May Calamawy

Actor · Born October 28, 1986 (40) · Bahrain

May Calamawy (born October 28, 1986) is an Egyptian-Palestinian actress. She is best known for her role in the Hulu television series Ramy as Dena Hassan. She also appeared in the Disney+ series Moon Knight. Description above from the Wikipedia article May Calamawy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are May Calamawy's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

45%

Bonds

29%

Survival

14%

Society

12%

Identity3 Family bonds3 Purpose2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 2

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Allyas Layla El-Faouly in Moon Knight (2022)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Dread

2

Contemplative

3

Tense

2

Absurd

3

Melancholic

2

Other

3

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 Bittersweet3 Unsettling2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet1
Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch May Calamawy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for May Calamawy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

National Theatre at Home: Samira (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
as Samira
Lee Cronin's The Mummy(2026)
as Detective Dalia Zaki
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Night Feeds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as The Mother
The Actor(2025)
as May / Benny's Girl / Mattie / Rita / Karen / Lady
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Gladiator II(2024)
as Macrinus' Companion (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur(2023)
Show 2 episodes · as Fawzia (voice)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Moon Knight(2022)
Show 6 episodes · as Layla El-Faouly
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Meet Cute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Girl
Together Together(2021)
as Carly
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
1 Out of 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Fatimah
Saeed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Sue
Ramy(2019)
Show 30 episodes · as Dena
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Passerby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Saba (as May El Calamawy)
The Bed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Woman
FBI(2018)
Show 1 episode · as Nita Kayali
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Long Road Home(2017)
Show 7 episodes · as Faiza
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Madam Secretary(2014)
Show 1 episode · as Mona Alsnany
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Moi Aussi Je T’aime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Bride (as May El Calamawy)
Djinn(2013)
as Aisha
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
A Genie Called Gin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Lucy
Paradise Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Jenny (as May El Calamawy)
Santa Claus in Baghdad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
as Hala (as May El Calamawy)
Temperance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Leila (as May El Calamawy)
Thursday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Kelly Spencer (as May El Calamawy)
Isle of Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Mercenary: An Extraction Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 3 episodes · as Priscilla Ragab
The Closet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Annie

Career shape

Star power in the 90^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles, 23 of them dated from 2006 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Together Together (2021)

$1.4M worldwide

Highest rated

Ramy (2019)

Midcredits 86^th

Film career

20062026

Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2013Screen debut· Djinn

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting27 of 27 · 60^th

By decade

2000s3 · acting2010s12 · acting2020s8 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do May Calamawy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48^th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

29^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

77^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

75^th and up2
50^th to 74^th6
25^th to 49^th2
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Cult Classic1
Crowd Pleaser7
Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Djinn (2013)

72^nd percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ramy (2019)

Midcredits 86^th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.