Yumna Marwan

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Yumna Marwan
Born
Beirut, Lebanon
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Television

Yumna Marwan is a Lebanese-Palestinian television and film actress.

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Early life

Born in Lebanon, [1] Marwan grew up in Beirut before moving to Iowa in the United States as a teenager. [2] [3] She graduated with a degree in Anthropology from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 2013. [4]

Career

Marwan made her screen debut in 2013, when she starred in her first feature film The Valley by Lebanese writer and director Ghassan Salhab. [2] In 2016, she was the lead actress in the Mounia Akl short film Submarine which won the Muhr Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival. [5] [6]

In 2020 she appeared in Tangiers-set television series Little Birds alongside Juno Temple, playing the part of dominatrix Cherifa Lamor, in her first English-language screen role. [1] [7] [8] That year, she was in the film Translator , directed by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf. In 2021, she starred in Mounia Akl’s debut feature film Costa Brava, Lebanon . [2]

That year, she again worked with Ghassan Salhab on his 2021 film The River. [9] She also appeared in Shahid original series Hell's Gate, directed by International Emmy Award winner, Amin Dora, set in a futuristic Beirut and considered the first Arab science-fiction series. [10] [11]

In 2023, she played Lauren in Amjad Al-Rasheed’s drama feature film Inshallah a Boy . [12] [13]

In 2024, she has a main role in Steven Knight espionage thriller television series The Veil alongside Elisabeth Moss. [14] [15]

She has two daughters born in 2022 and 2024.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013The ValleyMaria [16]
20155th Floor Room 52LylaShort film
2015SparksGirl No. 1Short film
2016Writing on SnowVolunteer
2016Tombé du cielYasmine
2016SubmarineHalaShort film
2016AprèsTamimaShort film
2017The IncidentShort film
2017One of These Days
2018Before We HealShort film
2018Madina, IAShort film; also director [17]
2019Sharie Hayfa
2020 Little Birds Cherifa Lamor6 episodes [18]
2020 The Translator Karma [18]
2021The River
2021 Costa Brava, Lebanon Alia [16]
2021Hell's Gate
2021From the MountainTurkiyaShort film
2023 Inshallah a Boy Lauren
2024The Strangers' CaseRima Homsi [19]
2024 The Veil AdilahMain role [16]

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