Donia Maher

Donia Maher

Born: November 15, 1979
in Cairo, Egypt
Donia Maher is an Egyptian actress. She was born in Cairo in 1979, and studied acting at the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. After her graduation, she acted on stage in several plays, until her breakthrough came with her role in the independent film “Al Khorug lel Nahar” (Coming Forth by Day), which was highly regarded in Egypt and many international film festivals. She then appeared in a highly praised role in the television series “Segn El Nesa” (Women's Prison).

Movies for Donia Maher...

Again, Again
Title: Again, Again
Released: May 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Within a social comedy framework, the film's events revolve around an employee who works in a bank, and has had a friendship with two different men since childhood, and many comedic situations and paradoxes take place between them.
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Title: Cobra
Released: March 27, 2024
Type: TV
The owner of a car repair shop faces many obstacles in his life and is exposed to strange situations that put him in a struggle between good and evil.
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Title: Khaled Nour and his son Nour Khaled
Character: غادة
Released: March 25, 2024
Type: TV
Years after the death of his parents, a strange phenomenon brings Nour and his father together, and they seek to overcome the shock of the encounter and discover the truth about what is happening...
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Title: Skotchat
Released: March 11, 2024
Type: TV
The series present comic situations facing the characters, who change according to the situations they are exposed to. We see the hero of the work as a husband at times, a lover at times, a gang leader, and a thief at times.
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Bogeyman
Title: Bogeyman
Released: June 26, 2023
Type: Movie
The events of the film revolve in one day around Sultan, a veteran criminal who was released from prison. But, he is surprised by the appearance of his two sons which he knew nothing while beings forced to escape with them amid a gang pursuing him.
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Title: Fly Us My Heart
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: TV
The events follow a rich family that establishes an international school, shedding light on the problems of the educational system and the difference between that type of school and public schools.
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Hamel El Laqab
Title: Hamel El Laqab
Released: February 2, 2022
Type: Movie
The events revolve around Yahya, a soccer player, and his wife Misk, a gynecologist. The couple has been trying for many years to have a baby, but they are surprised when it happens at the wrong time, upon which they encounter many comic situations.
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Bara El Manhag
Title: Bara El Manhag
Released: December 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Nour is a 13-year-old orphan living in the countryside in the early 1980s. He is smart, but is also a compulsive liar with vision problems and wears eyeglasses that don't quite remedy his weakened eyesight. To gain the respect of his fellow classmates, he ventures inside a haunted house right in front of the school, one that all the kids are afraid to enter. Inside, he finds a solitary old man who's hiding from the world. A friendship and apprenticeship are born between the boy and the old man, initiating a journey of self-discovery that lies at the very heart of this light-hearted drama.
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Title: Open Vacation
Released: September 11, 2021
Type: TV
In a comedy drama, the head of the family loses his job and is besieged by physical crises and finds many difficulties in dealing with his children while they are teenagers.
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El Ens Wa El Nems
Title: El Ens Wa El Nems
Released: August 4, 2021
Type: Movie
The story follows a poor government employee who lands in a lot of trouble because of his father's profession, while he falls for a girl who tries to help him solve his problems.
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Title: Abla Fahita: Drama Queen
Released: March 15, 2021
Type: TV
After disappearing from the limelight due to an ethical scandal, Abla Fahita falls victim to the ploy of a nightclub owner who seeks to exploit her, and when he is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Fahita soon becomes the prime suspect in the crime.
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Title: Leh Laa?!
Released: June 3, 2020
Type: TV
Amina decides to be independent, her family refused so she ran to participate in a weird competition, if she wins she'll get a scholarship and money.
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Title: Multifaceted
Character: نجلاء
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: TV
Sokkar is a professional swindler who gets outdone by Omar, another swindler. As she enters into a series of conflicts to get her money back from him, she eventually decides to unite with him to carry out bigger defrauding operations.
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Exterior/Night
Title: Exterior/Night
Character: Dina
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.
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Title: Hidden Worlds
Released: May 17, 2018
Type: TV
When a prominent writer finds confidential documents incriminating government officials, he decided to publish them, risking his own life and his family's.
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Title: Drop Dead Diva
Character: فتنة
Released: March 4, 2018
Type: TV
(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.
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Title: Sunset Oasis
Released: May 27, 2017
Type: TV
The story revolves around the Egyptian police officer (Mahmoud Abdel-Zaher), who is transferred to the Siwa Oasis with his foreign wife, Catherine, who is passionate about Egyptian antiquities. Together they begin a new experience where the past blends with the present.
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Title: This Evening
Character: Hadir
Released: May 27, 2017
Type: TV
Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life
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Seeking a Man
Title: Seeking a Man
Released: February 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Shams is an Egyptian bank employee who dreams of becoming a mother and having her own baby, but the problem is that she refuses the idea of marriage. Shams finds a solution to her dilemma when she meets a veterinarian called Bahgat.
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Suicidal Notions
Title: Suicidal Notions
Released: November 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A woman’s sudden death and a discovered family secret disrupt everyone’s lives. After Marwa buries her mother, she discovers her mother’s wish to be buried elsewhere. Only hours before she is to leave Egypt for good, Marwa’s aunt decides to come through with her promise and bury her sister where she wished. Only something goes wrong with the aunt’s plans. Now Marwa finds herself stuck with her mother’s body in a box, just a few meters from Tahrir Square where revolution breaks out.
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Title: Free Fall
Released: June 6, 2016
Type: TV
A mentally disturbed woman (Nelly Karim) is accused of killing her husband and sister, as the police find her with the crime tool (pistol) .. After her arrest, the court decides to enter a psychiatric hospital because she suffers from an acute psychological crisis, but she is exposed to many problems inside this clinic, which It causes several setbacks after recovering more than once.
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Dry Hot Summers
Title: Dry Hot Summers
Released: May 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.
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Title: Esteefa
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: TV
A police officer investigates a series of crimes, with each investigation spanning two episodes out of 26 separate episodes.
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Title: Women's Jail
Released: June 29, 2014
Type: TV
Based on true events, three women who have suffered various hardships and injustices throughout their lives are driven to carry out various crimes and end up in prison. This marks the start of a new phase for them that differs significantly from what they experienced before.
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Coming Forth by Day
Title: Coming Forth by Day
Character: Suad
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: Movie
One day in the life of Soad, who lives with her mother and bed-ridden father on the outskirts of Cairo.
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Title: Al-Gama'a
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: TV
Al-Gama'a is an Egyptian television drama, Historical and Political drama series written by Wahid Hamid, directed by Mohammed Yasin and produced by Kamel Abu Ali. The series began filming in January 2010 with a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds. The show deals with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamist political group, which was officially banned but nonetheless tolerated to an extent before the revolution. Critics have decried the show's pro-government stance, charging that it plays into the Egyptian government's agenda prior to the 2010 Egyptian parliamentary elections.