Jowy Khoury

Jowy Khoury is a Lebanese actress, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. She began her acting experience at the age of ten, where she started performing in school plays and later took part in many acting and dancing competitions across the country, her interest in the creative arts and filmmaking growing throughout her teenage years. At the age of twelve, she had written and directed a play. Gathering her friends, they performed for the rest of the neighborhood. Her French theater teacher, impressed by her work, assigned her to write and direct school plays for the next three years. She studied French Literature at the "Lebanese University of Literature and Philosophy", and later majored in cinematography at Al-Kafaat University (AKU) in Lebanon After a few years of working behind the camera as an executive producer and art director, Jowy landed several small roles in television series, slowly working her way up to leading roles in "Eshk el Nisa'" (Women in Passion) and "'ilakat Khassa" (Private Affairs). Both series were pan-arab, bringing together actors from all over the Middle East, making her known to viewers all over the Arab world. Receiving several nominations for "Best Lebanese Actress" and "Best Lebanese Supporting Actress", Jowy won the Murex D'or award as the "Phenomena of the Year" in 2016. Her first feature film was "Pasukan Garuda - I leave my heart in Lebanon" (2017), by Benni Setiawan, produced by T.B. Silalahi. For one month, she underwent intense language classes in Bahasa Indonesia for six hours a day as well as training sessions with the rest of the cast during the preproduction phase. Her leading roles continued in many projects, local and pan-arab, notably "Awal Nazra" (At First Sight), "Mahroumin" (The Deprived), "Sarkhet Rouh" (Cry of the Soul), "Shouq" (Longing), "Mozakarat A'shika Sabika" (Diaries of a Past Lover), "Madrasat el Hob" (School of Love), "A'ndi Aleb" (I Have a Heart), "Hawa Asfar" (Yellow Winds) etc.