The 10 Most Prominent Stars Of 2017

  • 10. Amir Karara

  • Amir Karara is an Egyptian actor and broadcaster. He rose to fame through hosting television contest shows like Star Maker and The Deal. He played in the national volley ball team, in a lot of national and international games. He has a degree in tourism from Cairo University. His...Read more most famous television roles include"Shabab Al Hawa" (Guys on line), and "Lahazat Hariga" (The Egyptian version of ER),"Taraf Talit" (Third Party) and "Taht El Ard" (Underground).

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 9. Hend Sabry

  • Hend Sabry is a Tunisian actress. She was born in Kebili province in Tunisia, and holds a degree in Intellectual Property. She started to become a recognized actress since she appeared in the films Men's Season, and Silence of the Palaces by director Mofida Altelaly. She...Read more attracted the attention of Egyptian director Inas Eldegheidy, and she eventually cast her as the lead in her film Diary of a Teenager (2001). Among her most notable roles were those in films like Dawood Abdel Sayed's A Citizen, an Informant and a Thief, I Want my Rights, Best Times, and the television series I Want to Get Married, and Whose Empire?.

    • Birth Country:
    • Tunisia

  • 7. Tarek Lotfy

  • Tarek Lotfy is a talented Egyptian actor, he studied at the High Institute of Dramatic Arts and got the director diploma from the High Institute of Cinema at the 1980s. Lotfy participated in various works that helped him to him to book a place in audience’s hearts, among his most...Read more famous TV series are; Esma’eel Abdul Haafez’s The family and The Truth and the Mirage. Tarek played an excellent role in the successful film An upper Egyptian at the AUC.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 6. Mohammad Ramadan

  • Mohamed Ramadan began acting while at school. He has received the award for greatest nationwide talent three times consecutively – an unprecedented achievement. He started his career with small roles in TV series like “The Cindrella,” until he had his big break in Yousry...Read more Nasrallah's “Ehky Ya Sharazad” (Tell me, Shahrazad). He then went on to star in blockbusters produced by the the famous Egyptian producers Mohamed and Ahmed El Sobky, which made him one of the most valuable actors in the middle east. Mohamed Ramadan is perhaps the only Egyptian actor to have been praised by the internationally renowned performer ‘Umar el-Shereef who stated that he had chosen Mohamed to perpetuate his acting legacy.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 5. Ahmed El Sakka

  • Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sekka graduated from the Institute of Theatrical Arts in the year 1993. He is the son of the director Salah El Sakka. Ahmed started his acting career in television where he took part in the series: (Al Nawa), (Ali Baba wa Al Arbain Harami), (Nisf...Read more Rabie Al Akhir), (Min Al Lazi La Yohib Fatma), (Hilm Al Janoob) and (Al Zawag Ala Waraq Solifan). He also took part in the plays (Afrooto) and (Kidah Okay) and won the award for the “Best Actor” category in the (Cairo Films Festival) for his role in "Africano." Since then, Ahmed has been successful in expanding his role beyond comedy into the action and drama categories, playing roles like the body guard and the local thug in "Ibrahim El Abyad", and also adding a touch of comedy to some action/drama roles like in "Ibn Al Qunsul" (Son of the Council).

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 4. Karim Abdel Aziz

  • Son of famous director Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Karim was no stranger to the world of film making. He graduated from the institute of high arts, directing division, in 1997. He worked as an assistant director for a short time before deciding to jump in front of the camera. Director...Read more Sherif Emara gave him his first role, but Karim's notoriety grew after his TV role in the series "Lady from the Era of Love" starring Samira Ahmed. Following the show, he was given his first lead role on the silver screen in the movie "Why did you Make me Love You?" opposite Mona Zaki and Hala Sheeha.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 3. Maged El Kedwany

  • Maged El Kedwany is an Egyptian film and television actor. In 1967, he was born in Shubra in Cairo, but lived in Kuwait up until age 18. He began his professional career while studying design at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He began acting in a number of amateur plays, which led to...Read more him being cast in various TV shows like "Qanfad" (Hedgehog) and "Nahnu al Nazre el-Shook." He's worked on dozens of films, among them are some of the most well-known films of the 1990s, like "Afareet el-Asphalt" (Asphalt Ghosts) in 1996 and "Saidi fe Gaea al-Amrikeya" (Saidi at the American University in Cairo) in 1998. His other films include "Harameya Ki-Gi-To" (Ki-Gi-To Thieves), "Harameya fe Thailand" (Thieves in Thailand), "Al-Ragel al-Abyad al-Motawast" (Average White Guy), and "Khaly min Kolesterol" (Cholesterol-Free). In 2012, he appeared in two high-profile movies, "Hafla Montasif al-Leil" (Midnight Party) and "Saaa we Nos" (Hour and a Half). studied in the (design) division of the faculty of fine arts. Thereafter he enrolled in the Institute of Theatrical Arts and graduated in 1995. Amongst the theatrical productions that he has performed in are “Pallo” and “Diwan Al Baqar”. Maged has also made several television appearances, which include roles in “Nahnu la Nazra Al Shawk”, “Al Farar Men Al Hob”, “Al Shara’a Al Jadeed”, “Zayzenia” and “Arabesque”.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 3. Khaled El Nabawy

  • Khaled Mohamed El Nabawy is a theater and film performer that was born in the city of Al Mansoura. He graduated from the Institute for Theatrical Arts in 1989 and has performed in several theatrical productions, including “Al Bahr Beyidhak Leih”, “Al Ginzeer” and “Kefah...Read more Teeba”. He has also performed exceptionally in several television series which include “Bawabat Al Halawany”, “Sharea Al Mawaridy”. Khaled mainly assumed minor characters before Youssif Chahine assigned him leading roles in the films “Al Mohajer”, “Zaman Al Hilm Al Daea”, “Al Hilm Al Moajal”, “Al Maseer”. This followed his success in the short film “Al Qahira Menawara Be Ahlaha”. Khaled worked as an announcer for a Gulf television channel in 2002. His most notable works were those that were directed by Youssif Chahine and it should be noted that he is unique among a generation of performers that were mainly engaged in comedy.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 2. Menna Shalaby

  • Menna Shalaby is one of the brightest stars in the younger generation of Egyptian actors. She was born on July 24, 1981 in Cairo. She is the daughter of the famous dancer and performer Zizi Mustafa. Shalaby displayed a passion for performing from a very early age, no doubt due to...Read more the exposure to the industry her mother's fame provided. She would often sit in front of the mirror and pretend to be her famous mother, and also fake being sick to get out of going to school, which her mother declared was also acting. Menna made her film debut in "Al Saher" (The Magician) as Nour in 2001. She next scored a leading role beside Layla Elwy in "Baheb El Seema" (2004). Since then she's gone on to work with some of the most talented actors and directors, like Youssef Chahine with "Heya Fawda" (2007), Ahmed Abdallah with "Microphone" (2010) and Yousry Nasrallah with "After the Battle" (2012) about the infamous Battle of the Camel during the January 25 uprising. Her other film credits include "Banat Wust el Balad" (2005), "Ouija" (2006) and "Ezaet Hob" (2011).

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt

  • 2. Yasser Galal

  • An Egyptian actor, is the brother of actor Raamez Galaal, belongs to cinema and TV rising generation that shined at the end of 1990s. Yasser studied in the High Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1990. After graduation, he played a role in “Rahma wa ameer al-ghaaba i.e. Rahma and...Read more Prince of the forest”. Upon finishing his military service, Galaal worked in TV and Theatre. He excelled in TV series like “Lan a’eesh fe gelbaab aby i.e. I will not put myself in my father’s robe”, “Al-waa’d al-hakk i.e. The right promise”, “Nahnu la nazraa’al-shawk i.e. We do not sow thorns”, “Awlaad hadret al-naazer i.e. Principal’s children” and “Al-batal i.e. The hero”.

    • Birth Country:
    • Egypt