Nashwa Mustafa

Acting

Nashwa Mustafa

Born

1968-10-15 (58)

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

52 titles

Nashwa graduated from the Institute for Theatrical Arts. She has worked on the television series “Khalty Saffiyah wa al-Deer” (“My Aunt Saffiyah and the Monastery”), “al-Ameer al-Maghoul” (“The Mysterious Prince”), “Nahnnu la Nazra’ fee al-Shawk” (“We Do not Sow Thorns”), “Raddya Raddya wa Arda mosh Raddy” (“Satisfied”) and “Zaman ‘Emad al-Deen” (“The Age of ‘Emad al-Deen”). Moreover she has also taken part in the theatrical productions “Iz’areena”, “Lan Tasqut al-Quds” (“Jerusalem Will not Fall”) and “al-Nass al-ly fee al-Talit”. Nashwa made an outstanding comedy actress when representing the character of the spinster looking for a husband. Thus she has portrayed such roles in “Film Thaqqaf…

Known for

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Bwabet Elhalwani poster
NR

Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.

Bwabet Elhalwani

1992

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Sayed El Nas poster
6.0

Garhy Abu Al-Abbas — known to all as "Master of People" for his generosity and loyalty — is the middle son of a powerful man living a comfortable life, balancing family, work, and relationships. When his father dies, he discovers a mysterious key, a vast hidden fortune, dark family secrets, and enemies closing in from all sides. Starring Amr Saad, the series is a fast-paced drama of inheritance, betrayal, and survival.

Sayed El Nas

2025

Lahfa poster
7.0

A comedy about an aspiring actress who enlists the help of her uncle, a casting agent, in order to land her breakthrough role, because the last thing she wants is to end up being an extra like her father.

Lahfa

2015

Mahmoud Al-Masri poster
NR

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

2004

Film credits

2000s · 17 titles

Africano poster
6.0

The story of Badr, a young veterinarian, and his brother in law ‘Essaam, their desire for success and the seeming good fortune they encounter. Their life turned upside down when they get news that they have inherited a Zoo from Badr's uncle in South Africa. Badr and ‘Essaam fly to South Africa where they meet Gameela, Badr's niece, they find that the zoo is facing many problems. Badr, ‘Essaam, and Gameela face such challenges as vicious lion attacks, greedy bankers, treacherous relatives, with the help of Shaaker the father's lawyer and Adam, the loyal family employee.

Africano

2001

Romantic Sayed poster
5.4

A musical comedy telling the story of a mother who is trying to raise her son Sayyed after her husband's death. However, her son faces problems whether at college or with his uncle.

Romantic Sayed

2005

Thieves in KG2 poster
6.4

Two thieves, Hassan and Sebaey, plan to rob the safe in the Kaitby Fortress in Alexandria, but the police capture Sebaey, who asks Hassan to take care of Nesma, his daughter; if he does this, Sebaey will not say that Hasan conspired in the robbery attempt. Hassan meets Nesma's teacher, Miss Reem, and the two become romantically involved. Miss Reem does not know of Hasan's history.

Thieves in KG2

2002

Mido the Troublemaker poster
5.5

Mido studies at the Technical College, and in his spare time, he works in installing satellite dishes. His constant fall into troubles earned him the title 'Mido the troublemaker' but the gravest of his troubles is when a mysterious man approaches him for a secret mission.

Mido the Troublemaker

2003

A Cultural Film poster
7.0

Three sexually-frustrated friends are determined to watch a porno video but have no private place, no VCR, and no TV, so they go on a misadventure in which their group constantly increases, taking on more and more sexually-frustrated people and falling into one mishap after another, all because of the restrictions of society.

A Cultural Film

2000

El Lemby poster
6.5

El-Limby lives in a decrepit neighborhood with his mother Faransa and he develops feelings for his neighbor. However, her father objects to their marriage, and El-Limby's mother encourages him to find a job to provide for his family-to-be.

El Lemby

2002

Almost Corrupted poster
3.8

A young man who works as a singer in a local band led by his musician uncle,meets the girl of his dreams in a wedding and his uncle's wife helps him to marry her.

Almost Corrupted

2008

Why Did You Make Me Love You? poster
6.0

Dalia abandoned her beloved Hisham, which made him get over her and become friends and he got involved with Noha.

Why Did You Make Me Love You?

2000

The Average White Man poster
5.8

Zaghloul is a young inventor who is trying to save his household from collapse. In an attempt to get the money, he decides to break into the villa of the businessman Adham, but his attempt is thwarted as he finds himself in the yellow of the desert with Adham and Caramella.

The Average White Man

2001

Dreams of the Reckless Boy poster
4.9

The role of story in the comic film about a young playboy and loves stardom and fame, meet by chance with the actress Nelly Karim and falls in love and happen paradoxes comedy and evolving events

Dreams of the Reckless Boy

2007

Wahid kabtshinu poster
NR

Saeed Abu Doma dreams of acting, and to become a well-known artist, and after arriving in Cairo he begins to search for a casting office to help him reach his dream, but after failing to achieve his goal, he resorts to work in a nightclub and get to know a prostitute.

Wahid kabtshinu

2005

Cinderella in Arabic poster
2.7

A gentle and dreamy girl who works as a costume assistant in a theater group faces troubles at work as the band's director and his son both love her, and at home as her stepmother prefers her own daughter to her and treats her unjustly. Can she find the balance her life lacks?

Cinderella in Arabic

2006

Love Trip poster
5.9

Two orphan teachers graduate from one of the shelters in Alexandria heading to Cairo to work in one of the primary schools.

Love Trip

2001

مندور وعزيزة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

مندور وعزيزة

2004

One Cappuccino poster
NR

The amazing journey of Saeed Cappuccino dealing with life

One Cappuccino

2005

A Farmer in Congress poster
NR

A farmer leaves his village with his wife to escape injustice. He starts his journey in the city,and makes a fortune by fraud. He becomes the target of a conman who runs away with his money to the US,and he follows him there to get his money back

A Farmer in Congress

2002

Lovers' Scraps poster
NR

Belly dancer, Nahed Afify, is in the middle of a career crisis, so she distracts herself through multiple affairs. She ends each by collecting a fabric scrap from each lover’s clothes to form a lovers’ quilt. When she meets businessman, Moustafa, in Hurghada, she thinks he is another passing affair, but falling in love with him might mark the end of collecting lovers’ scraps in her life.

Lovers' Scraps

2003

Series credits

El Helmeya Nights poster
8.2

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

El Helmeya Nights

1987

Bwabet Elhalwani poster
NR

Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.

Bwabet Elhalwani

1992

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Sayed El Nas poster
6.0

Garhy Abu Al-Abbas — known to all as "Master of People" for his generosity and loyalty — is the middle son of a powerful man living a comfortable life, balancing family, work, and relationships. When his father dies, he discovers a mysterious key, a vast hidden fortune, dark family secrets, and enemies closing in from all sides. Starring Amr Saad, the series is a fast-paced drama of inheritance, betrayal, and survival.

Sayed El Nas

2025

Lahfa poster
7.0

A comedy about an aspiring actress who enlists the help of her uncle, a casting agent, in order to land her breakthrough role, because the last thing she wants is to end up being an extra like her father.

Lahfa

2015

Mahmoud Al-Masri poster
NR

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

2004

Harun Al Rashid poster
8.7

The story of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, which depicts the era of the Abbasid state and its historical glory, focusing on the personal life of the Abbasid caliph who was famous for his infatuation with women, and shedding light on his amorous exploits and the feuds of the harem inside the palace.

Harun Al Rashid

1997

Never Fear poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Never Fear

2009

Gouging The Sea poster
2.0

The series is set in Upper Egypt and is based on a true event in which the tyrannical parents of Abdul Hayy, a rebellious young man, force him to face several difficulties

Gouging The Sea

2024

Devils of Al-Sayala poster
6.0

Rizqa adopts and raises her nephew Maghawry after his mother dies during his birth. He grows up with his aunt in Al-Siyala neighborhood in Alexandria where they suffer from poverty and difficult circumstances, but events take a turn when a rich businessman claims that he's Maghawry's father.

Devils of Al-Sayala

2004

My Soul Malak poster
NR

After her mother passes away, Malak becomes her father's right arm in his business, she then meets Mahmoud and marries him despite her father's objection. Then she goes into conflict with his notorious uncle Sa'eid, who desperately wants Mahmoud to work with him as she tries to keep him away.

My Soul Malak

2003

Empire M poster
6.0

Mukhtar finds himself responsible for his six children, following the death of his wife, and he must keep pace with their thinking and times, and at the same time choose between the one whose heart is attached to her, and the lives of his children.

Empire M

2024

No artwork available
NR

The story revolves around a famous singer whose fans miss her after she voluntarily retired from singing some time ago, feeling that she had reached the peak of her career and that the music industry was changing. She established a special institute to teach and train singers to discover their true talents and participate in raising the level of Arabic music.

It Is The Time

2006

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat poster
9.0

Hekmat, the principal of a school for girls, tries to put her educational theory into effect across all the schools in Alexandria, but she faces a lot of obstacles, both within and without the school, in addition to her personal problems that she struggles to solve.

Conscience of Teacher Hekmat

1991

In Amina's Hands poster
NR

The events revolve around Amina, a journalist who tries to uncover corruption in society, as she discovers a gang that steals children and sells them abroad to those who can't have children.

In Amina's Hands

2008

The Family Of Mr. Shalash poster
8.0

The series reviews the daily life of Professor Shalash, through a large number of comical situations and paradoxes that arise through his relationship with his wife and children, or his relationships with neighbors or with his colleagues at work

The Family Of Mr. Shalash

1990

ألف ليلة وليلة: ذات المال poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ألف ليلة وليلة: ذات المال

1999

Cafeccino poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cafeccino

2008

Baed Alfiraq poster
NR

The story of the series revolves around (Sukkarah), the maid, who goes to Cairo to look for her childhood love (Youssef), who has become a journalist and denies knowing her. She strives in her work until she becomes a wealthy and famous businesswoman, and she also continues her education. He then tries to come back to her, but will she agree?

Baed Alfiraq

2008

Gerab Hawa poster
5.0

In separate connected episodes, a different story is presented in two episodes, all these stories revolve around the issues, problems, and dreams of women with each story starring a different actress.

Gerab Hawa

2016

My Dad, Mom and Me poster
NR

A comedy about the social and familial troubles of a common Egyptian family and how it's resolved, through a set of connected separate episodes.

My Dad, Mom and Me

2014

Break the Impasse poster
NR

The series showcases a money-investing company and what its owner is exposed to after the decision to confiscate his money, so he resorts to keeping his money with the gardener, who finds himself at a loss when he turns into a millionaire overnight.

Break the Impasse

1995

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery poster
NR

Safiya loves Harby but marries his uncle Asran after she finds that he loves another. After the mayor plots against Harby and Asran, he kills Asran and Harby is arrested. Safiya decides to raise her son Hassan to take revenge for his father and kill Harby after his release from prison.

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery

1996

Majmoua Ensan poster
NR

The events of the series revolve around “Abu Ibrahim” (Saad Al-Faraj), whose house burns and loses all his family, after which he lives a stage of schizophrenia and a painful and poignant life because of his feeling of guilt for what happened.

Majmoua Ensan

2012

Hadd Aqsa poster
3.0

Sabah's life is turned upside down when a massive sum of money is deposited into her bank account, pulling her into the world of money laundering. Caught between a ruthless gang and suffocating social pressure, she and her husband go through a brutal journey that tests their trust and endurance — proving how one moment can push a person to their absolute limit.

Hadd Aqsa

2026

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

عباسية واحد

1997

نحن لا نزرع الشوك poster
NR

Nahno La Nazra El Shouk

نحن لا نزرع الشوك

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El-Shereet El-Ahmar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El-Shereet El-Ahmar

2018

Al-Sharikah poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Al-Sharikah

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

أمي ولّا مراتي

2020