Amira El Sayed

Amira El Sayed
Born (1991-06-03) June 3, 1991 (age 33)
Innsbruck, Austria
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Amira El Sayed is an Austrian actress and author based in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Amira El Sayed was born on the 3 June 1991 in Innsbruck, Austria.[2] She is the only child of Erika El Sayed, an Austrian language and history teacher and Adel El Sayed, a university teacher and political scientist from Egypt. Amira was raised bilingual and is a native speaker of both Arabic and German. She spent her early years living in Alexandria, Egypt before she moved back to Innsbruck with her parents.[3]

At the age of 16 Amira moved to Vienna where she later studied acting at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar.[4] Amongst others she was taught by Klaus Maria Brandauer. She left University in the first year to play a part in Paul Schrader’s The Cleopatra Club, a theatre play directed by Rupert Henning,[5] where she was discovered by her first agent.

Her first international film was 2016's A Hologram for the King, starring Tom Hanks[6] and directed by Tom Tykwer. In 2017, she went on to appear in the Swiss television series Wilder (SRF) and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk film Der Richter (director Markus Imboden). Her most recent work involves roles in Ransom in 2018, Deutschland 86 in 2018, Riviera (TV series) in 2019, Hanna (TV series) in 2021 and the HBO MAX Spy/Master in 2023[7]

Amira El Sayed is also the author of the book, titled Klang der Freiheit (The Sound of Freedom) which was published in 2013 by the Austrian publishing house Letter P.[8] She currently lives in Vienna, Austria.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2013 Alles Schwindel [de]
2013 Die Verbotene Frau Daima
2013 Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem Frauke
2013 Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem Frauke
2014 Schleierhaft (short) Mother
2015 Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall Nasreen Naguib
2015 Brittany Mystery Lilou Breval
2015 Großstadtrevier
2016 Hotel Rock’n’Roll Glory
2016 A Hologram for the King Maha
2016 Vienna Crime Squad Leyla Allawi
2017 Die letzte Spur
2017 Der Richter
2017 Wilder Amina Al-Baroudi
2018 Das Institut – Oase des Scheiterns
2018 Ransom Sofia Cardenas
2018 Deutschland 86 Samira
2019 Riviera (TV series) Salma
2021 Hanna (TV series) Anne
2022 Spy/Master (HBO) Safiya (main cast)

Publications

  • Klang der Freiheit[1], Letter P, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-9503168-4-1

References

  1. ^ Castupload: Amira El Sayed Retrieved 2022-07-24
  2. ^ Stern.de (2014-08-30). "Auf der Hollywoodschaukel mit ... Amira El Sayed". Stern. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  3. ^ Letter P: Amira El Sayed Retrieved 2022-07-24
  4. ^ Redaktion (2016-05-05). "Amira El Sayed". Serien Junkies. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  5. ^ Castforward: Amira El Sayed Retrieved 2022-07-24
  6. ^ Tim Pröse (2015-08-02). "Amira im Wunderland". Focus. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  7. ^ IMDb: Amira El Sayed Retrieved 2022-07-24
  8. ^ a b Letter P: Amira El Sayed Retrieved 2022-07-24

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