Biography

Dina Najjar is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. She is a first-generation Arab American (Palestinian/Jordanian) born in Detroit to immigrant parents. She speaks fluent Arabic, belly dances, and proudly represents her culture. Dina is your real-life Princess Jasmine with an edge.

Some of the roles she's proudest of include: Recurring on All the Sinners Bleed on Netflix (coming soon); Recurring as alluring assassin Nadja Shah in season 2 of The Family Business on BET and Netflix (debuted in the top 10); playing Maya, a Syrian refugee searching for her place in America, in the short film Maya which earned her the Best Actress Award at the 2018 University of Miami Canes Film Festival; and leading the feature film, The Refugee, for which she won Best Actress at the 2024 Golden Door International Film Festival and is now streaming on Prime Video/Tubi and featured in Variety.

Her mission as an artist is to bring diversity without stereotypes to the screen and stage and to tell important stories that inspire, empower, and include while always leaving the viewer with a sense of hope. She strives to portray and write interesting and multifaceted female characters who overcome adversity and trauma while infusing it with humor. And most importantly, her goal is to give a voice to Palestinian and Arab stories that humanize them instead of capitalizing on their trauma.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dina Najjar