May Calamawy

Actress

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace-eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)

May Calamawy is an Egyptian-Palestinian actress. She completed her undergrad in Acting at Emerson College and continued her studies at William Esper. She is known for the Hulu series Ramy, Marvel's Moon Knight for Disney+, National Geographic's The Long Road Home, CBS' FBI and Madame Secretary, and NBC's The Brave.

For her portrayal of Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab in Moon Knight, she made history by becoming the first Arab and first Egyptian superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Known for

Ramy

8.0

TV Series

Dena Hassan

Ethan Hawke, F. Murray Abraham, Oscar Isaac, Antonia Salib, May Calamawy, Karim El Hakim, Saba Mubarak, Sofia Asir, and Michael Benjamin Hernandez in Moon Knight (2022)

Moon Knight

7.3

TV Mini Series

Layla El-Faouly

The Actor

5.4

Actress

2025

Credits

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Actress

Lee Cronin's The Mummy
6.1
- Detective Dalia Zaki
- 2026
Night Feeds
- The Mother
- 2025
The Actor
5.4
- 2025
The Gatekeeper
7.0
Video
- Fawzia (voice)
- 2024
Gladiator II
6.4
- Macrinus' Companion (uncredited)
- 2024
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
7.4
TV Series
- Fawzia (voice)
- 2023–2024
Ramy
8.0
TV Series
- Dena Hassan
- 2019–2022
Moon Knight
7.3
TV Mini Series
- Layla El-Faouly
- 2022
Meet Cute
8.1
Short
- Girl
- 2021
Together Together
6.4
- Carly
- 2021
NBA 2K21
5.1
Video Game
- Ellie Malik (voice)
- 2020
1 Out of 30
7.2
Short
- Fatimah
- 2019
Saeed
8.2
Short
- Sue
- 2019
The Bed
8.8
Short
- Woman
- 2019
FBI
7.1
TV Series
- Nita Kayali
- 2018

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Personal details

Alternative name
- May El Calamawy
Height
- 5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
Born
- October 28, 1986
- Bahrain

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Trivia
At the age of 22, she was diagnosed with Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body. Her condition was incorporated into her character's storyline in the Hulu series Ramy (2019) during the show's second season.

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[Harper's Bazaar Arabia, November 5, 2020] I wanted to act since I was five. I remember my mum's friend saying, 'Well, there's a lot of competition, you should pick something else.' I went through a really shy phase so when I told people they were like, 'Where did that come from?'. Sometimes, though, when you know, you know.