Quick Facts
Biography
Tara Emad (born 11 May 1993) is an Egyptian actress and model.
Career
Emad was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian father and a Montenegrin mother. Around the age of 14, she had her first photo shoot with the Lebanese magazine Layalina, this also lead to her first runway show. Emad participated in Miss Teen Egypt and won the award in 2010. As a result, she entered the Miss Global Teen pageant in the same year in Brasil; Emad was the 1st runner-up and given the title of Teen Queen of Africa. She is studying at the German University in Cairo- Applied Arts & Science.
She started acting when she was 15 years old:
* 2009 – role in 'Al Jamaa" ("the University") Egyptian TV serial
Directed by: Hani Khalifa & Amr Koura
* 2011 "Queen of the kitchen" TV program (15 TV serials about young famous Egyptian girls cooking)
Directed by: Sameh Zein
* 2012 role in first Egyptian TV Soap-Opera "Zay el Ward" screened during Ramadan 2012 (60 episodes)
Directed by: Saad Hindawy
* 2014 main woman role in TV Series along Egyptian legend Adel Emam – “Saheb Sada” Ramadan 2014
Directed by: Ramy Emam
* 2014 Role in TV Series “ Circle of Love” – Filmed in Jordan and UAE.
Directed by: ايـاد الخـزوز
* 2014 Presenter in “ Leilit Ounce” 13 Episodes of musical program about Arab musical legends filmed in Lebanon
* 2015 Role in “ Bein El Sarayat” TV series, Ramadan 2015
Directed by: Sameh Abdelaziz
* 2015 Role in TV series “El Salook” (The Wretched) with Khaled El Sawy, Ramadan 2015
Directed by: Abdelaziz Hashad
* 2015 Guest actress in TV series “ Haret El Yahood” (Jews' Alley) Ramadan 2015
Directed by: Mohamed Gamal El-Adl
* 2016 Main woman role in film : “The 4th Pyramid” released in cinemas in Egypt, February 2016
Directed by: Peter Mimi
She has been on the cover more than 50 magazines in Egypt, Lebanon, Montenegro, France and four times on cover of Elle while in Dubai.
Philanthropy
Emad is involved with her own charity organization Help From Your Heart Foundation; she has been a part of the organization since 2013. The project distributes donations to families and children in orphanages in Cairo.