
Acting
Nadine Tahseeine Bek
Born
1978-07-12 (48)
Place of birth
Syria
Known for
Acting
Credits
42 titles
A Syrian actress who studied French literature at the University of Damascus. She is the daughter of Hossam Tahseen Baik and the sister of Rakan Tahseen Baik. Her mother is Romanian. She began acting in the series Levantine Days when she was eleven years old. Among her credits are Soft Thorns, Deer in the Forest of Wolves, and Medium Sugar. Her first directing experience was in 2014 through the short film Roznama, within the framework of her project to support youth cinema. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Almuthanna Days for Arab Short Film Festival in Iraq. She married Syrian violinist Wassim Al Imam.
Known for
NRAfter their step-mother humiliates them and exposes their immoral past, sisters Warda and Shamiya kill and bury Aziza in their house, and all hell breaks loose.
Warda Shamya
2017
NRA contemporary social series that takes place in Damascus, and deals with the subject of doubt in the human being when some of its constants in life are shaken.
Naked Souls
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Heart Is With You
2009
NRThe show tells the story of a playwright, Jalal, who holds secular views, and his close friendship with Michel, his childhood friend. Michel initially worked as a lawyer but later transitioned to journalism, founding his own magazine in which he boldly addresses societal issues, drawing significant criticism. Additionally, the narrative explores themes of separating religion from civil and political life through a love story between a man and a woman from different faiths: Jalal (a Muslim) and Hanan (a Christian). Their relationship culminates in a secret marriage, which lasts until Jalal’s sudden passing. Throughout the story, the work focuses on two major issues related to secularism: the demand for a civil personal status law that permits civil marriage, and the call for a secular education system that allows students the freedom to seek their own truths instead of being indoctrinated with a predetermined "absolute truth." It also tackles issues of political and social corruption.
ليس سراباً
2008
NRA socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
The Invasion
2007
NRAfter his wife passes away, Azmy tries to get married again and asks his sister to help him find a new wife, but his sons, Sobhy, Fathy, and Ribhy, don't like the idea of having a stepmother, so they plot together to sabotage his marriage.
Rude and Fussy
2002
Film credits
2000s · 1 titles
Series credits
NRAfter their step-mother humiliates them and exposes their immoral past, sisters Warda and Shamiya kill and bury Aziza in their house, and all hell breaks loose.
Warda Shamya
2017
NRA contemporary social series that takes place in Damascus, and deals with the subject of doubt in the human being when some of its constants in life are shaken.
Naked Souls
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Heart Is With You
2009
NRThe show tells the story of a playwright, Jalal, who holds secular views, and his close friendship with Michel, his childhood friend. Michel initially worked as a lawyer but later transitioned to journalism, founding his own magazine in which he boldly addresses societal issues, drawing significant criticism. Additionally, the narrative explores themes of separating religion from civil and political life through a love story between a man and a woman from different faiths: Jalal (a Muslim) and Hanan (a Christian). Their relationship culminates in a secret marriage, which lasts until Jalal’s sudden passing. Throughout the story, the work focuses on two major issues related to secularism: the demand for a civil personal status law that permits civil marriage, and the call for a secular education system that allows students the freedom to seek their own truths instead of being indoctrinated with a predetermined "absolute truth." It also tackles issues of political and social corruption.
ليس سراباً
2008
NRA socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
The Invasion
2007
NRAfter his wife passes away, Azmy tries to get married again and asks his sister to help him find a new wife, but his sons, Sobhy, Fathy, and Ribhy, don't like the idea of having a stepmother, so they plot together to sabotage his marriage.
Rude and Fussy
2002
7.0Through separate, connected episodes, the series addresses many contemporary social issues, such as corruption, unemployment, poverty, social relations, and others.
Ma khtalafna
2024
NRThe story of Nassar Ibn Oraibi, a fighter against injustice, that sheds light on the life in the Damascus neighborhood and the role of one woman who becomes responsible for the house and her four daughters in light of her husband's absence during the Hajj.
Al Khawali
2000
4.5In the tannery neighborhood on the outskirts of Damascus, the death of an influential man ignitesa fierce battle between his children that begins with their greed for inheritance and does not end with the secrets they hide.
Badeea's Children
2024
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sert Alhob
2007
8.0Eighteen years after the children of three Damascene leaders were kidnapped, the truth begins to surface, tipping the balance in an intense battle between good and evil.
Born into Wealth
2023
NRA dying man entrusts his brother-in-law with a small, tightly-concealed box that wreaks havoc as it evokes a deep hatred and sparks sick ambitions.
Al-Qubba Alley
2021
8.0Rola, Umm Fawaz’s expat granddaughter, returns to her family home for a short mission. But an urgent incident forces her to stay in the countryside longer than she had planned…
September Breezes
2025
NRA Syrian social drama series that sheds light on a neighborhood in one of the slums in the vicinity of Damascus, around a poor family consisting of a mother and her four children, who strive to meet their needs and achieve their ambitions with the tools available to them, while focusing on solving future problems at the time, leaving them to chance, luck, mischief, whim, or influence.
Ayamana Alhulwa
2003
NRRose is a Syrian crime-drama and mystery series about a young woman whose life is upended after her family becomes linked to a dangerous criminal case. As she is forced to flee and survive, she uncovers hidden secrets about her father and gets pulled into a world of betrayal, danger, and shifting loyalties between criminals and authorities.
Rose
2025
NRThe story of the work revolves around four girls and their mothers waiting for their traveling father throughout the episodes of the series and they have a uncle, a former ministerial candidate with a good financial income. In each episode, the family is exposed to funny situations and exciting adventures within a funny family template.
Akrekoz's Girls
2003
10.0The Halaby family works in trade. When the father decides to write all his property over to one of his sons, the two brothers clash, until the eldest brother falls ill, and his younger son is forced to give up his ambition to take care of their business.
Big Dreams
2004
10.0The series explores the difficult circumstances faced by people from diverse backgrounds and professions, including a university professor, a new journalist, a low-income employee, and others. The central character is the general manager of a large, responsible construction company, where the potential for illicit gain is significant. He is a fickle man, a master of manipulation, who feigns honor and morality because he respects the law out of sheer fear of it—the core premise of the show. The series unfolds in a satirical, socially relevant, and humorous style, relying on witty situations to elicit a smile.
Law, However
2003
NRThe series manifest the lives of war veterans, and addresses subjects such as love, hope and life after war. There is also the ugly side of war such as organ trafficking and arms dealing.
A Safety Distance
2019
NRNader is lost between his parents, who are experiencing a struggle between love and hate, Lulia, who is persecuted by her stepmother, Dalal, whose hatred for her stepdaughter reaches the point of attempting murder. Dalal considers Lulia the reason for her unhappiness, but when Lulia leaves her life, she discovers her mistake. Tahseen her husband can only run away from problems and cannot solve any of them.
On the Edge of the Abyss
2007
9.0A Syrian family — warm, funny and profoundly ordinary — finds itself facing the impossible choice millions of Syrians faced: stay in a home torn apart by war, or pack up everything and leave. They choose to go. But the road out proves just as punishing as what they left behind, with each episode delivering a new obstacle, a new heartbreak and a new reason to laugh through the tears. From the creator of Lost Village — tragicomedy at its most human.
Alhaqa'eb
2014
NRSet in a traditional Damascene neighborhood, the story follows—in a comedic way—the protagonist's quest to find the woman he loved but never confessed his feelings to over forty years ago, after he begins seeing her in his dreams every day.
Seraa Al Zaman
2002
NRSalim Fayad is an ordinary pharmaceutical company owner whose life is shattered in seconds when his car kills the daughter of Lebanon's most feared drug lord. Instead of revenge, the dealer makes him an offer — become his personal assassin, or watch his family die. A Lebanese thriller adapted from the celebrated Serbian series Besa, following a decent man's descent into a world he was never meant to inhabit, doing terrible things to protect the people he loves.
Blood Oath
2020
4.0Set in one of Damascus’s neighborhoods during the late Ottoman period and the early Renaissance, depicting the customs, traditions, and social relationships that prevailed at that time.
Ayyam Shamiyya
1992
NRThe board is not merely limited to companies and the business world, it exists everywhere, from small organizations to large ones, including families. It's a minority group managing the majority, willingly or unwillingly. The things we are unaware of shape our destiny, this is The Board.
The Board
2024
NRThe story of a girl who grows up with a reckless father and loses her mother who dies of cancer but she goes on with her life trying to find the happiness she always longed for.
The Sun Rises Again
2005
8.0In Al-Nuwayati Alley, simmering with struggles over power and money, a tale unfolds where reality intertwines with myth. The Diver returns from behind the bars of a prison once described as a graveyard, coming back with a mysterious identity and an unfamiliar face to penetrate the alley once more. He seeks not only revenge against those who betrayed him, but also the trail of a “lost treasure” said to be guarded by an ancient talisman. Amid these harsh circumstances, his path collides with the schemes of blood merchants, where a false identity becomes the only shield in the battle for survival.
The Weaver
2026
9.0A seemingly fake marriage sets the stage for a journey of unexpected turns, propelling two souls towards genuine affection; a choice awaits-unite in their adventure or embrace separate paths.
Transit
2024
NRAt a Damascus girls' high school, the school counsellor Hanan is the quiet centre of everyone's storms — helping teenagers navigate family pressure, social expectations and the bruising complexities of adolescence, while quietly managing the unravelling of her own marriage. Each student carries a different wound; each episode peels back another layer. A warm, perceptive Syrian drama about the hidden costs of growing up female in Arab society. Directed by Rasha Sharbatji, starring Salma Al-Masri and Qusay Khouli.
Soft Thorns
2005
NRShaghaf is married to the owner of a gambling hall, whose cousin Karim is trying to kill to have his wife for himself. Then Shaghaf falls in love with Sewar who tries to help her and events develop between them.
Yellow Air
2019
NRMen Under the Fez is a Syrian ensemble drama that explores the quiet gap between public virtue and private behaviour. Set in a society where educated, “progressive” men speak fluently about equality and modern values, the series gradually reveals the contradictions in their personal lives — and the emotional cost carried by the women closest to them. Through intersecting stories of marriages, desire, hypocrisy and self-deception, it offers a sharp, often uncomfortable portrait of everyday patriarchy. Directed by Hisham Sharbatji, starring Khaled Taja and Karess Bashar.
Men Underneath the Fez
2004
8.0On June 6, 1996, a group of girls gathered on the day they received their baccalaureate degrees to take a photo. They agreed to meet again a decade later, specifically on June 6, 2006. This is the starting point for the events of the series, as each of its separate episodes we live the story of each girl, and we see what time has done to her.
The Dew of Days
2006
NRA social comedy series that consists of separate-connected episodes, as it deals with a group of characters staying on the same floor in a building, which includes a photography studio, a beauty salon, a dental clinic, and an apartment. Each place and each person has their own concerns.
Passing Obsessions
2018
9.0Al-Hakam is a powerful figure who built his empire on smuggling, corruption and exploitation during Syria’s war years. His son Rayan, an honest police officer, finds himself drawn into the very criminal networks his father operates within. A dark Syrian crime drama that explores war profiteering, systemic corruption and the human cost of conflict — using a fractured father–son relationship to examine how deeply these systems run through society.
Breaking Bones
2022
NRIn which dramatic events are mixed with funny comedy, the main character "Marzouk" is a man who always cares about the concerns of others and tries to find solutions for them just because he knows that this is one of the duties of the respectable man, as he tries to solve the problems of neighbors and relatives, but he often falls into serious problems because of that, until personal problems occur.
Marzouq On All Fronts
2004
NRA 30-episode comedy-drama that shines a light on the daily struggles and existential challenges faced by college students. Through humor and heartfelt storytelling, the series explores the pressures of youth and modern life, while taking a thoughtful look at the growing influence of the internet — and social media platforms like Facebook — on human relationships and social dynamics.
Watan Haf
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
برزخ
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
في ظروف غامضة
2015
8.0“Rozana” is a Syrian social drama that explores the tense relationship between two families representing old money and newly wealthy elites. Their interactions are marked by rivalry, resentment, and shifting power dynamics, where status and influence shape personal and social outcomes. The series suggests that while tradition and authenticity persist, financial power often dominates decisions and destinies. It stars Bassam Kousa, Giana Eid, Milad Youssef, Andre Skaf, and Nadine Tahseen Bek.
Rozana
2018
NR“Fawda” (فوضى) is a Syrian social drama set in a once-stable middle-class neighbourhood disrupted by conflict and displacement. It follows two displaced brothers, Fares and Zidan, who both fall in love with the same woman, Fatehya, creating emotional tension and rivalry. Alongside them is Ratib, an older principled lawyer from the area who becomes entangled in blackmail and rising violence. The series explores love, morality, and societal breakdown during crisis.
Fawda
2018


