Hannah El Zahed Lands Her First Lead Drama Role

Egyptian actress Hannah El Zahed has landed with "K MEDIA", owned by producer Karim Abou Zekry, and “Synergy" her first major TV role.

The series, currently untitled, is a social comedy genre that consists of 45 episodes, which will be screened at the end of the year on one of the United Media Services channels.

The series revolves around 9 different stories; each story is presented in 5 episodes that feature a different cast except for El Zahed, who remains constant. It will also feature a large number of celebrity guest stars.

It will be directed by Khaled El-Halfawy, and written by 8 screenwriters, namely Eyad Saleh, Diaa Mohamed, Fedra Ahmed Al-Masry, Hisham Ismail, Hind Fayed, Mohamed Jalal, Ihab Balibl, and Ayman Al-Shayeb.

Abou Zekry has signed a production agreement with Synergy for the series, which marks their first cooperation.

In a statement, the producer noted that he choose El Zahid due to her previous successes, stressing that she has a great talent that will be highlighted to the audience through the series.

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It is worth mentioning that El Zahed, born on January 5, 1994, made her debut in the 2003 film “Al Meshakhsaty”.

In 2009, El Zahed co-starred with prominent actor Mohamed Sobhi as his granddaughter in TV series “Yawmeyat Wanees we Ahfadoh”.

The actress kept away from the entertainment industry for years, where she later resumed her acting career in the 2014 film ”Khettet Jimmy”, and appeared in the same year in Tamer Hosny’s TV series “Farq Tawqit”.

Farq Tawqit co-starring Tamer Hosny, Bayoumi Fouad, Mohsen Mohie Eldein, Afaf Shoaib, Nicole Saba, Dhafer El Abidine, Mai Selim, Ahmed el Saadany, and others.

The TV series is written by Mohamed Soliman Abdul Malek and directed by Islam Khairy.

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She is known for her roles in TV series such as “El wad Sayed el Shahat” (2019), “Ayoub” (2018), “Sok Ala Akhwatak” (2018), “Fel La La Land” (2017), “Al Mizan” (2016), “Mawlana Al-asheq” (2015), “El Boyoot Asrar” (2015), “Alf Leila Wa Leila” (2015), and “Farq Tawqit” (2014).

El Zahed is also known for her roles in the 2018 film “Uqdat el-Khawagah”, and in the 2014 film “Khettet Jimmy”.

The Egyptian actress was absent from the Ramadan 2020 drama marathon, as she did not find the role she aspires to play, which was her first time to be absent from the Ramadan drama marathon in six years.

She was present in every Ramadan in a series or two, she kicked it off with TV series “Farq Tawqit” in 2014.

In 2015, El Zahed co-starred in TV series “Mawlana Al-asheq”, and in TV series “Alf Leila Wa Leila”. Later on, she appeared in TV series “Al Mizan” and “Mamoun Wa Shurakah”, then, in 2017 with TV series “Fel La La Land”.

The actress had co-starred in 2018 TV series “Ayoub” and in TV series “Sok Ala Akhwatak”.

El Zahed participated in 2019 with two artistic works, which were TV series “El wad Sayed el Shahat”, and Radio drama series “Arabie engliezi” (Arabic English).

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The Egyptian actress is married to Egyptian actor, Ahmed Fahmy. The couple tied the knot in a magical wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, on September 11, 2019.

They tied the knot one year after they announced their engagement. The couple got engaged in 2018 after a small love story, in El Zahed’s home, amid the attendee of their families and close friends, on August 16.

El Zahed’s latest artistic work is film “El Ghasala” (The Washing Machine).

The movie genre is a light comedy-fantasy, starring Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Hatem, Shereen Reda, Bayoumi Fouad, and others.

The film is directed by Essam Abdel Hamid and is set 50 years in the future.