
Acting
Nov 14, 1979
Cairo, Egypt
Donia Maher
Acting
Biography
Donia Maher is an Egyptian actress. She was born in Cairo in 1979, and studied acting at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. After her graduation, she acted on stage in several plays, until her breakthrough came with her role in the independent film “Al Khorug lel Nahar” (Coming Forth by Day), which was highly regarded in Egypt and many international film festivals. She then appeared in a highly praised role in the television series “Segn El Nesa” (Women's Prison).
Feature Films (17)

Nour is a 13-year-old orphan living in the countryside in the early 1980s. He is smart, but is also a compulsive liar with vision problems and wears eyeglasses that don't quite remedy his weakened eyesight. To gain the respect of his fellow classmates, he ventures inside a haunted house right in front of the school, one that all the kids are afraid to enter. Inside, he finds a solitary old man who's hiding from the world. A friendship and apprenticeship are born between the boy and the old man, initiating a journey of self-discovery that lies at the very heart of this light-hearted drama.
Bara El Manhag

The events revolve around Yahya, a soccer player, and his wife Misk, a gynecologist. The couple has been trying for many years to have a baby, but they are surprised when it happens at the wrong time, upon which they encounter many comic situations.
Defending Champion

The events of the film revolve in one day around Sultan, a veteran criminal who was released from prison. But, he is surprised by the appearance of his two sons which he knew nothing while beings forced to escape with them amid a gang pursuing him.
Bogeyman

One day in the life of Soad, who lives with her mother and bed-ridden father on the outskirts of Cairo.
Coming Forth by Day

A bank employee has been friends with two different men since childhood; however, when they both begin competing for her hand in marriage, they get into many comedic situations and paradoxes.
Again, Again

Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.
Dry Hot Summers

A woman’s sudden death and a discovered family secret disrupt everyone’s lives. After Marwa buries her mother, she discovers her mother’s wish to be buried elsewhere. Only hours before she is to leave Egypt for good, Marwa’s aunt decides to come through with her promise and bury her sister where she wished. Only something goes wrong with the aunt’s plans. Now Marwa finds herself stuck with her mother’s body in a box, just a few meters from Tahrir Square where revolution breaks out.
Suicidal Notions

When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.
Exterior/Night

The story follows a poor government employee who lands in a lot of trouble because of his father's profession, while he falls for a girl who tries to help him solve his problems.
The Humans and the Mongoose

Eager to fulfill her dream of motherhood before it's too late, a relationship-skeptic banker comes up with an unusual plan to become a single mother.
A Man Wanted

In a poor neighborhood love assembles a young man and his fiancee who decided to work hard to afford getting married. After 7 years of engagement, the girl finds herself pregnant and offers her fiancee the only solution; getting married.
The Mazinger Plan

Over the course of one long night, a father and his son each discover many secrets about the other, and together they try to overcome all the differences of the past and move forward.
My Father's Scent
Television & Series (24)

After disappearing from the limelight due to an ethical scandal, Abla Fahita falls victim to the ploy of a nightclub owner who seeks to exploit her, and when he is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Fahita soon becomes the prime suspect in the crime.
Abla Fahita: Drama Queen

The events follow a rich family that establishes an international school, shedding light on the problems of the educational system and the difference between that type of school and public schools.
Fly Us My Heart

In a comedy drama, the head of the family loses his job and is besieged by physical crises and finds many difficulties in dealing with his children while they are teenagers.
Open Vacation

Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.
Al-Gama'a

When a prominent writer finds confidential documents incriminating government officials, he decided to publish them, risking his own life and his family's.







