Sexiest Middle Eastern and South Asian Actors/ Actresses
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1. Salma Hayek
Actress | Frida
Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she...
2. Zoe Saldana
Actress | Guardians of the Galaxy
Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...
3. Soufiane El Khalidy
Actor | NCIS: Los Angeles
=== Hollywood and International Acting Career===
Considered as one the finest prodigies of Full Sail University, Soufiane El Khalidy has impressed the elite of film professionals with his quick ascension in the movie industry since his 2016 MFA graduation. From Hollywood productions to major ...
4. Marwan Kenzari
Actor | Aladdin
Marwan Kenzari is an award-winning Dutch actor. He received critical acclaim for his powerful and brooding performance in the Dutch crime drama Wolf, in which he plays a recently paroled Moroccan immigrant struggling to toe the line between promising boxer and rising criminal enforcer. His ...
5. Rish Shah
Actor | Ms. Marvel
Rish Shah is known for Ms. Marvel (2022), Do Revenge (2022) and The Long Goodbye (2020).
6. Ramy Youssef
Actor | Ramy
Ramy Youssef was born on March 26, 1991 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Ramy (2019), Mr. Robot (2015) and Ramy Youssef: Feelings (2019).
7. Dar Salim
Actor | The Covenant
Dar Salim was born on August 18, 1977 in Baghdad, Iraq. He is an actor and producer, known for Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023), Game of Thrones (2011) and The Devil's Double (2011).
8. Nazanin Boniadi
Actress | Hotel Mumbai
Nazanin Boniadi is rapidly making her mark in both film and television. She co-starred as CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on seasons three and four of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama Homeland (2011), for which she shared a 2015 SAG Award nomination in the Outstanding Performance by an ...
9. Sam Asghari
Actor | Black Monday
Sam Asghari is an American actor that is up-and-coming in the TV/Film industry. Sam was born in the country of Iran, he then migrated to the United States in the year of 2006 with his father. In high school Sam played American football at Westlake High School in Southern California. He was also ...
10. Bella Hadid
Actress | Ramy
Isabella Khairiah "Bella" Hadid was born on October 9, 1996 in Washington, D.C. & raised in Los Angeles, California to real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former model Yolanda Hadid. Her mother is a Dutch-born American, and her father is Palestinian American. Hadid has two siblings, an older ...
11. Nadia Benzakour
Actress | Deep State
Born and raised in Paris, Nadia Benzakour is an international French actress known for her work in Hollywood and international productions. In fact, she worked on dozens of TV shows and feature films such as the Tyrant, Deep State with Mark Strong, Killing Jesus, Open Desert, the French phenomenon ...
12. Nasim Pedrad
Actress | Despicable Me 2
Nasim Pedrad (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and comedian best known for her five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975) from 2009 to 2014. She has since gone on to co-star in sitcoms such as Mulaney (2014), Scream Queens (2015), People of Earth (2016), and New Girl ...
13. Tahar Rahim
Actor | Un prophète
Tahar Rahim was born on July 4, 1981 in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France. He is an actor, known for A Prophet (2009), The Mauritanian (2021) and The Past (2013). He has been married to Leïla Bekhti since 2010.
14. Jerry Habibi
Actor | The Persian Version
Jerry Farzan Habibi is a first generation Iranian-American actor with Arabic descent. He is a native speaker of Persian Farsi and English.
Jerry Habibi premiered the Family Melodrama, The Persian Version (2023), at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. His work in the U.S. Dramatic Award winning film ...
15. Gigi Hadid
Actress | Ocean's Eight
Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid is an American model. She was signed to IMG Models in 2013. In November 2014, Hadid made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council.
Gigi Hadid was born and raised in Los Angeles to...
16. Rami Malek
Actor | Bohemian Rhapsody
Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He won a Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot. He also received Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors ...
17. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Actress | Turning Red
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is a Canadian actress. She is known for her leading role as Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series Never Have I Ever (2020-present) and Priya in the Pixar film Turning Red (2022). Ramakrishnan was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario. She graduated from ...
18. Liza Koshy
Actress | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Liza Koshy is a multi-faceted talent - actor, producer, entertainer - who has trailblazed a path from digital creator to one of the Hollywood's brightest young stars. Koshy will next be seen in Susanna Fogel's upcoming psychological thriller, Cat Person, in which she appears alongside Nicholas ...
19. Eman Esfandi
Actor | King Richard
Eman Esfandi was born on September 27, 1994 in Laredo, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for King Richard (2021), 120 (2018) and The Inspection (2022).
20. Alia Shawkat
Actress | Arrested Development
Alia Shawkat was born in Riverside, California, to Dina Burke and actor Tony Shawkat. Her maternal grandfather, Paul Burke, was also an actor. Her father is from Baghdad, Iraq, and her mother has Irish, Italian, and Norwegian ancestry. Success arrived early for Alia. Her career began at the young ...
21. Mena Massoud
Actor | Aladdin
Mena was born in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Markham, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto for Neuroscience before transferring to Ryerson University's notable theater program and graduating with a BFA in acting. He got his first big break starring in ABC Spark & Teen Nick's ...
22. Poorna Jagannathan
Actress | The Night Of
Poorna Jagannathan is an actress and producer. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO miniseries "The Night Of" as well for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series "Never Have I Ever" by Mindy Kaling.
She also initiated, produced and acted in the play "...
23. Jenna Dewan
Actress | Step Up
Jenna Dewan is an actress, former model, and dancer. She was born on December 3, 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut, to Nancy (Bursch) and Darryll Dewan. Her father is of half Syrian Lebanese and half Polish descent, and her mother has German, English, and Cornish ancestry. Jenna grew up in Grapevine, ...
24. Golshifteh Farahani
Actress | Paterson
Golshifteh started her acting career in theater at the age of 6 and has always kept a strong link with theater, but it was at the age of 14 that she acted in her first film The Pear Tree (1998), for which she won the prize for the Best Actress from the international section of the Fajr film ...
25. Arian Moayed
Actor | Succession
Arian Moayed is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and director. Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo and also starred in the Tony Award-winning The Humans. Moayed gained prominence for his role as Stewy ...
26. Reza Diako
Actor | Tehran
Reza Diako is an English/Persian actor of Austrian nationality and Iranian origin. He has taken over the role of 'Apostle Philip' in the worldwide influential TV series "The Chosen." A historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him, the popular series returns in February via its...
27. Carla Mansour
Actress | Until the End
Carla Mansour is an actress, producer, director, writer, and owner of Taleen Productions. Originally from Amman, Jordan, Mansour is quickly gaining fans in Hollywood and beyond for her work, including a recent recurring role in the new Paramount Plus hit show Special Ops: Lioness. Her appearance in...
28. Eman Esfandi
Actor | King Richard
Eman Esfandi was born on September 27, 1994 in Laredo, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for King Richard (2021), 120 (2018) and The Inspection (2022).
29. Yasmeen Fletcher
Actress | Ms. Marvel
Yasmeen Tori Fletcher is an American actress and musician. She is best known for role as Nakia Bahadir in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (2022). Fletcher was born in Orange County, California to parents Troy, a pool contractor and Maysoun, a defense attorney. She is of Lebanese descent on her ...
30. Shervin Alenabi
Actor | Tehran
Shervin Alenabi is an actor known for Baghdad in My Shadow (2019) Shervin was born in Iran in 1995. He along with his family immigrated to the UK in 2007. He made his feature film debut at the age of 22 as Nasseer in the political thriller, set in London, Baghdad in My Shadow (2019), for which he ...
31. Saba Mubarak
Actress | Daughters of Abdul-Rahman
Saba Mubarak is trailblazer star with a distinguished repertoire that includes a number of successful and internationally recognized works. From the Gulf, the Levant, Egypt and the Maghreb, Saba has won many titles and awards that reflect her ability to present the issues and conditions of Arab ...
32. Iman Vellani
Actress | Ms. Marvel
Iman Vellani is a Canadian actress of Pakistani origin. She is known for portraying Kamala Khan, the protagonist of the Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022). Vellani is set to reprise the role in the film The Marvels (2023). Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Vellani moved to Canada when she was a year old...
33. Nikohl Boosheri
Actress | Circumstance
Nikohl Boosheri is a Canadian actress based in Los Angeles. She made her film debut in 2011 with the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner, "Circumstance." Her acclaimed performance in the film won Best Performance at three other Film Festivals: LA Outfest, International Rome Film Festival, ...
34. Mohammed Amer
Actor | Black Adam
Mohammed Amer was born on July 24, 1981 in Kuwait. He is an actor and writer, known for Black Adam (2022), Mo (2022) and Sweet Dreams (2024).
35. Niousha Noor
Actress | The Persian Version
Niousha Noor is known for The Persian Version (2023), Kaleidoscope (2023) and The Night (2020).
36. Medalion Rahimi
Actress | Before I Fall
Medalion Rahimi was born in Los Angeles, California as a first generation Iranian-American. She began modeling at age four but begged her mother to enroll her in music and dance classes instead. She discovered her love for theater and acted in school plays and in local theater companies. After ...
37. Sarah Shahi
Actress | Black Adam
Sarah Shahi was born Aahoo Jahansouzshahi in Euless, Texas, to an Iranian father and Spanish-Iranian mother. She is a former NFL cheerleader and a descendant of a 19th-century Persian Shah. She attended Trinity High School and Southern Methodist University, studied opera and majored in English. As ...
38. Satya Bhabha
Actor | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Satya Bhabha is director, writer, and performer whose work has played at multiple festivals including TIFF, SXSW, Palm Springs, Telluride Film Festival, and OutFest. He has recently directed series for Apple, Showtime, Amazon, Max, and Peacock, and acted in the recent Netflix hit series "Scott ...
39. Sepideh Moafi
Actress | Black Bird
Sepideh Moafi is an American actress and singer. Moafi is best known for her role as Gigi Ghorbani in The L Word: Generation Q and Loretta in The Deuce. Moafi has also starred in Notorious, Falling Water and The Killing of Two Lovers. Moafi was born on September 18, 1985, in a refugee camp in ...
40. Amr Waked
Actor | Lucy
Amr Waked was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1972. He studied economics and theatre in the American University in Cairo. In his early experience as an actor Amr joined the Temple Theatre Troop in 1994, and Yaaru Theatre Troop in 1999, where he trained and developed his tools as a stage performer.
With his ...
41. Richa Moorjani
Actress | Never Have I Ever
Richa Shukla Moorjani, actor, producer and activist, was born and raised in the Bay Area, California. She made her series lead debut in the internationally beloved Netflix dramedy, "Never Have I Ever" (created by Mindy Kaling). After its premiere in 2020, the show immediately hit #1 around the ...
42. Yasmine Al-Bustami
Actress | The Originals
Yasmine Al-Bustami was born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She is an actress, known for The Originals (2013), Nashville (2012) and The Chosen (2017).
43. Hasan Minhaj
Actor | The Daily Show
Hasan Minhaj was born on September 23, 1985 in Davis, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Daily Show (1996), 2017 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2017) and Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017). He has been married to Beena Minhaj since January 2, 2015. They ...
44. Payman Maadi
Actor | Jodaeiye Nader az Simin
Peyman Maadi was born in 1972 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. His family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer ...
45. Megan Suri
Actress | Never Have I Ever
Megan Suri was born on March 28, 1999 in Downey, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Never Have I Ever (2020), Fresh Off the Boat (2015) and Atypical (2017).
46. Layla Mohammadi
Actress | The Persian Version
Layla Mohammadi is known for The Persian Version (2023), Special Ops: Lioness (2023) and The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021).
47. Karan Brar
Actor | Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Best known for his role as 'Ravi Ross' on Disney Channel's hit series "Jessie" and its spinoff, "Bunk'd," Karan Brar is taking Hollywood by storm and seeking to break cultural barriers in the entertainment industry. He stars in "Bunk'd" on Disney Channel and 2018 will be a major year for Karan as ...
48. Stephanie Nur
Actress | Special Ops: Lioness
Stephanie was born in Cairo to an Austrian diplomat and a Syrian painter. They relocated to a different country every 3-4 years. She's lived in Egypt, Romania, Italy, Austria, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Jordan, and the US. Her middle name, pronounced "Noor", is the Aramaic word for "the first spark of ...
49. Tony Shalhoub
Actor | Monk
Anthony Marc Shalhoub was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joseph Shalhoub, who owned a grocery chain, emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at age ten, later marrying Shalhoub's mother, Helen (Seroogy), who herself was born in Wisconsin, to Lebanese parents. ...
50. May Calamawy
Actress | Ramy
May Calamawy (born October 28, 1986) is a Bahraini born, 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 ...
51. Sofia Essaïdi
Actress | Aïcha
Sofia Essaïdi was born on August 6, 1984 in Casablanca, Morocco. She is an actress, known for Aïcha (2008), Overdose (2022) and Mea culpa (2014).
52. Nadia Farès
Actress | Les rivières pourpres
Nadia Farès was born on December 20, 1968 in Marrakech, Morocco. She is an actress and composer, known for The Crimson Rivers (2000), Wasabi (2001) and War (2007). She has been married to Steven Chasman since July 2002. They have two children.
53. Shakira
Soundtrack | Zootopia
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia to Nidia del Carmen Mebarak (née Ripoll Torrado) & William Alberto Mebarak Chadid. She is of Lebanese, Spanish & Italian descent. Shakira began her musical career at the age of 12 and quickly captured fans around ...
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