
Bassant Shawqi
Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actress born in Cairo. She studied business administration at the American University. In 2009, she traveled to Argentine to participate in the TV show Fear Factor Xtreme. She started her acting career in 2011 through the theatrical show Stories from Tahrir. She attended many acting workshops with Ahmed Kamal and Marwa Gebril, as well as a workshop in Maggie Flanigan Studio in Chelsea, New York. She turned to the cinema and television in 2013, co-starring in the series Temporary Name, and the movie Family Secrets.
Known For

Selim al-Ansary is a morally-conscious police officer who is talented at his job. He is constantly criticized by those around him, even his mother, and is perceived as an evil person. When a murder inside the police station unjustly points to him as a suspect, he gets arrested, but he decides to escape to prove his innocence.
Kalabsh

Set in a middle-class Cairo apartment building, The Seventh Neighbour weaves together the private lives of residents who project happiness and stability to the world while quietly battling their own secrets, struggles and conflicts behind closed doors. With interconnected storylines spanning love, marriage, family pressure and social tension, it's a warm, relatable ensemble drama about the hidden lives of ordinary people living side by side.
Sabe' Gar

Leh Laa?! is a female-led Egyptian anthology drama that stands out for its candid exploration of women’s autonomy and social constraints. The first season follows Alia, a privileged young woman who breaks away from a controlling mother and an arranged marriage to define her own path. Each subsequent season introduces a new story — from adoption to divorce — combining emotional realism with sharp, contemporary social commentary. Featuring Amina Khalil, Menna Shalaby and Nelly Karim.
Leh Laa?!

An Arab anthology drama unfolding across six cities — Beirut, Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai, and El Gouna — weaving together separate stories about love in its many forms: right person, wrong time; wrong person, right time; love lost, love deferred. Featuring a stellar pan-Arab cast, each episode is a self-contained meditation on modern relationships and longing.
This Other Thing

Nelly is a wealthy girl, and Sherihan is the opposite. They happen to be cousins, with completely different personalities. When they find out that they will be getting an inheritance from their grandfather, they put their differences aside to solve the 'Mickey Mystery' which should get them to the inheritance.
Nelly and Sherihan

In this suspenseful thriller, a police officer is trying to find clues related to the unresolved murder of a young woman, feeling haunted by her ghost along the way.
Qabeel

In search of her missing son and escaping her turbulent past, Alia poses as a vendor living in a poor neighbourhood.
Ghazal's Flesh

From food tasting, to dinner in the sky, Ramez’s unsuspecting guests think they’re in for mouth-watering cuisines at Riyadh Boulevard, until the real show begins.
Ramez Never End

The lawyer Adam returns to his city of Luxor after an absence of years in search of his brother, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, as he discovers that the reason for his brother’s disappearance is a gold mine.
The Getback

A young Egyptian man finds himself at the heart of an international gang network, where his life transforms from partner to pursuer, pushing him to engage in dangerous battles and challenges.
The King

Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Diamond Dust

A businessman decides to return home after ten years abroad, during which time he's achieved all the success and wealth in the world. After a fateful accident, he loses his memory and struggles to know his true self and identity, as each episode unveils a further piece of the puzzle.
Temporary Name

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.
Free Fall

When a flight attendant faces an unpleasant problem, she decides to avenge, but as luck would have it, her situation gets even worse when she is accused of hijacking a plane. Has she hijacked it in retaliation? Or is it just a scheme against her?
Ground/Air

Shattered by her husband’s marriage to another, Leil leaves him and soon falls for his brother. As she hides their romance, she discovers that the other woman is a criminal, forcing her into a battle for love and justice.
And You Meet A Lover

The series revolves around the life of drug addicts, as wife Mariam, returns to addiction after a large period of quitting, which strains her relationship with her husband Hatem, and her friends and family try to help her overcome her problems, and stay away from addiction.
Under Control

This black humor pan-Arabic anthology series is about love in general – and relationships in particular.
Love, Life & Everything in Between

Amr gets involved in a relationship with Buthaina, his partner Amjad's ex-wife, and is forced to marry her secretly and hide the matter from his first wife, Alia. As things develop, Amr finds himself torn between Amjad, Buthaina, and Alia, and he has to make a difficult decision to face what is happening.
Legitimate Relationship

After 15 years behind bars, Abbas El Rayyes walks free—stained with the blood of his family. With his cousin’s help, he seeks redemption, only to confront a world far darker than his prison cell.
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