Shahira Fahmy is an Egyptian actress, spotted by Hong Sang Soo and featured in his most recent film "Claire's Camera" Starring Isabelle Huppert. The film, premiered in Cannes 70th Film Festival 2017, marks Fahmy's acting debut. Since, she has been acting in numerous films, one of which is the "Sheikh Jackson" by Amr Salama, premiered in Toronto Film Festival 2017, LFF 2017 and Egypt's candidate for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar 2018. Shahira Fahmy who is born and raised in Cairo, received an intensive acting training at the Wooster Group Theatre in New York 2013-201, and the American Repertory Theatre ART 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 2014-2016. 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 GSAPP, in New York. Shahira speaks Arabic, French, and English fluently and she splits her time between New York, Paris, and Cairo. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shahira Fahmy
