Acting

Hanan Motawie

Born March 11, 1979 · Cairo, Egypt (age 47)

Hanan Karam Motawie is an Egyptian television and film actress. She is the daughter of Soheir Al Morshedy and the late actor Karam Motawie. She graduated from Cairo University from the faculty of commerce. She began her career on "Hadeeth El Sabah we el Masaa." She's played a number of memorable characters in both television and film, including "Qas we Lazq" by Hala Khalil, "Al Ghaba" (The Forest)…

Known For

Cut and Paste

Cut and Paste · 2008

MovieComedyDrama

After turning thirty, Gmilla's dreams of emigrating abroad have collapsed. She meets Youssef who is also thinking of traveling and they make a pact that they will help each other to emigrate more easily. But the plan goes in an unexpected direction.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday · 2025

Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party in this poignant debut feature exploring classism in modern-day Cairo.

Watch Out For Your Face

Watch Out For Your Face · 2003

Watch Out For Your Face

The film tells story about two childhood friends when their lives turn up side down by a businessman who wants to hire them to do things for him but they find out that he is one of their old friend took a different road in his life.

Heliopolis

Heliopolis · 2009

8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.

Fragile

Fragile · 2020

The story of the young woman (Nancy), who is preparing to immigrate within days to join her family in Canada. During her remaining days in Egypt, she goes through many events and sudden changes in her relationship with a number of those around her, such as her close friend and the young man she loves, in addition to the many obstacles she faces there.

Al Qashash

Al Qashash · 2013

MovieActionDrama

The events take place in a dramatic framework; where a child gets lost from his family, and one of the employees of the shelter adopts him and raises him until he becomes a young man, and then he is accused of a murder case, so he tries to escape to prove his innocence, and his life turns upside down, then he meets the popular dancer (Horeya Farghaly) who helps him escape, and during his journey he gets to know many people who help him prove his innocence.

A Day and a Night

A Day and a Night · 2020

A Day and a Night

The film revolves around an officer who examines some social issues, especially those related to the crises of the poor within moled el saida, and the problems they face.

Midnight Party

Midnight Party · 2012

MovieCrimeDrama

Shahd throws a party in her villa and invites many of her friends, everyone is surprised by strange things that starts happening, as Shahd locks them inside the villa to find out the woman who had an affair with her husband.

Filmography

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Cut and Paste

Cut and Paste · 2008

MovieComedyDrama

After turning thirty, Gmilla's dreams of emigrating abroad have collapsed. She meets Youssef who is also thinking of traveling and they make a pact that they will help each other to emigrate more easily. But the plan goes in an unexpected direction.

Soraya

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday · 2025

Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party in this poignant debut feature exploring classism in modern-day Cairo.

Nadia

Watch Out For Your Face

Watch Out For Your Face · 2003

Watch Out For Your Face

The film tells story about two childhood friends when their lives turn up side down by a businessman who wants to hire them to do things for him but they find out that he is one of their old friend took a different road in his life.

Heliopolis

Heliopolis · 2009

8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.

Fragile

Fragile · 2020

The story of the young woman (Nancy), who is preparing to immigrate within days to join her family in Canada. During her remaining days in Egypt, she goes through many events and sudden changes in her relationship with a number of those around her, such as her close friend and the young man she loves, in addition to the many obstacles she faces there.

Nancy

Al Qashash

Al Qashash · 2013

MovieActionDrama

The events take place in a dramatic framework; where a child gets lost from his family, and one of the employees of the shelter adopts him and raises him until he becomes a young man, and then he is accused of a murder case, so he tries to escape to prove his innocence, and his life turns upside down, then he meets the popular dancer (Horeya Farghaly) who helps him escape, and during his journey he gets to know many people who help him prove his innocence.

صباح

A Day and a Night

A Day and a Night · 2020

A Day and a Night

The film revolves around an officer who examines some social issues, especially those related to the crises of the poor within moled el saida, and the problems they face.

Midnight Party

Midnight Party · 2012

MovieCrimeDrama

Shahd throws a party in her villa and invites many of her friends, everyone is surprised by strange things that starts happening, as Shahd locks them inside the villa to find out the woman who had an affair with her husband.

The Forest

The Forest · 2008

A group of homeless kids and their struggle to earn money by going through trash,stealing,disturbing drugs and prostitution. The film sheds the light on what makes them do up-normal behaviors to survive and that society and government are responsible for this spreading of this issue.

برشامه

After the Flood

After the Flood · 2013

After the Flood

A psychologist conducts a study on a group of corrupt ministers to uncover the psychological reasons that led them to this path. As she follows the different stages of their lives and the events that followed their appointment to office, unexpected events turn everyone's lives upside down.

Songs

The Dove Hunter

The Dove Hunter · 2009

The Dove Hunter

MovieComedyRomance

Ali is a young man in his twenties who hunts doves. His relationships and vision of life develop, and he reaches the age of forty, which changes his outlook on everything he experiences in life, starting from his marital relationship to all his other human relationships.

هند

Before the Spring

Before the Spring · 2013

Before the Spring

Before Spring is a film that tackles the three months prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, with special emphasis on the reasons and motives that sparked it as well as the general state of affairs that prompted the youth to revolt.

السلطان الحائر

السلطان الحائر · 2009

السلطان الحائر

Stories In The Quran

Stories In The Quran · 2011

Stories In The Quran

SeriesAnimationFamily

ناقة الجبل

Into the Dark

Into the Dark · 2021

Haza El-Masa'

Haza El-Masa' · 2017

This Evening is an Egyptian drama series about the intersecting public, private, and secret lives of characters from different social classes. As personal struggles, hidden relationships and digital‑age vulnerabilities collide, secrets emerge, bringing emotional complexity and societal tension to light.

Abla Ibrahim Elhosiny

Safha Beida

Safha Beida · 2025

In a context of suspense and mystery, Dhay experiences many strange and mysterious events, and after a murder occurs, Officer Iyad takes over the investigation and discovers three different stories about Dhay’s life, and facts are revealed to him about an international corruption scandal linked to a famous pharmaceutical company that threatens the lives of patients.

ضي

Catalog

Catalog · 2025

SeriesDramaComedy

A recently widowed workaholic clumsily navigates life with his kids, guided by his late wife's online tips. Can he ace this crash course in parenthood?

Ela Ana

Ela Ana · 2020

The series presents six separate stories, and each story consists of ten episodes, all of which are based on real events, and deal with different issues that concern women in their relationship with society.

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva · 2018

SeriesComedyDrama

(Dalida) dreams to be a famous model, but fate prevents it. When she has an accident and finds that she can't go to heaven because of being selfish. She returns back to the earth in the body (Alyiaa) where she has to face reality and accept herself.

Critical Moments

Critical Moments · 2007

Critical Moments

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Ella Ana

Ella Ana · 2020

An anthology drama series presenting separate, self-contained stories — each spanning five to ten episodes — all adapted from real events and centred on the lives of Egyptian women. From inheritance disputes and workplace harassment to marriage, divorce and motherhood, each story tackles a different social issue with honesty and emotional depth. Featuring a rotating cast of Egypt's top actresses including Ilham Shaheen, Laila Alawi and Menna Shalaby.

Morning and Evening Talk

Morning and Evening Talk · 2001

Morning and Evening Talk

The latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.

The Journey

The Journey · 2021

SeriesCrimeDrama

On flight 710, a number of passengers share one thing with each other: that they are all mental patients with hidden secrets. Their plans and stories converge into one fate.

Al-Qahera : Kabul

Al-Qahera : Kabul · 2021

Al-Qahera : Kabul

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Through three intertwining tales, the series sheds light on the terrorist acts taking place in the Arab region, especially Egypt, through the stories of the terrorist Ramzy, the police officer Adel who faces off against him, and the broadcaster Tarek Kassab who reports the events to the audience.

Manal

El Masida

El Masida · 2026

Freeda, a skilled hacker, and a group of her friends become entangled in a web of deception and pursuit after a meticulously planned scam. As events unfold, the trap backfires on them all when old secrets connecting the protagonists are revealed, turning every decision into a new confrontation.

Halawet El-Donia

Halawet El-Donia · 2017

Halawet El-Donia

When Amina gets diagnosed with cancer close to her wedding, she gets abandoned by her fiancé under his family's pressure. This all serves as a wake-up call which makes her reflect on her relationships with the people in her life. Her elevated sense of maturity makes her value what and who truly matter in her life.

Sara

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud Al-Masri · 2004

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

With Evidence

With Evidence · 2023

The events revolve around Radwa, who is accused of killing the man who destroyed her life by harassing her and then escaping punishment. Compelling evidence piles up against her, especially video footage of the murder. Nevertheless, nothing is as it seems, but with the help of artificial intelligence, anything is possible.

Wannous

Wannous · 2016

Yaqut, a father, leaves his wife and kids and disappears for 20 years. The Devil, Wanoos, then visits his family, pretending to be their father's friend, and tells them that he and their father have made millions. A conflict between the children and their mother ensues, and they need to choose between going back to their father and his money, or keeping things the way they are.

Nermien

Shoulder Touch

Shoulder Touch · 2019

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Adham (Yasser Galaal) is a former boxer who uses his physical robustness in criminal activities. After he gets out of jail, he decides to quit, but he has to stand up to the pressure of the mobsters who want to keep his illicit services.

The King

The King · 2026

A young Egyptian man finds himself at the heart of an international gang network, where his life transforms from partner to pursuer, pushing him to engage in dangerous battles and challenges.

زمزم الدباح

Animal Stories in the Qur'an

Animal Stories in the Qur'an · 2011

Animal Stories in the Qur'an

SeriesAnimationFamily

A series about animal stories that have been mentioned in the Holy Quran, portraying real facts and demonstrating verses from the Quran that spoke about animals. It also covers how the animals played a role in helping the prophets with their holy duty.

The Last Round

The Last Round · 2024

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Yehya, post-divorce and diagnosed with Alzheimer's like his father, seizes an unexpected chance from Shabaka to pursue his dream of becoming a professional fighter. Motivated by redemption and a desire to connect with his daughter, he persuades Tambi, to train him for a final fight. Yehya struggles with memory loss striving to preserve recollections amid his challenging circumstances.

نهي

His All-Knowing Secret

His All-Knowing Secret · 2023

His All-Knowing Secret

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Between the past and the present, the events of the series follow Sultan Hamed, a popular hero at the time of the French campaign who turns into a legend that has shrines in many villages of Egypt. At the same time, Hamed, a jewelry maker, devotes his life to revealing the sultan's secret and finds himself fleeing from antiquity smugglers.

Against Anonymous

Against Anonymous · 2018

Against Anonymous

Nada Wasfy is a hard-working internal designer who clashes with her husband over her putting her work before her family. As they split, her life turns upside down when her daughter is raped and killed. Nada becomes determined to find the culprits and get justice for her daughter.

Sukkar's Crisis

Sukkar's Crisis · 2010

Sukkar's Crisis

Sukkar, a rural man, suddenly inherits a large fortune from his wealthy uncle who used to live in the United States. As Sukkar discovers that he has to share the inheritance with his cousins, comic situations unfold as Sukkar and his American-raised cousins try to adjust to one another.