- Born
- Height5′ 6½″ (1.69 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Management 360
- Freckles
- Curly hair
- 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.
- Has a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre studies from the Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. She also studied at the William Esper Studio in New York City.
- Is bilingual and speaks fluent Arabic and English. She started taking Spanish classes in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.
- She was born in Bahrain and also lived in Doha, Qatar, Houston (Texas), Boston (Massachusetts), and in New York City.
- Father is Egyptian, mother is Palestinian.
- [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.
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