Profile: Rakeen Saad

Jordanian actress Rakeen Saad has dedicated herself to acting from an early age. She began acting in theater at the age of ten while attending the Performing Arts Center. She has worked in theater, film, television and Internet, and most recently made her mark in the critically acclaimed Egyptian film Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo, where she played Asmaa.  For her achievements and to encourage a promising future, she has been awarded the Next Generation Award, jointly presented by the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and The Film Verdict.

Rakeen studied at the University of Exeter in England where she obtained her B.A. in Drama. She also participated in several acting workshops and courses in film and TV in Montreal. After graduating, she returned to Amman, where her first television acting experience was in the series The Gate of Jerusalem.

She has participated in a women’s rights awareness campaign titled The Drama of White Hands. Her work includes Chronicles of Her (2020) and The Knower (2021) and several short films: Kroka (2022), Seam (2017) and Foreign Language (2012).

Meanwhile, she has appeared in a number of television series, including AlRawabi School for Girls (2021) directed by Tima Shomali, Azmat Montasaf Al Omr (2023), The Giza Killer, Kaboos, Etezan, Ittizan, Al Hallaj and the mini-series Rivo (2022).