Jamila Awad

Jamila Awad 🎬

Egyptian Actress

Personal Information 📝

Full Name: Jamila Awad

Date of Birth: April 6, 1991 (34 years old)

Place of Birth & Residence: Cairo, Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian

Religion: Islam

Language: Arabic

Family 👪

Father: Adel Awad (Film Director)

Mother: Randa Awad (Lebanese Actress)

Grandfather: Mohamed Awad (Actor)

Uncle: Alaa Awad

Education 🎓

Studied Media at October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA)

Studied Political Science at the British University in Egypt

Participated in student activities including Model United Nations inside Egypt and abroad (France)

Career 🎥

Start:

TV series Taht Al-Saytara (Under Control) (2015), playing “Hania” — a drug addict role that was well-received

Important Films:

Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016)

Al-Deif (The Guest) (2018) — won Best African-Asian Actress Award

Banat Thanawy (High School Girls) (2020)

Saba’ El-Bormba (2019)

Arosti (My Bride) (2021)

Al-Mahkama (The Court) (2021)

Notable TV Series:

La Tutfi’ Al-Shams (Don’t Turn Off The Sun) (2017) — playing a teenage girl role similar to Faten Hamama

Ella Ana (Except Me) (2020) — portraying a vitiligo patient in the story "I Must Live"

Harb Ahlia (Civil War) (2021)

Awards & Honors 🏆

Best Emerging Actress Award at “The Deer Guest” Festival

Best African-Asian Actress Award at New Vision Film Festival

Honored by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Best Young Actress Award at the Arab Star Festival

Other Activities 🌟

Participated in UNICEF awareness campaigns supporting children's rights

Guest at Cairo International Film Festival

Jury member at Alexandria Short Film Festival

Personal Life ❤️

Married editor Ahmed Hafez in 2024