Dina Shihabi

Dina Shihabi was born on Sep 22, 1989 in Saudi Arabia. Dina Shihabi's big-screen debut came with Mumbai Chopra: Misadventures of an It Girl - Season 1 directed by Natasha Chandel in 2010. Dina Shihabi is known for Archive 81 directed by Rebecca Thomas, Mamoudou Athie stars as Dan Turner and Dina Shihabi as Melody Pendras. The upcoming new tvshow Dina Shihabi plays is Painkiller - Season 1 which will be released on Aug 10, 2023.

Dina Shihabi is a Saudi Arabian actress working in the United States. Dina Shihabi was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and was raised in Saudi Arabia, Beirut, and Dubai. She had started dance classes at age 6, and at 13 she began taking dance lessons from Sharmilla Kamte, a renowned dance teacher at the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre Chaloub Studio, known as the "dancing queen" of the United Arab Emirates. She became a member of her modern professional dance team.In Dubai she attended Al Mawakeb School, Emirates International School, and Dubai American Academy. Shihabi performed in numerous school plays, and was encouraged by her teacher, Nancy Mock, to pursue an Acting career.At age 18, Dina moved to New York City in 2007 and began pursuing a career in acting; this became a full-time profession for her in 2010. In 2011, she was accepted at both Juilliard and The graduate Acting Program at NYU Tisch School for the Arts. Although Dina did not complete a 4 year Bachelor's degree (she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, an Acting Conservatory from 2008 to 2010), NYU waived the requirement of a Bachelor's degree and she graduated with her MFA in 2014. She is the first Middle East-born woman to be accepted to both the Juilliard and NYU Graduate Acting programs.