Wafaa El Hakiem

Egyptian actress. She was born in Egypt and left it when she was in the first year of primary school, then she returned to high school, and during this period she moved to various Arab countries, and completed high school in Egypt. Her father worked as an imam of a mosque and her mother was a translator for the Ministry of Education. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy, from Cairo University. She received a diploma in artistic education, and it was a scholarship from the state. During her studies at the university, the actor (Ahmed Abdel Aziz) chose her to play a role in classical Arabic. She received an award for her role, and was asked for a professional contract with the State Theater. After completing her university studies, she decided to know the meaning of art more deeply, so she joined the Academy of Arts and the Institute of Theatrical Acting and obtained a BA from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts, Department of Directing and Acting, and obtained a Master’s degree in Art Criticism in Higher Institute of Money. Her first professional work was in the film (The Time of Hatem Zahran) while she was still a first-year student at the institute. She participated in cinema with a limited number of films compared to her greater contribution in the field of television and theater. Until 2015, she participated in only six films compared to a much larger number in television drama and theater. Among her contributions is her participation in the play (Dhat Al-Himma) as part of a theatrical convoy to fight terrorism in 1999, and her participation in the Cairo Festival for Experimental Theater in the 97-98 season, in which she received the award for best theatrical actress for her role in the play (Rituals of Signs and Transformations) by the great writer (Saadallah Wannous) in a referendum for the Republic Agency. Among her other theatrical works are (Safruta in the Jungle, Ahram Republic News). She also participated in several production workshops. Media personality in Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt. She supervised and judged the school theater in all educational departments in Egypt, in addition to participating in several events and festivals, including (the Love Festival in Syria 2001, the Rabat Festival 2001, the Tanjat Festival in Algeria 2003, and she participated in the Rabat Festival in Morocco in 2004 with the play (After Dinner) that she wrote). She also prepared more than one work for the ART Children's Channel in its early days.