Shahira Fahmy
Shahira is an Egyptian actress, spotted by Hong Sang Soo, and featured in his film "Claire's Camera" Starring Isabelle Huppert. The film, premiered in Cannes 70th Film Festival 2017, and released in 2018, marks Fahmy's acting debut. She followed with her second role in "Yomeddine" film by A.B. Shawky, a Palm D'Or nominee in Cannes Film Festival 2018, and Egypt's submission to the 91st Academy Awards 2019 race, for the Best Foreign Language Film Category. Over the past year, she acted in numerous successful series in the Middle East and the "Sheikh Jackson" film by Amr Salama, premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2017. Shahira Fahmy who is born and raised in Cairo, received an intensive acting training at the Wooster Group Theatre in New York, and the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University 2014-2016. Where she is a three-time recipient of Harvard's post-doc Fellowships for her ground breaking and award winning architectural work: from the Graduate School of Design GSD; the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences FAS; and Harvard's Law School 2016. Shahira has built projects in the Middle East, London and Europe, and has been hailed by Phaidon as one of the "Architects building the Arab Future" 2011. She has served as a visiting professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, in New York. Shahira speaks Arabic, French, and English fluently and she splits her time between New York, Paris, and Cairo.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor
- 5 on Motif · 7 credits in all
What are Shahira Fahmy's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous3
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 Shahira Fahmy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Shahira Fahmy's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
7 credits, 5 with a Motif page.
Luxor(2020)
Motif score: 30th percentile of all films
Simple Passion(2020)
Motif score: 24th percentile of all films
I am Death (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Yomeddine(2018)
Motif score: 87th percentile of all films
Claire's Camera(2017)
Motif score: 63rd percentile of all films
Sabe' Gar (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
Sheikh Jackson(2017)
Motif score: 77th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 7 titles from 2017 to 2021; peak year 2017.
Biggest box office
Simple Passion (2020)
Highest rated
Yomeddine (2018)
Most popular right now
Simple Passion (2020)
Film career
Peak 2017 · 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.
- 2017Screen debut· Sheikh Jackson
How do Shahira Fahmy's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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.
Who does Shahira Fahmy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Shahira Fahmy's Motif titles; Mohamed Hefzy shares the most, 3.
- Mohamed HefzyShared titles: Luxor (2020), Yomeddine (2018), Sheikh Jackson (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Mohamed Hefzy
- Daniel ZiskindShared titles: Luxor (2020), Yomeddine (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Ziskind