Neven Madi

Neven Madi (born 25 November 1992) is an Emirati-Syrian actress. She is best known for her work in television series broadcast in the Persian Gulf region, as well as in some Syrian works. Her most famous roles were in Sea Shadow in 2011, Eyes ink in 2012, Love is bossy in 2014, Justice: Qalb Al Adala in 2017, and The Inheritance in 2020. She is the cousin of Syrian actress Jumana Murad.

Career Madi began acting as a child in the United Arab Emirates. She started on the Emirati stage at about the age of eight before moving into Gulf television dramas, including Meteb al-Qalb, Tamasha, Ma Netefeq and Hawameer al-Sahraa. Her early theatre work included a child role in Amal Al-Suwaidi's play Ghabbat al-Waswas, followed by stage appearances in productions such as Bab al-Amal and Kingdom of Monkeys.

One of Madi's early film roles was the title character in Saeed Salmeen's short film Bint Mariam. The film was a 26-minute drama about a girl pressured into marriage and listed Madi in the title role. Bint Mariam won the audience award at the Souss International Film Forum in Morocco and that Madi won the festival's best actress award.

Madi starred as Kaltham in Nawaf Al Janahi's feature film Sea Shadow. The coming-of-age film was set in Ras Al Khaimah and centred on Mansoor, played by Omar Al Mulla, and Kaltham, played by Madi.

In 2014, Madi appeared in Saeed Salmeen's feature film Sun Dress. The National reported that the film was released in cinemas in the United Arab Emirates and identified Madi as one of its stars, noting her previous role in Sea Shadow.

Madi also worked in Gulf television. In 2012, Al Khaleej reported that she was cast as Habiba in the series Hibr al-Oyoun. She later appeared as Leila in Justice: Qalb Al Adala, an Emirati legal drama. Reviewing the series after its release on Netflix, Arab News described Leila as the younger sister of Farah, the central lawyer character.

Works Series + Year Name Role 1999 Hayer Tayer 2008 Noss Darzen 2008 The Midwife Young Baderiya 2008 Miss Nora 2009 The Desert Hummers 2010 Daughters of Shama 2010 North wind 2010 Heart tiring 2010–2017 Tamasha 2011 We dont agree 2012 04 2012 Girls 4 2012 Eyes ink Habiba 2012 Love papers Alonnoud 2013 Silence of revelation Reem 2013 Omran tales 2013 Lol time 2014 Obsessions 2014 Grain of sand 2014 Love is Bossy 2015 Fetnat zamanha 2015 Dubai London Dubai 2017 Justice: Qalb Al Adala Layla 2018 White hearts Shams 2018 House of Zeen 2019 Just moments 2019 Alassouf Batoul 2019 AlTawash Mozah 2019 Mansour S5 2020 Lick number is 7 Layla 2020 Soughan daughter Ghazeel 2020 The inheritance Ohoud

Films + Year Name Role 2008 Daughter of Mariam 2011 Sea Shadow Kaltham 2014 Sun dress 2014 Jomaa and The sea 2017 Match 2018 Awar Qalb Neven 2019 Ali and Alya Alya

Stages + Year Name 2006 Kingdom of monkeys 2009 Abood and Dodo 2011 Me, my wife and Obama 2016 Wedding of Monday