Biography

Sarah Hassan is a multi-award-winning actress, producer and TV host. She is one of Africa's most established actors and TV personalities. She started acting at the age of 5 and became a household name when she played popular girl, Tanya in Citizen TV's long-running high school drama Tahidi high, a debut role that earned her an award for Best Actress at the CHAT Awards twice in 2010 and 2011. Since then she has starred in numerous Series and films as well as hosted various TV shows that earned her multiple awards including Best actress 2014(Now That You're here), Best Tv Host at the Kalasha Awards 2014(Discovery+ 254), Best East African Journalist 2015 at the Swahili Fashion week in Dar es salaam (Mashariki Mix and Maisha Max), Best Actress at Kalasha Awards 2019(Plan B), Best Film at the AMVCA Awards in Nigeria 2019(Plan B), Best Film at the Kalasha Awards 2020(40 Sticks), Best Actress in a Film Kalasha 2021(Just In Time), Best Actress in a Series Kalasha 2021(Crime And Justice), Best Film at Kalasha Awards 2021(Just In Time) In January 2016, she moved to Los Angeles, California, for two and a half years to study and learn more about the film industry. While in Los Angeles, she wrote, produced, co-directed and acted in a short film, 'The Company You Keep' in 2018 that saw her bag 4 Best Actress awards and 4 Best short film awards. Through her production company Alfajiri Productions, Sarah also stepped more actively behind the camera producing the short film, 'The Company you keep' while in Los Angeles, the East African/West African romantic comedy feature film 'Plan B' that has now garnered over 5 Million organic views on Youtube, the short film 'Reflections' , as well as the East African/West African Family Comedy-Drama feature film, 'Just In Time' that is now streaming worldwide on Netflix. She also served as lead producer for the Kenyan Thriller '40 Sticks' that is now streaming on Netflix and earned 8 awards at the Kalasha Awards including Best Film. Sarah was ranked in the top 100 influential young Kenyans in 2016 and 2021. She is the founder of Alfajiri Productions and has a degree in Actuarial Science as well.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sarah Hassan