Nahed El Sebai

Acting

Nahed El Sebai

Born

1987-05-27 (39)

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

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.

Known for

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

Heba the Crow's Leg poster
9.0

Heba: The Crow’s Leg (2016) follows a kind-hearted but underestimated woman working in a television channel, where she faces workplace bullying and social judgment. As she navigates love, ambition, and self-doubt, Heba gradually finds her voice, transforming into a stronger, more confident version of herself in a challenging world.

Heba the Crow's Leg

2014

Black Point poster
3.0

Takes place in a social romantic setting, exploring the complex relationships between its diverse characters.

Black Point

2024

Saturday Night Live Arabia poster
4.0

The Arabic version of the popular, late-night comedy sketch show features celebrity guests, parodies, and a variety of laugh-out-loud antics.

Saturday Night Live Arabia

2016

Apartment Works poster
8.1

Starring Hesham Maged and Asmaa Galal, House Duties follows Hamdi, a forensic doctor, and his wife as they desperately search for a home manager to help with their newborn twins. What follows is a parade of wildly unsuitable candidates — phone-addicted, boundary-crossing and thoroughly chaotic — while Hamdi's own bizarre cases at work add to the mayhem. A sharply written, situation-comedy standout praised for its wit and performances.

Apartment Works

2024

Saraya Abdeen poster
6.5

A period drama about the time of Khedive Isma'il Pasha's reign, focusing on the inside world of Abdeen palace, where competitive conflict develops between the Harem in order to win the Khedive's heart, against a backdrop of political tension and unrest.

Saraya Abdeen

2014

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Mako poster
5.3

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.

Mako

2021

The Gentlemen poster
7.0

After the death of their father, Galal, the Abu El Fadl family's peaceful life collapses. The eldest son, Tarek, finds himself responsible for everything, while Hegazy returns from Cairo to discover that dealing with his patients is much easier than dealing with his own family. Matters become further complicated with the appearance of the mysterious man, Samir Italia, who demands a large sum of money from the family. Between the father's debts and suspicious artifacts, the brothers' attempts at reconciliation turn into a series of disasters that only make matters worse.

The Gentlemen

2025

A Few Hours in One Day poster
5.0

Yassin (Hisham Magdy) and Sara (Hana El Zahid) meet and find themselves in romantic, comedic situations. Omnia (Mai Omar) and Tarek (Ahmed Saadany), the most famous couple on social media, share with us their real story. Amal (Asmaa Galal) and Mohamed (Mohamed Sharnoubi) discover the betrayal of the love of his life. Yasra (Huda El Mufti) embarks on a crazy adventure against her fiancé (Mohamed Salam). What will these hours do in the lives of our heroes?

A Few Hours in One Day

2024

Pasha's Girls poster
NR

After a terrorist church bombing in Tanta, the body of an employee at Al Pasha Women's Beauty Centre, Nadia, is discovered. The center owner, Nour Al Pasha, and female workers are in trouble about the need to cover up the incident, which is mostly a suicide, in order to preserve the center's reputation amidst intense competition. While Al Pasha tries to obtain a burial permit unofficially and illegally, the workers get involved in trying to find a way to wash Nadia for burial secretly. Nevertheless, they face multiple successive difficulties. Hence, each one of them recalls her relationship with Nadia. They confront their realities and actions, as well as what Al Pasha represents in their extremely harsh and unpredictable lives.

Pasha's Girls

2025

Two For Rent poster
2.5

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.

Two For Rent

2023

Red Flag poster
6.0

The story follows the pilot Ahmed and his wife, an advertising company manager, highlighting the challenges of love, hesitation, trust, and infidelity in young couples’ relationships.

Red Flag

2026

19B poster
6.6

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 him to face his fears. so now the doorman finds himself in an unexpected confrontation in which he rediscovers himself again.

19B

2022

2010s · 15 titles

18 Days poster
6.6

10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.

18 Days

2011

Sins of the Flesh poster
4.5

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, Mourad discovers the love that Fatma and Ali shared, years ago. This romantic history, fuelled by mounting sexual frustration, will come back to haunt all those involved.

Sins of the Flesh

2016

Cairo 6,7,8 poster
7.3

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

Cairo 6,7,8

2010

X-Large poster
6.9

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

X-Large

2011

White Lie poster
8.2

Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Kristy whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit, causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Kristy is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to marry her and stay in Egypt, which she has not taken into account.

White Lie

2018

A Day for Women poster
6.6

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

A Day for Women

2016

An Hour and a Half poster
7.3

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.

An Hour and a Half

2012

Dry Hot Summers poster
8.0

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

2016

After the Battle poster
6.6

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 involved in the incident.

After the Battle

2012

Basra poster
NR

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.

Basra

2010

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim poster
6.3

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 on a trip across Egypt hoping to help each other overcome their problems.

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

2017

Sukkar Mor poster
6.6

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.

Sukkar Mor

2015

Immobilia Crime Story poster
5.5

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 befriended Facebook in an attempt to ease his isolation.

Immobilia Crime Story

2019

The American Game poster
5.0

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, but he will put their love to the test.

The American Game

2019

This is my Night poster
NR

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.

This is my Night

2019

Series credits

Whose empire poster
6.5

An Egyptian family living abroad decides to return to Egypt when a bout of nostalgia strikes the parents. Their children reluctantly agree to the decision but they all face a series of comical situations beyond what they expected from the moment they land.

Whose empire

2014

Heba the Crow's Leg poster
9.0

Heba: The Crow’s Leg (2016) follows a kind-hearted but underestimated woman working in a television channel, where she faces workplace bullying and social judgment. As she navigates love, ambition, and self-doubt, Heba gradually finds her voice, transforming into a stronger, more confident version of herself in a challenging world.

Heba the Crow's Leg

2014

Black Point poster
3.0

Takes place in a social romantic setting, exploring the complex relationships between its diverse characters.

Black Point

2024

Saturday Night Live Arabia poster
4.0

The Arabic version of the popular, late-night comedy sketch show features celebrity guests, parodies, and a variety of laugh-out-loud antics.

Saturday Night Live Arabia

2016

Apartment Works poster
8.1

Starring Hesham Maged and Asmaa Galal, House Duties follows Hamdi, a forensic doctor, and his wife as they desperately search for a home manager to help with their newborn twins. What follows is a parade of wildly unsuitable candidates — phone-addicted, boundary-crossing and thoroughly chaotic — while Hamdi's own bizarre cases at work add to the mayhem. A sharply written, situation-comedy standout praised for its wit and performances.

Apartment Works

2024

Saraya Abdeen poster
6.5

A period drama about the time of Khedive Isma'il Pasha's reign, focusing on the inside world of Abdeen palace, where competitive conflict develops between the Harem in order to win the Khedive's heart, against a backdrop of political tension and unrest.

Saraya Abdeen

2014

The End poster
6.5

In 2120 Jerusalem, an engineer tries to find a solution to the energy problem in light of the restrictions that the regime imposes on the population. However, everything changes when he comes across his robotic doppelganger.

The End

2020

Release poster
6.0

After 15 years behind bars, Abbas El Rayyes walks free—stained with the blood of his family. With his cousin’s help, he seeks redemption, only to confront a world far darker than his prison cell.

Release

2026

A Girl Named Zat poster
8.1

Based on Sonallah Ibrahim's celebrated novel, "Zaat" explores the social and political winds of change in Egypt starting from 1952, when the main character "Zaat" was born, all the way up to the present day.

A Girl Named Zat

2013

The Seven Commandments poster
8.3

After discovering their ailing elderly father has 28 million in his bank account, seven siblings conspire to end his life, but the story takes a mysterious turn when his body vanishes from his room following the crime.

The Seven Commandments

2014

The Balance poster
NR

A suspenseful thriller about what goes on behind the scenes of criminal activities, court and lawyers, with an unexpected twist at the peak.

The Balance

2016

The Scale poster
6.0

While defending a businessman on trial for murder, Noha uncovers some hard-hitting truths that put her in danger in this suspenseful legal drama.

The Scale

2016

Sameer The Lawyer poster
6.5

Lawyer Samir suddenly finds himself in the matrimonial court to face a storm of successive crises. He engages in legal conflicts and complex personalities, trying to put his life back together after separation, proving that the most difficult case that a person may plead is his own personal case against his new reality.

Sameer The Lawyer

2026

Al Aghar poster
5.4

Falsely accused of killing his mom, a teen continues his life abroad on the run. But his return home to find his family uncovers mysterious secrets about his past.

Al Aghar

2023

Vertigo poster
7.0

Farida, a photographer, goes to a hotel to meet her friend and husband, who works at the hotel's Vertigo bar. She finds herself the only witness to the murder of two businessmen and their guards, as well as the lives of her close friends.

Vertigo

2012

London Class poster
3.2

Set in 1980s London, a group of Arab students attempts to navigate life amid love, jealousy, and conspiracy in the city of fog.

London Class

2023

Lucifer's Kingdom poster
7.0

In a local Egyptian neighborhood, the death of the headman Fathy Eblis gives way to a series of vengeful acts and unleashes chaos upon the people.

Lucifer's Kingdom

2020

Moharb poster
NR

Muharib is the life story of a young man coming from Upper Egypt, who lives with his family in Cairo, and decides to work as a microbus driver to save his family’s expenses, until his life turns upside down when he discovers that people are tracking him to take revenge on him.

Moharb

2024

Robot In Our House poster
7.2

A young man named Youssef works on a project to manufacture a robot with artificial intelligence, and when he succeeds in creating the two delicious Zumba models, his life and the life of his family are quickly turned upside down.

Robot In Our House

2021

The 18th Wife poster
NR

In this comedy series, a young businessman is constantly getting into trouble due to his large number of wives.

The 18th Wife

2019

Welcome Home poster
7.7

Assigned to investigate the revengeful murder of an unknown man, Adam begins to uncover the truth through torn photographs he finds at his house.

Welcome Home

2022

The Alley poster
10.0

Set in an Egyptian alley, the story follows Mona, a young woman who works to support her poor family. The neighborhood is home to a mix of characters-some holding onto traditional values, others straying from them.

The Alley

2010

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ambassadress

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The University poster
8.0

The series depicts the lives of a group of Egyptian and Arab students. While they share the same college, they come from different backgrounds and cultures. The series examines college life and how the students adapt and learn new things.

The University

2011