
Acting
Kinda Alloush
Born 1982-03-27 · Daraa, Syria
Kinda Alloush is a Cairo-based Syrian actress with an extensive repertoire of notable works in Syria, Egypt, and across the Arab world. After completing her studies in Theater Criticism at the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Kinda made a brief foray into the theatrical direction before she started acting in 2005. Her acting debut was in a TV drama called Ashwak Naaeima (2005). In the same year, she appeared in Ahkad Khafeya, alzzahir Bybrs and Nizar Qubani TV series, which all premiered with huge success. Her talent seemed to attract a large number of film auteurs across the Arab world immediately as she took part in several Arab films and TV dramas. Her first role on the silver screen was in the Jordanian film The Strangers (2009). In 2009, it seemed to be the year where Kinda held all the aces. She appeared in the Egyptian TV hit Hedou' Nesbi, starring along with a large number of Arab TV stars and appeared in the Egyptian blockbuster Welad El-Am opposite Egyptian superstars Mona Abdelaziz, Kareem Abdelaziz, and Mona Zaki, which catapulted her to fame in Egypt. This was followed by a string of notable works in Egyptian cinema and TV dramas across the Arab world. Her long list of notable TV works includes Ahl Cairo (2010), for which she won Murex D'Or Award for Best Actress in 2010, Niran Sadeeka (2013), for which she won Excellence Award at the Oscar ART in 2013, Al Ahd (El Kalam El Mobah) (2015). Her most remarkable films include Brtita (2012), Al-Maslaha (2012), Excuse My French (2014), and the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016), to name a few. Kinda was also honored for her work, in which she was selected as a jury member of the Freedom Films competition at the Luxor African Film Festival, a Juror at the Tropfest Arabia Short Film Festival, and was honored at the Oscar ART in 2013. Kinda is starring in an upcoming TV Drama, Ilaa Ana, by director Mohamed Osama. The new TV series consists of six different stories with 10 episodes for each and Kinda is featured in a story titled "Dai El Amar".
Acting credits
7.4From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
The Swimmers
2022
6.2A seemingly ordinary life is shattered when a woman uncovers a hidden truth about her husband, plunging her into a high-stakes international conflict. As loyalties blur and danger escalates, an Egyptian intelligence officer is tasked with a critical mission where failure is not an option.
Escaping Tel Aviv
2009
7.0A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
Excuse My French
2014
7.7Based on the best-selling novel of the same title. Dr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions, who decides to give one last lecture about the very simple question: "how do we love?" He gives a full description of the different stages of love by recounting four different love stories going through curves and various crises.
Hepta: The Last Lecture
2016
6.8Even as bombs fall on Damascus, Mutaz refuses to flee to the uncertain life of a refugee. His wife, Hala, and daughter, Zeina, must make the choice whether to stay or leave.
Nezouh
2023
6.3A girl's turbulent past leaves her psychologically damaged.
Unruly Friends
2012
6.7Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for Hamza's wife.
The Deal
2012
7.1Samir is the head of a small family and a bank employee and stable in his work, but separated after the decision to reduce the employment and then surprise that his bank balance zero and after days find a box with a mobile phone to meet a call changed his life by recruiting him to spy on people through an organization called The Originals.
The Originals
2017
6.9Three stories take place over the course of a single day in Cairo. Lila, a retired actress, is looking for Sameh, her last co-star. Salma, is dating Wael and is in Wael's friend's apartment, after their marriage breaks down. Hazem is a young drug dealer on the run from Alexandria to Cairo and picks up an old man with Alzheimer's disease. The six characters find themselves at decisive points of their lives, which although disparate, are brought together by destiny, and are brought out through pitch-perfect performances by Egyptian cinema's legends.
Cairo Time
2015
NRIn the sweltering Arabian Gulf heat Ananda’s dreams of a better life than the one she left behind in India are shattered after her child is forgotten on a school bus. Armed with the dead child’s ashes, she stands up against society’s ‘invisible’ caste, demanding accountability and refusing the customary blood money.
Yellow Bus
2024
4.5A biography about Ahmed Fouad Negm, the famous poet of the Egyptian colloquial, depicting the important historical and revolutionary stages, from his struggle fighting the English occupation and political oppression, to his imprisonment and his relationship with his companion the composer Sheikh Imam Issa.
El Fagommi
2011
5.7Abdullah's mother tries to convince him to get married, with the help of his friend and partner, Fadi. However, Abdullah has an illicit relationship with the businesswoman, Farida. Meanwhile, the broadcaster, Maryam, falls in love with him and seeks to marry him. His friend, Nadine, tries to win him back as a lover after her separation from her husband, but Abdullah does not care about them because of his love for the Christian girl, Amira.
A Whole One
2011
NRThe film revolves around the subject of Syrian-Lebanese relations, starting from the period of the Syrian military presence in Lebanon, and up until after the Syrian army left, through a love story between a Lebanese woman who came to Damascus to work as a bank manager, and a young Syrian man who works as a communications manager there. The story between them begins with tension, but it quickly turns into a love story, although the tension between them does not completely disappear with falling in love, as the two characters are still living in the past.
Once Again
2009