’s brother. Youssra represents a special blend of acting and stardom mixed survival and freshness, she formed a very successful duet with Aadel Emaam and played several roles with Ahmad Zaky. Youssra has a unique artistic talent which flourished in Chahine’s “Eskendereyya kamaan we kamaan i.e. Alexandria again and forever”, “Al-mohaager i.e. The immigrant” and “Eskendereyya New York i.e. Alexandria New York”. Among her most famous cinema roles; “Al-‘assefa i.e. The tempest”, “Al-gou’ i.e. Hunger”, “Al-mansy i.e. The forgotten” and “Toyour al-zalaam i.e. The birds of darkness”.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 6. Saba Mubarak

  • Saba Ahmed Suleiman Mubarak Al Suyoof is a Jordanian actress that was born in the Northern province of Jordan on the 10th of April, 1976. Her mother is the departed artist Hanan Al Agha. She graduted from Yarmouk University in 2001 where she had studied theater. Saba can be...Read more considered a first rate performer in the field of Arabic drama. She has been dubbed “Queen of Hearts” and it should also be noted that she is divorced from the director Shawqi Al Magiry to whom she has bore one son called Ammar. Saba has preformed remarkably in a variety of roles which include “Qamar”, “Sihr”, “Al Kawathir”, “Al Hajaj”, “Al Arwah Al Muhajira”, “Al Shams Tashriq min Jadeed” , “Al Wardah Al Akhira” and “Khaled bin Al Waleed” where she assumed the role of Hend bint Utbah, a role that has since become famous. Also of note is her performance in “Nimr bin Adwan” which has secured her position as a first-rate performer and “Al Ijtiyah” which has come to be known internationally. Most recently, she has performed in “Siraa Ala Al Rimmal” and “Eioun Ulyah”.

    • Birth Country:
    • Jordan

  • 5. Nelly Karim

  • Nelly Mohamed was born in Alexandria to an Egyptian father and a Russian mother. She graduated from the Ballet institute at the Art’s Academy and thereafter pursued higher studies. Nelly Karim began dancing ballet at the Opera in 1991. In 1999, Nelly starred in the Ramadan trivia...Read more show. She has performed in the television series “Wajh al-Qammar” (“Face of the Moon”), “Hadeeth al-Sabah wa al-Masaa” (“Morning and Evening Talk”), “al-Houb al-Kabir” (“Major Love”) and “al-Bannat” (“The Girls”). Nelly is married and has two sons.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 4. Dina El Sherbiny

  • Dina El Sherbiny is an Egyptian actress. She started as a TV host for the program “Shababeek” on Dream satellite channel, but her growing admiration to acting made her join the Marwa Gebril acting school, where she studied for a year. She then auditioned for the TV show “Ard...Read more Khas” (Special Screening), where she was chosen to play her real life character. After that she went on to star in TV series like “Moga Harra” (Heat Wave), “Taht el Ard” (Underground) and films like Al Hafla (The Party) and “Sameer Abu Elneel.”

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 3. Rogena

  • Egyptian actress, graduated from the High Institute of Dramatic Arts yet never played a stage role. “Al-‘aaela i.e. The family”, “Shayy men al-khawf i.e. Some fear”, “Awraak Mesreyya i.e. Egyptian documents” and “Yawmmeyyaat zowg mo’aasser i.e. Diaries of a modern husband” are...Read more among her TV series. Roujina is married to actor and director Ashraf Zaky.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 2. Nour

  • Marianne Philip Aby Habib, known professionally as Nour, is a Lebanese actress.  She began her career as an advertisement model after graduation from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Beirut in 1995.  Her first major film role was in “Short w' Fanella w' Kab” (Shorts, T-Shirt and a...Read more Cap) opposite Ahmed El Sakka in 2000. She then starred in many Egyptian blockbusters like “Ashab Walla Business” (Friends or Business) in 2001, “Okal,” (2004), “Matab Senaa'y” (Artificial Speed Bump) and “Zarf Tareq” (Urgent Incident) opposite with Ahmed Helmy in 2006. She also starred in the television series “Al Amil 1001” (Agent 1001) in 2005, and “Domoa' Al Qamar” (Moon's Tears) in 2008.

    • Birth Country:
    • Lebanon

  • 1. Sahar Al Sayegh

  • Sahar El Sayegh is an Egyptian actress who was born in 1990. She began acting in TV serials when she was a child, the most famous of which was Umm Kulthum, which starred Sabreen in 1999. In the series, Sahar played Umm Kulthum as a young girl. The role was Sahar’s big break into...Read more the world of acting, which she pursued alongside studying at the Faculty of Dentistry. In 2008, she appeared in the TV serial In Amina’s Hand, alongside the actress Yousra. She also acted with Yousra in the series Very Private in 2009 after having been proposed for the part by producer Gamal El Adl. In 2010, she appeared with a star-studded cast in the most famous TV series she has acted in, The Alley.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt
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