Mona Zaki

Acting

Mona Zaki

Born

1976-11-18 (49)

Place of birth

Cairo, Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Although she had no interest at all on being an actress, Mona Zaki is now a remarkable leading star. Mona started her career in acting accidentally, when she met Mohamed Sobhi, the famous Egyptian Actor and Director. Mona is a Mass Communication student at the fourth grade. Her dream is to prove herself as a good actress. She wants to make good remarkable roles in her career as a Super Star. 'There is a lot to do'.

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

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

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

Taht El Wesaya poster
7.1

In the face of a patriarchal society, Hanan, a recently widowed mother of two, will do anything to keep custody of her children—even if it means becoming a fisherwoman.

Taht El Wesaya

2023

Newton's Cradle poster
7.6

The two lovers, Hazem and Hana, decide to have their baby in America to get the nationality. However, they come across many obstacles that threaten their marriage, especially when Hana stays in America and does not come back.

Newton's Cradle

2021

Why Would We Fall in Love Again? poster
9.0

The story revolves around Ghalia, who has problems with her husband, the famous director - Abdullah - and they separate from each other, then he meets Murad by chance at one of the parties and admires her, so he tries to approach her, but she is afraid of going through a failed emotional experience again.

Why Would We Fall in Love Again?

2020

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Perfect Strangers poster
6.0

A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.

Perfect Strangers

2022

The Spider poster
5.0

A dangerous drug dealer, who manages to manufacture new drugs, sells them, and falls into many problems and chases by the police.

The Spider

2022

Flight 404 poster
7.4

A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, will she manage to go to Mecca, or get tangled up in the past's webs?

Flight 404

2024

El Sett poster
6.4

Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.

El Sett

2025

Apple of my Eyes poster
5.1

When five kids are abducted on their way to school, the parents turn to the police, but their grandmothers decide to their matters into their own hands.

Apple of my Eyes

2021

The Black Box poster
4.6

A suspense thriller that revolves around a pregnant woman who carries a lot of mysteries about her pregnancy, and her relationships with the people around her.

The Black Box

2020

The Jeweler poster
3.7

After being caught one too many times, Amr El Barouqy, a famous jeweler with a weakness for women, is forced to put aside his traditional male pride. When his strong-willed wife Yasmine insists on building a healthier and more balanced life together, the couple turn to relationship counselor Dr Kareem and embark on an unconventional therapy program to save their marriage. However, instead of bringing them closer, each step unleashes a new wave of chaos, turning their attempt to fix their relationship into a series of escalating disasters.

The Jeweler

2026

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 20 titles

Escaping Tel Aviv poster
6.3

A 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

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

Nanny Doody poster
4.4

A cellphone thief get stopped with her partner by the police , she sets him up and runs away safely. She later gets involved in a murder case, and escapes to Alexandria. There, she works as a nanny for a police officer, and meets another person who changes her life.

Nanny Doody

2008

Sleepless Nights poster
6.6

A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them, their fundamental differences and their unstable marriages come to the surface as the men decide to leave for Alexandria.

Sleepless Nights

2003

Abu Ali poster
6.8

When a young man on the run crosses paths with a woman escaping her own troubles, the two become unlikely fugitives. Hunted by the law and framed by the media, they must fight to prove their innocence and survive the chase.

Abu Ali

2005

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story poster
6.3

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.

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

2009

Omar 2000 poster
4.4

Omar decides to emigrate to America as his 30th birthday approaches, but first he wants to get revenge on the people who have gotten in his way.

Omar 2000

2000

The Blood of the Innocent poster
5.6

The unemployed Reda develops feelings for his neighbor Hanan who runs away and lives with an aristocratic lady for whom she works, leaving Reda to get involved with terrorist groups. Meanwhile, Jaber earns his living by fraud and deceit and eventually dies in an accident.

The Blood of the Innocent

2005

Mafia poster
6.9

After his expulsion from the Military Academy, Hussain gets involved in mafia crimes abroad. Upon being deported to an Egyptian prison, and in order to give him a second chance to live a well meaning life, the Egyptian Intelligence Agency assign him with a secret mission. Hussain reluctantly accepts extensive bio-psychological training with a unique patriotic team who revive his love for his country.

Mafia

2002

Days of El Sadat poster
7.8

A biopic depicting the life of the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, following his early life, his political and military achievements, and his assassination during the Cairo annual victory parade.

Days of El Sadat

2001

Taimour & Shafi'aa poster
6.1

Taymour and Shafika have grown up together as next door neighbours and are deeply in love. However, their love is put to the test when he is assigned to protect her as her personal body guard when she is promoted to the level of Minister.

Taimour & Shafi'aa

2007

Auntie Faransa poster
5.1

Batta and Wezza are two siblings living with their aunt Faransa at a local neighborhood as the latter works as a hired mourner. Batta accepts to pursue the same career as her aunt, under one condition: to keep Wezza away from all the mourning and the weeping and let her continue her studies.

Auntie Faransa

2004

The First Love poster
4.0

Wafaa (Hanan Turk) is in love with Khalid(mustafa amar), her class-mate at University, but Khalid seems to like her cousin Rania (Mona Zaki) When Wafa finds out about this, she tries to lead Rania towards him

The First Love

2000

Halim poster
7.3

The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.

Halim

2006

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

Dreams Of Our Age poster
6.2

group of friends helping their friend to start her project in sharm el sheikh

Dreams Of Our Age

2005

About Love and Passion poster
5.5

Omar and Alia are in love and decide to get married , but Omar discovers that her sister Fatima is infamous who works in a bar so he walks away from her, and marries Kismat , while Alia marries her childhood neighbor, but they do not find happiness and events escalate.

About Love and Passion

2006

Kedah Okaih poster
7.9

Together with a young broadcaster, the owner of a channel bets on the power of money and its potential to transform a poor girl into a succe...

Kedah Okaih

2003

From First Sight poster
NR

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

From First Sight

2004

A Knight on Horseback poster
NR

Thirty years after WWII ended, the wife of a British officer who died in the war and was buried in El-Alamein comes to visit her husband's grave. When she doesn't find the grave, she starts looking for her husband.

A Knight on Horseback

2001

1990s · 6 titles

Upper Egyptian in the American University poster
7.1

Khalaf, a bumpkin southern Egyptian wins a scholarship to study at the American University in Cairo where students - many from Cairo's upper class - are known for their Americanized attitudes.

Upper Egyptian in the American University

1998

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better poster
7.4

Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes with the aristocratic society around her as love blossoms between her and the son of a famous businessman

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

1998

Traveling Alone poster
NR

The events revolve around a man who is killed on his wedding day, then is held accountable in the afterlife, meets some people, and tells us how people can live their lives in this world and know that good deeds are what lasts forever.

Traveling Alone

1998

Afrotoo poster
7.5

A group of cousins, the relationship between them is not normal, some of them are rich in excess and do not know how to spend money, and buy antiques and antiques that are worthless. Hind does not help the children of the uncle but insult them and despise the poverty of some of them. Afrotto, who comes out of one of the Hind al-'Am's antiques, does not spoil the relations between them. He is an impossibly devoid of extraordinary abilities. He lacks the ordinary abilities. He tries to distinguish between the family members, but one of them observes that if they unite they will become a great power and can confront Afrotto. Can only be done after a lot of losses and disasters, including loss of money and loss of honor.

Afrotoo

1999

Sweet Killing poster
7.0

An estimable lawyer is assigned a case where a wealthy businesswoman is accused of murder. When the lawyer sides with the convicted woman whom she learns is innocent, the actual culprits track her down in an attempt to ruin her life.

Sweet Killing

1998

Marriage on Cellophane Paper poster
NR

A young man and a girl go through a love story during their studies at the same university, but due to the class disparity between them, both families refuse their union, which pushes them to get married during a school trip. With the passage of time, the problems between them increase, especially after the news of this marriage reaches their families

Marriage on Cellophane Paper

1998

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

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

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

Taht El Wesaya poster
7.1

In the face of a patriarchal society, Hanan, a recently widowed mother of two, will do anything to keep custody of her children—even if it means becoming a fisherwoman.

Taht El Wesaya

2023

Newton's Cradle poster
7.6

The two lovers, Hazem and Hana, decide to have their baby in America to get the nationality. However, they come across many obstacles that threaten their marriage, especially when Hana stays in America and does not come back.

Newton's Cradle

2021

Why Would We Fall in Love Again? poster
9.0

The story revolves around Ghalia, who has problems with her husband, the famous director - Abdullah - and they separate from each other, then he meets Murad by chance at one of the parties and admires her, so he tries to approach her, but she is afraid of going through a failed emotional experience again.

Why Would We Fall in Love Again?

2020

Up and Down poster
8.5

When Nora learns her famous composer husband has another wife carrying his child, betrayal becomes the soundtrack to her revenge. She orchestrates his downfall—but her crescendo of vengeance may leave them both in ruins.

Up and Down

2026

Nouna, the Lady Marriage-Officiant poster
NR

Nouna becomes the first female marriage officiant in Egypt which comes with its own set of problems and obstacles that lands her in comic situations as her clients reflect a number of recent social issues that plagues the Egyptian society.

Nouna, the Lady Marriage-Officiant

2011

This Other Thing poster
7.5

An Arab anthology drama unfolding across six cities — Beirut, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, and El Gouna — weaving together separate stories about love in its many forms: right person, wrong time; wrong person, right time; love lost, love deferred. Featuring a stellar pan-Arab cast, each episode is a self-contained meditation on modern relationships and longing.

This Other Thing

2020

This Other Thing poster
7.5

An Arab anthology drama unfolding across six cities — Beirut, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, and El Gouna — weaving together separate stories about love in its many forms: right person, wrong time; wrong person, right time; love lost, love deferred. Featuring a stellar pan-Arab cast, each episode is a self-contained meditation on modern relationships and longing.

This Other Thing

2020

Stray Light poster
7.5

The role of the story about the class struggle between the old feudal class represented in the family of Al-'Azayzeh and the class of new owners represented in the family of Al-Sawalim who were previously employed.

Stray Light

1998

Wedding Song poster
8.8

Set in the 1970's, a group of actors work on a new play. They discover that the play's events revolves around their true behind-the-scenes characters, with the script presenting their deepest and darkest secrets. The actors try to put a stop to the revealing play, but their manager insists that the show must go on.

Wedding Song

2016

El-Cinderella poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El-Cinderella

2006

Goha El Masry poster
NR

Juha al-Masri repeatedly gets into absurd situations and relies on fate and God to save him.

Goha El Masry

2002

The Family poster
NR

The series takes place during the war of attrition and its aftermath, in a building and the relationship between its inhabitants, and about a family who loses their son in the war and its impact on them. It also deals with the issue of terrorism and poverty, which drives the poor to drift behind extremist groups.

The Family

1994

Asia poster
NR

Asia (Mona Zaki) works in painting and fine arts. She always fights with her husband, making it impossible for them to communicate. Asia gets into an accident that causes her to lose her memory, which changes her life completely. She starts working at a nightclub as a dancer.

Asia

2013

Esteefa poster
NR

A police officer investigates a series of crimes, with each investigation spanning two episodes out of 26 separate episodes.

Esteefa

2015

Our Families poster
NR

Set in the 90s , about the relationship between people in this period. It depicts the human side of the Egyptian personality and the moral situations, shedding the light on the concept of family bonding through daily events from the Egyptian street.

Our Families

1997

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

Rabiaa's Other Half poster
NR

The story revolves around the famous lawyer, Rabei Al Husseini, who's torn between values ​​and principles, and between getting rich quickly to secure the future of his kids, in addition to his struggle between his love for his wife and his first lover. Who will he choose?

Rabiaa's Other Half

1996

Sold Out poster
5.0

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Sold Out

2023

وجع البعاد poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

وجع البعاد

2001

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