Jamila Awad from talent to stardom, learn about her artistic career

Jamila Awad is the young artistic face that shines in the sky of Egyptian cinema and television. Despite her young age, she was able to reserve a special place for herself in the sky of fame and stardom in Egypt, thanks to her unique talent that grew in a distinguished artistic home. She is the granddaughter of the great artist Mohamed Awad, who chose to follow in his footsteps to prove that talent is not inherited, but rather grows through work and creativity. Jamila has emerged strongly in many influential and complex works in the world of cinema and drama, and all of her works are important and reflect sensitive social issues. Therefore, Jamila was able, with her innocent features and honest performance, to capture the attention of the masses to become one of the most famous young faces in the Arab world.

Who is Jamila Awad? Jamila Awad is one of the most famous Egyptian actresses. She is considered a new face as she started her artistic career a few years ago. Her first work was the series “Under Control”, through which she was able to draw attention to herself strongly with her distinctive performance that forced everyone to admire her. This series achieved great success due to its distinction and the distinctive performance of the actors. After the series “Under Control”, Jamila appeared in many other works in cinema and television to achieve great success and fame in a very short time.

Its origin Jamila Awad was born and lived her entire life in Egypt. She grew up in a genuine artistic home. Her father is the great director Adel Awad and her mother is the Lebanese actress Randa Awad. She is the granddaughter of the late great artist Mohamed Awad, a star of the black and white screen.

Jamila was passionate about television and acting since she was young, so she joined October University for Modern Sciences and Arts where she began studying media, after she began studying political science at the British University in Egypt but left it and went on to study media.

Throughout her studies, she was interested in social and political issues in Egypt, and she participated in many student activities at the university, such as the Model United Nations simulation activity at October University for Modern Sciences and Arts. Not only that, but she represented the university at the Model United Nations conference in France, and this interest in these issues was later reflected in her artistic roles.

Her artistic biography Jamila Awad began her artistic career with the series “Under Control”, which is considered the first Egyptian series to discuss the issue of addiction clearly. Therefore, this series received great attention from the audience and was a strong success, achieving the highest revenues in this season in 2015. Jamila, who played the role of Hania, was able to draw attention to herself in particular because she is a new face and because her performance was very brilliant.

After that, in 2016, she appeared in the movie “Hepta, the Last Lecture”, which achieved the highest revenues as a romantic movie in the history of the Egyptian and Arab cinema box office. After that, in 2017, she appeared on television again in the series “Don’t Turn Off the Sun”, which is considered a new and modern treatment of an old movie starring Faten Hamama that had the same name. Jamila played in the series the same role that Faten Hamama played in the movie, which is the role of a teenage girl who falls in love with her married professor.

Jamila's international breakthrough was her role in the 2018 film The Guest, which was screened at the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival and won the festival's Audience Award. Jamila played the role of a girl who loves a religious extremist, and when he proposes to marry her, her father rejects him, while she is unaware of his dangerous intentions to take revenge on her father. Because of this film, Jamila won Best African-Asian Actress at the New Vision International Film Festival in the Netherlands. This is the first international award she has received after many other local awards.

After that, Jamila presented many films and series that achieved great success, such as the film Banat Thanawy 2020, for which she won the Dear Guest Award for Best Young Actress.

Latest works of Jamila Awad The latest work of the artist Jamila is the series “I Must Live”, which is the sixth story in the series “Ila Ana”. In this series, Jamila plays the role of Nour, a girl with vitiligo. In this series, Jamila was able to convey to us the suffering experienced by people with vitiligo, the bullying and lack of acceptance they face in society, making it one of the most watched series in the 2020 season.

Jamila Awad's marriage Jamila Awad celebrated her wedding to editor Ahmed Hafez on June 6, 2024, where the ceremony was held at the Citadel of Saladin. This came shortly after their marriage contract. Jamila Awad's relationship with Ahmed Hafez, who is nine years older than her, began through their collaboration in the movie "Hepta". Their friendship began to turn into a love story that eventually led to marriage.

Works of the artist Jamila Awad Jamila participated in many artistic works in cinema and television, and in a short period of no more than 10 years, she was able to achieve a great artistic history and great stardom that competes with the oldest male and female artists in the world of Egyptian cinema. The works presented by the artist Jamila Awad are as follows:

Movies: Hepta movie as Dina in 2016. 30 Years Ago movie in the role of Noha in 2016. The movie "Lof w Doran" in the role of Jumana in 2016. The movie "Sabaa Al-Boromba" in the role of Nesma in 2019. The Guest movie in the role of Farida in 2019. High School Girls movie in the role of Sally Sameh in 2020. My Bride movie in the role of Dalila in 2021. The Court movie in the role of Alia in 2021. TV series: TV series Under Control in the role of Hania in 2015. Crime of Passion TV series in the role of Shams in 2016. Don't Turn Off the Sun TV series, playing the role of Aya, 2017. The series "Ila Ana", the sixth story, I have to live, in the role of Nour, in 2020. Civil War TV series in the role of Tamara in 2021.

Throughout her artistic career, Jamila Awad has proven to us that success and talent are not a coincidence, but rather come as a result of continuous effort and creativity in presenting distinguished works. Thanks to her smart choices of the roles she presents and her keenness to present important works that benefit society and touch on societal issues deeply and sensitively, she was able to be a symbol of the new generation and to dazzle her audience, proving that she is capable of presenting more and more creativity and distinction in the field of Egyptian cinema and television.