Portrait of Elham Shahein

Acting

Elham Shahein

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1986 and 1998 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Innocent
The Innocent
GoodWatch score79/100

Characters

1

The characters Elham Shahein played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Elham Shahein Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.5, average 3.8
  • Wonder
    1.3, average 3.4
  • Uncanny
    0.5, average 2.5
  • Scare
    0.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Contemporary Issues 3
  • Political Drama 3
  • Social Critique 3
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Family Saga 2
  • Survival Story 2
  • Egyptian Cinema 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Character Resilience 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

68
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Shams' Heart
Shams' Heart

TV show ยท as ุถูŠูุฉ ุดุฑู

ุงู„ู…ุตูŠุฏุฉ
ุงู„ู…ุตูŠุฏุฉ

as ุชู‡ุงู†ูŠ

Alfredo
Alfredo

TV show

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 56
Sayed El Nas
Sayed El Nas (2025)

TV show ยท as ุงุนุชู…ุงุฏ

Hesbet Omri
Hesbet Omri (2025)

TV show

Ramez Elon Masr
Ramez Elon Masr (2025)

TV show

Mr. Ex
Mr. Ex (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

as ู…ู†ูŠุฑุฉ

ูฅูฅ ู…ุดูƒู„ุฉ ุญุจ
ูฅูฅ ู…ุดูƒู„ุฉ ุญุจ (2023)

TV show

Backbreaking
Backbreaking (2022)

TV show

Gorgeous
Gorgeous (2021)

TV show

Curfew
Curfew (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

as Faten

A Lifetime of Joy
A Lifetime of Joy (2020)

as ุจู†ูุณู‡ุง - ู„ู‚ุทุงุช ุฃุฑุดูŠููŠุฉ

2010s

6 titles ยท average score 63
Sahranin
Sahranin (2019)

TV show

A Day for Women
A Day for Women (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

as Shamiya

Downtown Shaking
Downtown Shaking (2015)

as ุญูˆุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุดุญุงุชุฉ

With You, Mona El Shazly
With You, Mona El Shazly (2014)

TV show

Case of the Minister
Case of the Minister (2012)

TV show

Nouna, the Lady Marriage-Officiant
Nouna, the Lady Marriage-Officiant (2011)

TV show

2000s

8 titles ยท average score 45
The story of Yesterday
The story of Yesterday (2008)

TV show

Zero Fat
Zero Fat (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jamila Ayoub's Mother

A Matter of Principle
A Matter of Principle (2003)

TV show

Desire
Desire (2002)
GoodWatch score 33

as Layla

Whaling
Whaling (2002)

as Madeha

ุจู†ุงุช ุฃููƒุงุฑูŠ
ุจู†ุงุช ุฃููƒุงุฑูŠ (2001)

TV show

ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูŠ
ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูŠ (2001)

TV show

By My Heart and Its Joy
By My Heart and Its Joy (2000)

as Hanan

1990s

19 titles
Dantela
Dantela (1998)

as Maryam Tawfiq Abu Al-Atta

Harmonica
Harmonica (1998)

as Nargs

Sweet Killing
Sweet Killing (1998)

as Manal Ahmed Suleiman

Ard Ard
Ard Ard (1998)

as Firdous Ibrahim

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh
Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh (1998)

TV show ยท as ูู„ุฉ ( ุฒูˆุฌุฉ ุนุงุดูˆุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุฌูŠ )

The Day Demon
The Day Demon (1997)

as Reham Othman

El Gentel
El Gentel (1996)

as ุณุนุงุฏ

The Assassination of Faten Tawfik
The Assassination of Faten Tawfik (1995)

as ูุงุชู† ุชูˆููŠู‚

Cheap Flesh
Cheap Flesh (1995)

as Tawheed Masalish

The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty
The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty (1994)

as ุฃุญู„ุงู…

Leylat Al-Qatl
Leylat Al-Qatl (1994)

as Faiza

ุงู„ูƒู†ุฒ
ุงู„ูƒู†ุฒ (1993)

as ุฅู†ุฌูŠ

1980s

23 titles ยท average score 72
El Zalem Wel Mazloom
El Zalem Wel Mazloom (1989)

as ุจุฏูˆุฑ

Story Of Half a Million Dollar
Story Of Half a Million Dollar (1988)

as ุฑุงูˆูŠุฉ

Banat Haretna
Banat Haretna (1987)

as Lawahiz

El Helmeya Nights
El Helmeya Nights (1987)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Zohra Soliman Ghanem

The Innocent
The Innocent (1986)
GoodWatch score 79

as Nawara

Satrak Ya Rab
Satrak Ya Rab (1986)

as Laila

Mr. Qeshta
Mr. Qeshta (1985)

as ุฌู…ู„ุงุช

Ramadan On The Volcano
Ramadan On The Volcano (1985)
GoodWatch score 60

as ุนู„ูŠุฉ

The Nobody
The Nobody (1984)
GoodWatch score 63

as Warda

Don't Ask Me Who I Am
Don't Ask Me Who I Am (1984)

as Layla

The Shame
The Shame (1982)
GoodWatch score 78

as ู„ูŠู„ู‰

Mothers in Exile
Mothers in Exile (1981)

as Nadia