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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-10-15

Place of Birth

Cairo, Egypt

Nashwa Mustafa

Biography

Nashwa graduated from the Institute for Theatrical Arts. She has worked on the television series “Khalty Saffiyah wa al-Deer” (“My Aunt Saffiyah and the Monastery”), “al-Ameer al-Maghoul” (“The Mysterious Prince”), “Nahnnu la Nazra’ fee al-Shawk” (“We Do not Sow Thorns”), “Raddya Raddya wa Arda mosh Raddy” (“Satisfied”) and “Zaman ‘Emad al-Deen” (“The Age of ‘Emad al-Deen”). Moreover she has also taken part in the theatrical productions “Iz’areena”, “Lan Tasqut al-Quds” (“Jerusalem Will not Fall”) and “al-Nass al-ly fee al-Talit”. Nashwa made an outstanding comedy actress when representing the character of the spinster looking for a husband. Thus she has portrayed such roles in “Film Thaqqafy” (“Educational Film”) and “al-Raggul al-Abbyad al-Muttawasit” (“The Average White Male”). However it should be noted that she has sometimes exaggerated her performances of such roles.

Known for

El Helmeya Nights

El Helmeya Nights

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

Zezenia

Zezenia

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Bwabet Elhalwani

Bwabet Elhalwani

Bwabet El‑Halawani brings to life the human stories behind Egypt’s transformation during the Suez Canal era. Through craftsmen, families, and dreamers caught in political and social upheaval, the series blends history with personal struggle, showing how ambition, sacrifice, and resilience shaped a defining moment in Egypt’s past.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

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.

Lahfa

Lahfa

A comedy about an aspiring actress who enlists the help of her uncle, a casting agent, in order to land her breakthrough role, because the last thing she wants is to end up being an extra like her father.

Sayed El Nas

Sayed El Nas

Garhy Abu Al-Abbas — known to all as "Master of People" for his generosity and loyalty — is the middle son of a powerful man living a comfortable life, balancing family, work, and relationships. When his father dies, he discovers a mysterious key, a vast hidden fortune, dark family secrets, and enemies closing in from all sides. Starring Amr Saad, the series is a fast-paced drama of inheritance, betrayal, and survival.

Never Fear

Never Fear

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery

Aunt Safiya & the Monastery

Safiya loves Harby but marries his uncle Asran after she finds that he loves another. After the mayor plots against Harby and Asran, he kills Asran and Harby is arrested. Safiya decides to raise her son Hassan to take revenge for his father and kill Harby after his release from prison.

Gouging The Sea

Gouging The Sea

The series is set in Upper Egypt and is based on a true event in which the tyrannical parents of Abdul Hayy, a rebellious young man, force him to face several difficulties

Harun Al Rashid

Harun Al Rashid

The story of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, which depicts the era of the Abbasid state and its historical glory, focusing on the personal life of the Abbasid caliph who was famous for his infatuation with women, and shedding light on his amorous exploits and the feuds of the harem inside the palace.

Empire M

Empire M

Mukhtar finds himself responsible for his six children, following the death of his wife, and he must keep pace with their thinking and times, and at the same time choose between the one whose heart is attached to her, and the lives of his children.

Devils of Al-Sayala

Devils of Al-Sayala

Rizqa adopts and raises her nephew Maghawry after his mother dies during his birth. He grows up with his aunt in Al-Siyala neighborhood in Alexandria where they suffer from poverty and difficult circumstances, but events take a turn when a rich businessman claims that he's Maghawry's father.

My Soul Malak

My Soul Malak

After her mother passes away, Malak becomes her father's right arm in his business, she then meets Mahmoud and marries him despite her father's objection. Then she goes into conflict with his notorious uncle Sa'eid, who desperately wants Mahmoud to work with him as she tries to keep him away.

It Is The Time

It Is The Time

The story revolves around a famous singer whose fans miss her after she voluntarily retired from singing some time ago, feeling that she had reached the peak of her career and that the music industry was changing. She established a special institute to teach and train singers to discover their true talents and participate in raising the level of Arabic music.

In Amina's Hands

In Amina's Hands

The events revolve around Amina, a journalist who tries to uncover corruption in society, as she discovers a gang that steals children and sells them abroad to those who can't have children.