Sarrah Abdelrahman

Acting

Sarrah Abdelrahman

Born 1989-01-01 · Cairo, Egypt

An Egyptian actress who first appeared in several stage productions at the American University in Cairo, where she studied Theater and Mass Communication. She made her onscreen debut opposite Ahmed Helmy in the film Congratulations (2009). She also appeared in several works in film and TV including Mom's Husband (2010), Under Control (2015), The Sun Will Never Set (2017), 3 Seasons of Al- Plateau (2016-2017), Farthest Neighbor (2017), The Treasure 2: Love and Destiny (2019) and Tourist (2019), the first joint production between Egypt and Luxembourg.

Acting credits

The Treasure : Love & Destiny poster
6.8

A sequel to The Treasure (Part 1) - Reality & Fantasy (2017) The movie resumes with the stories of Hatsheput in the Pharaonic era, Ali al-Zaibaq during the Ottoman era and Beshr al-Katatini, head of State Security Investigations Service, who faces new challenges in work and love, whilst pointing his son, Hassan, towards a treasure through his recorded will.

The Treasure : Love & Destiny

2019

The Stories poster
6.3

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

The Stories

2026

Turning Ten poster
NR

A ten minute wait in a medical clinic forces a young mother and her daughter to collude together at a pivotal point in time that will shape both their lives together.

Turning Ten

2018

El Ruby House poster
7.2

When a private family event is leaked on social media, Ibrahim decides to move to a village with his wife and children, far from people and the pressure of modern life. After his younger brother, Ehab, convinces Ibrahim to return to the city for some important paperwork, the family embarks on a trip full of surprises bound to change their lives.

El Ruby House

2023

1000 Mabrouk poster
7.0

A man finds himself stuck in a mysterious time loop, reliving the same day again and again. As the cycle repeats, he is forced to confront his daily routines, question his relationships, and search for meaning in a world that refuses to change.

1000 Mabrouk

2009

Me And My Cousin poster
4.3

The work revolves around a comedic framework about (Hassan) and (Ismail), two cousins, where an old traditional struggle takes place between them to prove the superiority of one over the other through several comedic situations until they discover in the end that the real gain is family and mutual love.

Me And My Cousin

2024

Maqsoom poster
5.0

Hind, Emy and Rania can’t really stand each other. In the 90s, during their university years, they used to sing together in a band in before personal differences tore them apart. When they receive an invitation to sing together in Aswan, the three women reunite and are forced to work together on one last show. As they come together for this surprise reunion, they find themselves in a mix of challenges and comedic moments, remembering their past and rediscovering their present.

Maqsoom

2024

Dream #2 poster
NR

Him – Her – and what’s in between. A short experimental silent fiction film shot entirely on 16mm BW and colour film made in the tradition of classic silent-era filmmaking.

Dream #2

2016

Al Sowan poster
NR

Al Sowan is an Egyptian play written and directed by French theatre-maker Pascal Rambert and translated by actress, director, and drama critic Menha El Batrawy. This is Rambert’s first Egyptian play, written especially for the local audience at D-CAF – where it is set to make its World Premiere. The play brings together a dazzling cast, starring actors Magdy Atwan, Noha El Kholy, Nanda Mohammad, Mohamed Hatem, Raafat El Bayoumi, Sarrah Abdelrahman, Ahmed Malek, Laila Ghoneim, Marwan El Gabalawy and Yehia Hussein.

Al Sowan

2023

Last Rooster in Egypt poster
4.6

Alaa Deek is a bank employee who belongs to an ancient family, but he hates women from childhood and avoids any dealings with his family. When he and his family travel to Nile, all the family members die, and now he has to take full responsibility for his family's affairs. They are all just women, since he is the only man in the family.

Last Rooster in Egypt

2017

1+1 poster
NR

After the great war has destroyed the city, only a man and a woman, from the opposite parties remain. Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.

1+1

2021

Sawah poster
8.0

On his way to a DJ Championship in Brussels, a young Egyptian is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and detained in a country he's never heard of before.

Sawah

2019

Deliverance: A Women's Revolt poster
NR

Following Palestinian, Lebanese, Saudi, Jordanian, Egyptian and Iraqi women; the film is about Arab women and it investigates the problems that they face on their daily lives and the film brings them together through a momentous political movement.

Deliverance: A Women's Revolt

2021

The Interview poster
NR

Nadia has to choose between looking after her suicidal depressed mother, and attending a job interview which could change her life and provide for her family.

The Interview

2022