Rania Kurdi

Rania Kurdi (Arabic: رانيا كردي‎‎) is a Jordanian a bi-cultural, bi-lingual actress and a graduate of the Guildford School of Acting. She has had a diverse career in the Middle-East spanning almost 20 years in TV, film, voice-overs, theatre and has even topped the Arab pop music charts.^[1]

Earlly Life

Rania reached Pan-Arab success as co-host of SuperStar (Arabic TV series) in Lebanon with Fremantle Media (SUPERSTAR), before moving to Egypt to play the female lead in the romantic comedy Al Hassa Al Sabba and release her second music album olli leh . Rania was executive producer and writer of her own comedy sketch show The Rania Show which aired for 2 seasons on Jordan TV and was subsequently hailed the Arab Tracey Ullman by Stanford University, where her sketches and Arab characters were used as teaching material. She moved back to the UK in 2013 to continue her acting career. Her recent credits include Nahda at The Bush Theatre, The Vagina Monologues, BBC’s Doctor’s episode (The Invisible Woman), and Playing Sofia in the feature film Daphne, directed by Peter Mackie Burns. Rania is currently co-writing a romantic comedy screenplay with British writer Leslie Stewart and is writing material for her first stand-up comedy show. Rania remains active as ambassador to The Children of War Foundation in Jordan and recently hosted The Anglo Jordanian Society Gala Dinner at The Guildhall, attended by HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal, to help raise money for the children in Syria.

Discography

Singles

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• Weslsat ^[3]
• ANA ANA ANA
• HABAITAK YA LEBNAN – 2006
• ZGURT – 1998
• ETERNALLY

Albums

• RANIA KURDI – DEBUT ALBUM
• OULLI LEH – SECOND ALBUM

Acting

Films

• Al Hassa Al Sabba

tv series

• MILK SISTERS – WORKING TITLE
• The Rania Show

References

External links

• Official Website