
Acting
Mar 14, 1989
Damascus, Syria
Dana Jabr
Acting
Biography
Dana Jabr is a Syrian actress born on March 15, 1989, into a prominent artistic family. She is the granddaughter of Syrian actors Mahmoud Jabr and Haifa Wassef, the niece of actresses Leila Jabr and Marah Jabr, and a relative of renowned Syrian actress Mona Wassef, her grandmother's sister. She began her acting career at the age of six, performing in theater productions before transitioning to television drama. She has since appeared in numerous Syrian television series, continuing her family's longstanding legacy in the entertainment industry. In her personal life, she married at the age of 18, but the marriage ended in divorce. In late 2023, she announced her engagement to actor Basel Aswad following a two-year relationship. The couple announced their separation in February 2024.
Television & Series (12)

A social drama that shows how contradictory qualities can bring people together, and how the Levantine society witnesses manifestations of love, hatred, violence, possessiveness and domineering control of the weak. But a reckoning is coming for everyone
Jarh Al Ward

Qusai and Rola have survived their first year of marriage — the butterflies, the surprises, the getting-to-know-you moments. Now comes year two, and it turns out that's where things get real. Suddenly it's less romance and more bills, arguments, nosy neighbours and the kind of everyday chaos nobody warned them about. A charming and very relatable Syrian comedy about what love actually looks like after the wedding.
Sana Tanya Zwaag

Ahl Al-Wafa is a Syrian social drama featuring actors including Ghada Bashour, Dana Jabr, Areej Khodour, Engy Murad, and Brigitte Yaghi. The series follows interconnected characters whose lives revolve around love, loyalty, and betrayal within a tightly bound community. As relationships unravel under financial pressure and personal conflict, hidden tensions surface and decisions reshape families and friendships, exposing the fragile balance between trust, ambition, and social expectations in everyday life.
Ahl Al-Wafa

Harakat Banat is a light-hearted Syrian comedy series made up of standalone episodes. It follows a group of young women as they navigate everyday situations in a humorous and exaggerated way. The show highlights friendship, social interactions, and common youth experiences, using light satire and fast-paced comedy to reflect modern daily life and the challenges faced by young people in a simple, entertaining format.
Harakat Banat

A Syrian romantic comedy that aired in Ramadan 2024, directed by Ammar Tamim and starring Dana Jaber. The story follows a group of single people all searching for love and marriage in their own complicated ways. At the centre of it all, Dana decides to set up a matchmaking agency to help people find their perfect partners — with hilariously chaotic results as suitor after suitor turns out to be anything but perfect.
Groom on Demand

Everyone in the neighbourhood knows everyone else's business — or so they think. When Jabal decides he's done waiting and sets out to find the man who killed his father, the community he grew up in starts to crack open. Old secrets surface, loyalties shift, and the people he thought he knew turn out to be strangers. Set in the heart of old Damascus, this is a story about revenge, but really it's about what people hide.
Al Washem

The series tackles a number of negative contemporary social phenomena, shedding light on the challenges encountered by young people, like violence against children, poverty, homelessness, begging, slave trade, motherhood, family disintegration, and honor crimes.
Small Hearts

A family returns from a long trip, carrying a baby girl whom everyone assumes is their daughter, before the truth is revealed. Then the head of the family appears, refusing the idea of adoption despite his wife's insistence.
Shams Al Aseel

A Syrian anthology series (stand-alone episodes which are all connected thematically) in which each episode represents a "window" on a different married couple's life. It highlights stories of their lives, social backgrounds, and their related challenges and threats.
Windows

Rafif, the daughter of a former ambassador and a successful businesswoman, is married to Akrama, an idealistic Arabic teacher from a modest rural background. Although they love each other, their different personalities and priorities often put them at odds. While Rafif is focused on her career and has no plans to have children, Akrama dreams of starting a family. Between their constant disagreements and the antics of their relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, the couple navigates the ups and downs of married life in a lighthearted comedy that takes a humorous look at relationships and everyday social issues.


