Egyptian actress Jamila Awad has landed her next major movie role, starring alongside Motasem Al Nahar, Ahmed El Fishawy, and Sawsan Badr in the romance film "Hen Yaktab Al Hob".
The film, written by Saja Mohammed Al-Khalifat and directed by Mohamed Hany, marks Al Nahar's first time starring in an Egyptian film.
Principal photography will commence soon.
Awad can be seen in Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud's first-ever Egyptian film, “Fi Ez El Dohr” (In Broad Daylight).
The cast also includes Shereen Reda, Eman Elassi, Mohamed Ali Rizk, Mahmoud Albezzawy, Mahmoud Hegazy, and more.
“Fi Ez El Dohr” is a thriller-suspense genre that revolves around an international gang whose head is Massoud, and as his gang commits crimes across the world, he finds himself caught up in romance.
The film was written by Karim Sorour and directed by Morcous Adel in his first directorial debut. Adel Saad produced the pic via his new production company, Signal Films.
Awad, born on April 6, 1991, was raised in an artistic home as her father is film director Adel Awad, her mother is actress Randa, and her grandfather is comedian Mohamed Awad.
She made her breakthrough playing Hania, a young drug addict, in the 2015 TV series “Taht El-saytara”.
The actress is best known for her roles in TV productions such as “La tutafiy alshams”(2017), “Ella Ana” (2020), and “Harb Ahlia” (2021).
She is also known for her roles in films “Hepta: El Mohadra El Akhyra” (2016), “Min Talatin Sana” (2016), “Laf We Dawaran” (2016), “Sabe Alboromba” (2019), “Al Def” (2019), “Banat Sanawy” (2020), and “Arousty” (2021).