Reem Al-Habib
Biography
She is a native Saudi female director & actress. She has worked her way in the industry of filmmaking as one of the original female directors in the region.Her diverse roles were significant in the MacGillivray Freeman's Arabia as an actress, assistant director, casting director, and a special project's manager. She is the only director in the Gulf who was chosen to direct a TV Series.
Known For & Full Filmography21 Titles
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as أم جزاع
Riyadh, 1970. Aziza reminisces about her youth as she, her sister Awatif, and the fierce Bedouin Wadha navigate battles of love, ambition, and defiance in a drastically shifting society.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Adela Doud
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Five shorts come together under an ‘Untitled Omnibus feature’, led by five Saudi women directors. The tone of the Omnibus feature will be brought together under a unified vision to realise nuanced reflections on women-centered narratives.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a young aspiring filmmaker and his circle of friends grapple with family expectations, gender roles, romance and rivalry.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Suad
This black humor pan-Arabic anthology series is about love in general – and relationships in particular.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
When an office worker becomes powerfully infatuated with his beautiful intern, he follows her to a desert resort overrun with bizarre forces.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
To honor his father's will, Youssef turns to drug smuggling. But his success crumbles when he clashes with an arms kingpin, a relentless officer, and greedy kin in a deadly game of survival.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Thuraya
In one of Riyadh's rural neighborhoods, two kids sneak in one of the neighbors' house to get there ball back, to find that there's a woman locked in the house.
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as عائشة
A diplomat suddenly becomes a hostage in a political crisis. After a fatal Hajj incident, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard abducts a Saudi consul… and a larger plot unfolds. Inspired by a true story.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A Saudi thriller following Lina, kidnapped as a child and held captive for twenty years. When her family — unaware she's still alive — sends her twin sister Kholoud to resume the search, the two worlds begin to collide. Lead actress Elham Ali delivers a tour-de-force performance playing three distinct characters across the series.
Drama Series - 2026, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
In a comedic setting, the series unfolds in a framework of interconnected yet separate episodes, touching upon societal issues and problems and their impact on everyone in a satirical manner.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as شاهيناز
After five years in a coma, a young girl wakes up to find that everything about her life has changed, but she must return to school and finish her final year.
Drama Series - 2026, 16 episodes • as جملا
Two centuries ago, when tradition and power ruled the tribal sands of Najd, two Bedouin warriors bound by blood clash over dominion as love and malice fuel the flames of rivalry—with devastating consequences.
Drama Series - 2024, 16 episodes • as أم ملفي
Teacher Abdullah might be the perfect person to modernize Al-Naseem School. But can he first tame its rowdy students, especially Meshal, where others fell short?
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Set in old Jeddah during the final years of the Ottoman era, this Saudi period drama follows two brothers raised in the same neighbourhood who take opposite paths in life — one falls into gang life and criminality, the other chooses righteousness and virtue. Rooted in Hijazi folk tradition, the show paints a vivid picture of community, honour, and moral struggle in a bygone era.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Awatif
Fay lives in a cloistered apartment, which she can’t leave because her only obstacle to the outside world is her brother. She expresses all of her obsessions through painting, but when she orders a new paint palette, matters get complicated. Directed by Anas Ba-Tahaf and produced by Producer-Actor Hisham Fageeh, who also plays the protagonist along with Sofia Asir, Fay’s Palette is a robust film full of vitality, plunging us into an unspoken world that reveals, through a peculiar incident, familiar obsessions and repressed frustrations that we share with Fay.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
At the heart of Jeddah, "Hajeer" tells the captivating story of a young musician and composer from the 1960s, born into a family of musicians. Suddenly struck by an illness that renders him deaf; confronted and left to fend for himself, he does not give up. With authentic and deeply complex characters, this story addresses universal themes such as love, hope, resilience, and the struggle against prejudice, offering a unique perspective on life’s challenges. In this poignant drama of love and despair, Hajeer, revitalized by newfound strength, confronts the betrayal of his beloved Aalya and asserts his rights. Through his struggle, Hajeer composes a symphony of redemption, revealing the enduring imprint of eternal love.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as نوير
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Experience a new hilarious story every day, inspired by real-life moments in a typical Saudi community that are guaranteed to leave you in stitches!
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
When a young investigator summons criminal investigator Turki for questioning over his misconduct on the job, his career is put on the line.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.