Acting
Apr 21, 1965
Cairo, Egypt
Samah Anwar
Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actress and director. She studied French at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. She became known for action roles in Egyptian cinema; among her most famous films are *Halat Talabbus* (Caught in the Act) and *Bint Mushaghiba Jiddan* (A Very Mischievous Girl). She also acted in theater and television; her television credits include *Zi'ab al-Jabal* (Wolves of the Mountain), *Al-Hisab* (The Reckoning), and *Wanees wa Ayyamuhu* (Wanees and His Days), while her stage work includes *Raqisat Qita' 'Aam* (Public Sector Dancer) and *Awlad al-Shawari'* (Street Children). She stepped away from the screen for several years following a car accident but returned to the spotlight in 2002 via the satellite TV program *Tajribati* (My Experience). Subsequently, she appeared in several series, including *Azhar*, *Wanees wa Ayyamuhu*, and *Nazariyat al-Jowafa* (The Guava Theory).
Feature Films (52)
A festival is being held in Babylon, to which archeologists, artists, and media professionals are invited, along with an Egyptian television delegation headed by an archaeologist. This scholar meets an Iraqi girl who bears Iraqi features, and gives her appearance the impression that the archaeologist, the archaeologist, and that his dream has begun to materialize in front of him, and a group of comic situations begins.
Babel habibiti
Atef is a mentally ill, violent young man with a complex relationship with women who turns into a serial killer who sends messages to the police about his crimes. Wafaa tries to save him despite his threats to kill her fiancé through psychological analysis and with the help of the police who are after him. Will Atef stop killing? And what is Wafaa's fate?
Tears of the devil
A government casino is exposed to financial losses due to the public's reluctance to attend its sessions, so two of its employees invent the idea of attracting an oriental dancer to attract the audience. to a major financial crisis.
Public Sector Dancer
On the Cairo-Suez desert road, a car suddenly stops and its driver calls for help from passersby after suffering a heart attack. Some of the car passengers gather around him and he confesses to them that he buried a treasure of two million dollars in Wadi Al-Raha in Sinai, and everyone competes to obtain this treasure.
Maganeen Ala Al-Tareeq
Samia’s husband Adel leaves her for another woman, while her cousin Souad and friend Nawal also become rivals for him, using deception and sorcery to win him.
Nisa Saealik
Debes, who works in a large gang in a drug case, is arrested and threatens to reveal the secrets of the gang. The senior lawyer, Naji, defends him against Judge Kamal, who is known for his extreme firmness.
Ragol lehaza alzaman
A policeman betrays his profession in order to work for a gang that trades everything... while another honest policeman tries to catch the traitorous policeman red-handed with the help of a dancer in a nightclub.
Betrayal
Television & Series (26)
As the Israeli forces occupy Sinai prior to the War of Attrition, they use an excavator to dig deep in the land, under the pretext they're searching for oil. When the Egyptian authorities discover their true intentions, they try to stop the excavator from reaching Bab El-Mendab.
The Excavator
Based on the true story of Egyptian spy Refaat Al-Gammal, Raafat Al Haggan follows a young Egyptian Muslim recruited by intelligence to assume a false Jewish identity and embed himself deep within Israeli society for over a decade. Starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz and Yusra, the series charts his dangerous double life, his sacrifices, and his pivotal role in gathering intelligence ahead of the 1973 October War.
Raafat Al Haggan
As Reem celebrates her birthday, she receives a box containing strange and incomprehensible contents, and messages asking to save a person before he is killed, leading the three friends, Youssef, Reem and Yassin on an adventure to uncover the mystery of this box.
Mystery Box
The comedic story of two criminals who get into funny situations while trying not to get arrested by the police.
Azmy & Ashgan
Engi is a sharp-tongued journalist who happens to work at the same newspaper as her husband Ali — a recipe for endless conflict. Clashing over politics, gender roles, and the realities of modern Egyptian marriage, the series blends sharp social commentary with warm domestic comedy. Starring Dalia El Behairy and Khaled Sarhan, it ran for five seasons and became one of Egypt's most beloved female-led comedies.
