Nahed El Sebai

Nahed El Sebaï (born 25 May 1987 in Cairo) is an Egyptian actress working in both film and television. Her family considered to be one of Egypt's pioneers in the cinema industry. Her grandparents are Egyptian actor Farid Shawky and his wife, the famous Egyptian singer and actress Hoda Sultan. Nahed's mother is the producer Nahed Farid Shawky and her aunt is the actress Rania Farid Shawky.

Cairo 6,7,8 (2010)

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Diab
CAST:  Bushra  •  Sawsan Badr  •  Yara Goubran  •  Mohamed Fahim

Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohamed Diab
CAST:  Bushra  •  Sawsan Badr  •  Yara Goubran  •  Mohamed Fahim

X-Large (2011)

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif Arafa
CAST:  Ahmed Helmy  •  Donia Samir Ghanem  •  Mohamed Shaheen  •  Ibrahim Nasr

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif Arafa
CAST:  Ahmed Helmy  •  Donia Samir Ghanem  •  Mohamed Shaheen  •  Ibrahim Nasr

After the Battle (2012)

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yousry Nasrallah
CAST:  Bassem Samra  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Menna Shalabi  •  Salah Abdallah

Reem is a young political activist who works for an advertisement company. As she tries to uncover the truth behind the incide of the Battle of the Camel, she accompanies her friend Farah to Nazlet Al Seman where she meets and falls for Mahmoud, one of the people ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yousry Nasrallah
CAST:  Bassem Samra  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Menna Shalabi  •  Salah Abdallah

18 Days (2011)

10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and also displays what happened ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Abdullah  •  Ahmad Alaa  •  Yousry Nasrallah  •  Sherif Arafa  •  Mariam Abou Ouf  •  Kamla Abu Zekry  •  Muhammad Ali  •  Sherif El Bendary  •  Marwan Hamed  •  Khaled Marei
CAST:  Mona Zaki  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Amr Waked  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy

10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and also displays what happened ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Abdullah  •  Ahmad Alaa  •  Yousry Nasrallah  •  Sherif Arafa  •  Mariam Abou Ouf  •  Kamla Abu Zekry  •  Muhammad Ali  •  Sherif El Bendary  •  Marwan Hamed  •  Khaled Marei
CAST:  Mona Zaki  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Amr Waked  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy

A Day for Women (2016)

The opening of a new swimming pool is the talk of the town – particularly because Sunday has been announced as a day for women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamla Abu Zekry
CAST:  Elham Shahein  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Eyad Nassar

The opening of a new swimming pool is the talk of the town – particularly because Sunday has been announced as a day for women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamla Abu Zekry
CAST:  Elham Shahein  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Eyad Nassar

Dry Hot Summers (2016)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif El Bendary
CAST:  Mohamed Farid  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Donia Maher  •  Sherif Desouqy

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif El Bendary
CAST:  Mohamed Farid  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Donia Maher  •  Sherif Desouqy

Sukkar Mor (2015)

The stories of five men and women connected together by romantic relationships, and how they get influenced by the social transformations of the past few years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hani Khalifa
CAST:  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Amina Khalil  •  Ayten Amer  •  Nahed El Sebai

The stories of five men and women connected together by romantic relationships, and how they get influenced by the social transformations of the past few years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hani Khalifa
CAST:  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Amina Khalil  •  Ayten Amer  •  Nahed El Sebai

An Hour and a Half (2012)

Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wael Ehsan
CAST:  Yosra El Lozy  •  Somaya El Khashab  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Eyad Nassar

Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wael Ehsan
CAST:  Yosra El Lozy  •  Somaya El Khashab  •  Ahmed Al Fishawy  •  Eyad Nassar

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yousry Nasrallah
CAST:  Mona Zaki  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Hassan El Raddad  •  Rehab El Gamal

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yousry Nasrallah
CAST:  Mona Zaki  •  Mahmoud Hemida  •  Hassan El Raddad  •  Rehab El Gamal

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim (2017)

Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat. His mother forces him to visit a spiritual healer, where he meets Ibrahim, who suffers from severe depression and hears mysterious noises, in a way to find hope, Ali, his goat and Ibrahim head ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif El Bendary
CAST:  Aly Sobhy  •  Ahmad Magdy  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali

Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat. His mother forces him to visit a spiritual healer, where he meets Ibrahim, who suffers from severe depression and hears mysterious noises, in a way to find hope, Ali, his goat and Ibrahim head ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sherif El Bendary
CAST:  Aly Sobhy  •  Ahmad Magdy  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali

Sins of the Flesh (2016)

Gripping

Hassan and Fatma are a couple, living and working in a farm of wealthy owner Mourad. In the first days of the Jan 25th revolution, Ali seizes a security breach to break out of jail and runs to his cousin Hassan, for shelter. The latter takes him in but soon after, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khaled El Hagar
CAST:  Nahed El Sebai  •  Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Mahmoud El-Bezzawy  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali

Hassan and Fatma are a couple, living and working in a farm of wealthy owner Mourad. In the first days of the Jan 25th revolution, Ali seizes a security breach to break out of jail and runs to his cousin Hassan, for shelter. The latter takes him in but soon after, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khaled El Hagar
CAST:  Nahed El Sebai  •  Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab  •  Mahmoud El-Bezzawy  •  Salwa Mohamed Ali

Immobilia Crime Story (2019)

Kamel Helmy is a famous writer, in the late 1940s, living in Cairo, in the famous Imobilia building, after the death of his wife and the departure of his children from home. He suffers from loneliness and schizophrenia. One day he calls a girl named Samah who had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khaled El Hagar
CAST:  Tarek Abdelaziz  •  Hani Adel  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Doaa Teama

Kamel Helmy is a famous writer, in the late 1940s, living in Cairo, in the famous Imobilia building, after the death of his wife and the departure of his children from home. He suffers from loneliness and schizophrenia. One day he calls a girl named Samah who had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khaled El Hagar
CAST:  Tarek Abdelaziz  •  Hani Adel  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Doaa Teama

White Lie (2018)

Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Ashley whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Ashley is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to marry her and stay in Egypt, which she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noor Arnaoot
CAST:  Beth Broderick  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Brett Cullen  •  Alexandra Grossi

Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Ashley whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Ashley is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to marry her and stay in Egypt, which she has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noor Arnaoot
CAST:  Beth Broderick  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Brett Cullen  •  Alexandra Grossi

The American Game (2019)

In a mold of romantic comedy, a young man and girl struggle with many material and social difficulties in trying to conclude their marriage, and unexpectedly, the owner of the company they work for offers an alluring offer that helps them solve all their problems, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mostafa Abou Seif
CAST:  Ahmed Fahmy  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Heba Al Imam

In a mold of romantic comedy, a young man and girl struggle with many material and social difficulties in trying to conclude their marriage, and unexpectedly, the owner of the company they work for offers an alluring offer that helps them solve all their problems, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mostafa Abou Seif
CAST:  Ahmed Fahmy  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Heba Al Imam

From First Sight (2004)

Akram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ehab Lamei
CAST:  Amr Waked  •  Mona Zaki  •  Basma  •  Sherif Ramzy

Akram is a perfectionist wedding photographer who dreams of finding Miss Right. He indeed finds her in the unlikeliest of places: her wedding ceremony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ehab Lamei
CAST:  Amr Waked  •  Mona Zaki  •  Basma  •  Sherif Ramzy

Mako (2021)

Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisham Al Rashidi
CAST:  Nicolas Mouawad  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Monzer Rayahneh  •  Basma

Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisham Al Rashidi
CAST:  Nicolas Mouawad  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Monzer Rayahneh  •  Basma

Basra (2010)

The story of a group of young intellectuals living in Egypt as friends, having a lot of ambition and joy, but with the beginning of the Iraq war , it casts a harsh shadow on the group, preventing one of them to travel abroad to continue studying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Rashwan
CAST:  Bassem Samra  •  Yara Goubran  •  Eyad Nassar  •  Nahed El Sebai

The story of a group of young intellectuals living in Egypt as friends, having a lot of ambition and joy, but with the beginning of the Iraq war , it casts a harsh shadow on the group, preventing one of them to travel abroad to continue studying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Rashwan
CAST:  Bassem Samra  •  Yara Goubran  •  Eyad Nassar  •  Nahed El Sebai

This is my Night (2019)

Azza decides to enjoy her day, and to go with her son with Down syndrome on an adventure, and when she heads from the slums of Cairo to the luxurious neighborhoods in order to eat ice cream, she encounters many inconveniences and obstacles on her way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Noaman
CAST:  Nahed El Sebai  •  Sherif Desouqy

Azza decides to enjoy her day, and to go with her son with Down syndrome on an adventure, and when she heads from the slums of Cairo to the luxurious neighborhoods in order to eat ice cream, she encounters many inconveniences and obstacles on her way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Youssef Noaman
CAST:  Nahed El Sebai  •  Sherif Desouqy

19B (2023)

In a dilapidated villa, lives an old doorman who watches the villa since the sixties of the last century, so it becomes his private world. But all of a sudden his stability is threatened by a young park attendant who wants to break into his private space, forcing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Abdullah
CAST:  Sayed Ragab  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Ahmed Khalid Saleh  •  Fadwa Abed

In a dilapidated villa, lives an old doorman who watches the villa since the sixties of the last century, so it becomes his private world. But all of a sudden his stability is threatened by a young park attendant who wants to break into his private space, forcing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Abdullah
CAST:  Sayed Ragab  •  Nahed El Sebai  •  Ahmed Khalid Saleh  •  Fadwa Abed

Two for Rent (2023)

As the unemployed Safiha and Hamada are looking for a suitable job opportunity to earn a living, they decide to offer themselves for rent to whoever pays them to meet his demands as a means of making money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shadi Ali
CAST:  Bayoumi Fouad  •  Mohamed Tharwat  •  Mohammad Lotfi  •  Nahed El Sebai

As the unemployed Safiha and Hamada are looking for a suitable job opportunity to earn a living, they decide to offer themselves for rent to whoever pays them to meet his demands as a means of making money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shadi Ali
CAST:  Bayoumi Fouad  •  Mohamed Tharwat  •  Mohammad Lotfi  •  Nahed El Sebai