
Nelly Karim
Acting
Biography
Nelly Karim (نيللي كريم) is an Egyptian actress, fashion model, and ballerina.
Known For

A Third part of The Blue Elephant Saga.
The Blue Elephant: Part III

Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.
El Sett

Ibrahim is a set-in-his-ways man who is blindsided on his birthday when he's forced to become the legal guardian of a daughter he never knew — a young woman who is equally reluctant to have him in her life. What begins as an awkward obligation slowly transforms both of them. Starring Maged El Kedwany, this warm comedy-drama about absent fathers, second chances and unexpected family bonds ran for multiple seasons on Shahid.
Family Matter

The latest that deals with the social and political history of Egypt revolves through three personalities, its children and grandchildren branches, and follows their conflicts, social roles, their human relationship and their different attitudes towards life and the homeland through the direct effects of economic interests on the relationships between the characters and the origins of these three trees.
Morning and Evening Talk

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?!

The Arabic version of the popular, late-night comedy sketch show features celebrity guests, parodies, and a variety of laugh-out-loud antics.
Saturday Night Live Arabia

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.
Women's Jail

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

As Faten, a woman who works at the real estate registry, decides to ask for a divorce from her husband Seif, she finds herself facing many hardships and obstacles; raising two daughters on her own and finding out that the odds are stacked against her when it comes to the law.
Faten Amal Harby

A period drama about the time of Khedive Isma'il Pasha's reign, focusing on the inside world of Abdeen palace, where competitive conflict develops between the Harem in order to win the Khedive's heart, against a backdrop of political tension and unrest.
Abdeen Palace

Based on Sonallah Ibrahim's celebrated novel, "Zaat" explores the social and political winds of change in Egypt starting from 1952, when the main character "Zaat" was born, all the way up to the present day.
A Girl Named Zat

Noah tries to bring his son to safety at all costs amidst a war-torn world, but he must evade the danger posed by the vengeful Dalila and her army.
The Bridge

Rivalries over power and wealth escalate between two families in the hamlet of Abdul Jabbar, and conflicts flare up between them because of a marriage that takes place between two parties of the two families.
A Rare Currency

A social series revolving around the story of a marriage that appears to be successful, but it passes through minor accumulations that turn into a fierce conflict that brings out the evil that lies within the human soul.
For the Highest Price

Trapped in a toxic marriage, Nagla dreams that her husband died—only to later find his corpse at her doorstep. With the mystery engulfing her, she turns to her three sisters for a way out.
My Sisters

Food blogger Salma is shattered following an attempt on her life. The plot thickens as the police try to solve the mystery surrounding the attack.
Unbreakable

When a happily married Egyptian man and an American widow are both cheated by the devil, with devastating consequences, they join forces and set out to beat Iblis at his own game.
The Devil's Promise

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

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a modest Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
The Stories

Two female private investigators struggling to stay in business get unwittingly involved with a dangerous gang and set out to uncover its illicit operation.