May Calamawy Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Family

May Calamawy Quick Info
Height	5 ft 6¼ in
Weight	61 kg
Date of Birth	October 28, 1986
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Hair Color	Black

May Calamawy is an Egyptian-Palestinian actress who is best remembered for her role as Dena Hassan in the American television series Ramy (2019-Present) and as Layla El-Faouly in the Disney+ miniseries, Moon Knight (2022). Additionally, she has had guest roles in other television shows like Madam Secretary (2017), The Brave (2017), The Long Road Home (2017), FBI (2018), etc.

Born Name

May el-Calamawy

Nick Name

May

May Calamawy as seen in 2011 (Z / Wikimedia / CC BY 3.0 DEED)

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Bahrain

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Egyptian, Palestinian

Education

She finished her high school education in Bahrain. At the age of 17, she traveled to Boston in Massachusetts to study industrial design.

Furthermore, May attended Emerson College and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in theater studies. She has also taken acting lessons from the William Esper Studio located in New York City.

Occupation

Actress

Manager

May has been represented by –

• Entertainment 360 in Los Angeles, California
• William Morris Endeavor in Beverly Hills, California

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 6¼ in or 168 cm

Weight

61 kg or 134.5 lbs

May Calamawy as seen in an Instagram picture taken in January 2023 (May Calamawy / Instagram)

Race / Ethnicity

White

She has Egyptian ancestry on her father’s side and is of Jordanian and Palestinian descent on her mother’s side.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Hazel

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

May Calamawy as seen taking an Instagram selfie with Ethan Hawke and Oscar Isaac in March 2022 (May Calamawy / Instagram)

May Calamawy Facts

She can speak fluently in English and Arabic languages.

At the beginning of her career, she went with her full name ‘May El Calamawy. She only changed it to ‘May Calamawy after 2014.

She was inspired to get into acting as a young kid after watching Death Becomes Her (1992), featuring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini in lead roles.

May was diagnosed with alopecia areata at the age of 22 years. The autoimmune disease causes hair loss in some or all parts of the body. Moreover, her medical condition was added into the storyline of her character Dena Hassan during the second season of Ramy.

In 2013, she made her first major film appearance as Aisha in Tobe Hooper’s supernatural horror film, Djinn. The film holds the distinction of being the first horror film produced in the United Arab Emirates. Lastly, it is also the last film directed by Hooper before his death in 2017.

May was born in Bahrain, but has lived in different cities around the world like Houston (Texas), Doha (Qatar), Boston (Massachusetts), New York City (New York), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Los Angeles (California), and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

Before starting shooting for Moon Knight, she practiced and rehearsed her own stunts for nearly 2 months so that she could do the maximum stunts herself on the show.

May’s first celebrity crush was Sean Murray in the role of Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus (1993).

Her character of Layla El-Faouly in the acclaimed series Moon Knight was the first character of Arab/Middle Eastern origin to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

May had auditioned for the lead role of Sabrina in the supernatural horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but the role eventually went to Kiernan Shipka.

She voiced the character of Ellie Malik in the video game, NBA 2K21 (2020).

Featured Image by Z / Wikimedia / CC BY 3.0 DEED