Nour

With a smile that melts the hearts and looks that catch any eye, Lebanese actress Nour made quite an impression on the audience from her first roles in Egyptian films, TV series and plays. Boasting a career that spans over 20 years, Nour has flawlessly proven herself as a master of her trade who can act it all; comedy, drama, thriller...etc. Nour is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Beirut. While studying, she started modeling in TV commercials. She went to Egypt to audition for Chipsy Egypt's new TV commercial with Egyptian actor Hesham Selim and director Sherif Arafa. After that, Nour was chosen by director Saeed Hamed to star opposite Egyptian star Ahmed El Sakka in the film Short w Fanelah w Cap (2000), where she played the role of a minister's daughter who decides to run away from her father after he disapproves of the man she wants to marry. The film was a massive success and Nour caught the eyes of the audience who have given her the nickname "Nour the Lebanese". In the following years, Nour went on to star in several romantic hit films, like Izzay Tekhalli El-Banat Tehibbak (2003), director Kamla Abouzekri's first film Sana Oula Nasb (2004), Sayed El Atifi (2005), where she starred opposite Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny in his first leading role, and then Tisbah Ala Khair (2017) marking her second film with Hosny. Proving that she can be more than just the sweet nice girl, Nour took part in many drama films, including Ashab Wala Business (2001) where she played the role of a young TV director whose passion for the Palestinian Intifada leads her to risk her own life. In 2007, Nour starred in two other drama films; Nuqtat Rojoo and Kashf Hesab, the first feature film by director Amir Ramsis. Two years later she starred in the psychological drama film Mekano (2009) by director Mahmoud Kamel alongside actors Taim Hasan and Khaled El Sawy, and in 2016 she starred in the drama-thriller Men Talateen Sana by director Amr Arafa. Nour showed audiences her funny side in the comedies Okal (2004), alongside Egyptian actor Mohammed Saad, and Zarf Tarek (2006) and Matab Sena'y (2006) with Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy. With more talent to flaunt, Nour surprised the audience by playing complex villain characters with Ahmed Ezz in Sandra Nashaat's blockbusters Mallaki Iskandariya (2005) and Al Rahina (2006) where she played the role of an international terrorist. Her small-screen repertoire includes many TV hits, such as Al-Ameel 1001 (2005) with Mostafa Shaban, Domoa' Al Qamar (2008) with Riyad Al-Kholi and Rania Farid Shawky, season 1 and 2 of Saraya Abdeen (2014-2015), which featured an all-star cast from Egypt and the Arab world, and El-Excellance (2014) where she reunited with Ahmed Ezz playing the role of a Lebanese girl. In 2018, Nour took part in the Ramadan hit series Rahim with Yasser Galal, for which she received the Best Actress Award at the Arab Satellite Channels Festival. In Ramadan 2020, Nour starred in the TV series El Prince opposite of Mohamed Ramadan. Written and directed by Mohamed Samy, the TV drama received massive success among audiences and critics alike. Nour also took part in the play Teheb Teshouf Ma'sah in 2002, and starred in several radio series, including Gharam Ala El Instagram (2015) with Ahmed Ezz