Rita Hayek

Rita Hayek is a graduate of the National Institute of Fine Arts of the Lebanese University. She also attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles, California. She made her screen debut in 2006, starring in the television series "Helem Adar", followed by many other television works in Lebanon and abroad. In 2011, at the Byblos International Festival, she made her stage debut in Don Quixote, directed by the Rahbani Brothers. But the real turning point was the play: "ka3eb 3ale" Directed and produced by Jacques Maroun, the play is an adaptation of "Spike Heels" by Theresa Rebeck and it ran in Beirut at the Monot and Babel Theatre from November 2013 - March 2014. In addition to her acting career, Rita is the host of "So you think you can dance" Arabia showing on MTV Lebanon, Fox movies Middle East and AL Nahar TV. She previously hosted the Xtra Factor Arabia and a Pan Arab show called Rotana café. Rita is as serious about the performing arts as she is about fitness! In 2012, she ran the Beirut marathon, and in June 2013 she competed as a platform diver in the television program Splash and made it to the final stages.