Acting
Adwa Bader
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Acting
Credits
6 titles
Adwa Bader is a Saudi-American multihyphenate and interdisciplinary artist, actor, poet, and screenwriter. She's A Riyadh native who landed many roles as a commercial actor and model since 2008, working on short films and campaigns for many local and international brands and media outlets such as Harvey Nichols, Destination, FarFetch, and Burberry. Adwa published a limited and exclusive compilation of her poetry in 2020 and most recently landed her first lead role to star in director Meshal Al Jasser's feature film NAGA (2023), landing her in the TIFF 23 Rising Stars program for outstanding lead performance.
Known for
6.8When the snobbish and wealthy AlThahabi family find out they're actually not as loaded as they think, they're forced to fake their affluence to survive.
Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke
2026
6.7Following a botched robbery, incarcerated friends Hamad, Ma’an and Sanad, in their attempt to escape, end up in a biographical film financed by eccentric Saudi magnate Abdullatif Al-Hanhouni, set in the same locations of their past heists.
Alzarfa
2025
NROn an isolated road late at night, a young woman, driving alone, comes across a stranded male driver whose car has broken down on a mountain road notorious for disappearances and murders. Choosing empathy over a creeping sense of foreboding, she offers him a ride to the nearest station. That single choice unleashes a harrowing chain of strange and terrifying events in the dead of night, turning a simple gesture of kindness into a real-life nightmare.
Traveler's Hell
2026
5.1Stranded amid Riyadh's desert dunes, Sarah, a local Saudi girl, escapes heartaches and the vengeance of a vigorous camel after discreetly sneaking out of her parent's home for a romantic date that landed her astray.
Naga
2023
NRNahar, a beloved and highly popular opera singer, finds himself at the center of a "cancel" storm after a viral video accuses him of racism. In a surprising move, he announces his upcoming marriage to a black woman live on air, putting him in a race against time to find the right woman. Eventually, he marries a wedding singer, and their relationship evolves from one of mutual interests into an unexpected emotional and musical journey filled with surprising twists.
Lail Nahar
2024
NRA girl asks for her parent's permission to go out with her friend.
Folaim - Can I Go Out?
2017
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
6.8When the snobbish and wealthy AlThahabi family find out they're actually not as loaded as they think, they're forced to fake their affluence to survive.
Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke
2026
6.7Following a botched robbery, incarcerated friends Hamad, Ma’an and Sanad, in their attempt to escape, end up in a biographical film financed by eccentric Saudi magnate Abdullatif Al-Hanhouni, set in the same locations of their past heists.
Alzarfa
2025
NROn an isolated road late at night, a young woman, driving alone, comes across a stranded male driver whose car has broken down on a mountain road notorious for disappearances and murders. Choosing empathy over a creeping sense of foreboding, she offers him a ride to the nearest station. That single choice unleashes a harrowing chain of strange and terrifying events in the dead of night, turning a simple gesture of kindness into a real-life nightmare.
Traveler's Hell
2026
5.1Stranded amid Riyadh's desert dunes, Sarah, a local Saudi girl, escapes heartaches and the vengeance of a vigorous camel after discreetly sneaking out of her parent's home for a romantic date that landed her astray.
Naga
2023