Jenny Esber
Actor · b. 1979
An actress of Syrian origin, born in Latakia to a Syrian father and a Ukrainian mother. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Ukraine until the age of sixteen, then returned to Syria with her parents. She studied at Tishreen University and specialized in physical education and nutrition. She won the title of Miss Expatriate in Ukraine in 1996, and the title of Miss Golden Sands Festival in Tartus in 2001. She worked as a model for a long time and appeared in many commercials. Then she shifted to acting and made her debut in the short film A Dance with the Sun.
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TVComedyDramaAbu Janti — self-proclaimed "King of the Lancer" — is a Damascus taxi driver whose cab doubles as a confessional, comedy club and social mirror. Each episode brings a new passenger with a new story, and Abu Janti can't help but get involved. Written by and starring Samer El Masri, born from a beloved sketch on Spotlight (2003), this Syrian black comedy uses the taxi as a window into everyday Damascus life — funny, sharp and occasionally heartbreaking.
TV10.0DramaThe story of four young men who were high school classmates. Despite the differences in their understanding of life, their work and their tendencies, they somehow share something in common, as their destinies intersect to tell a story about love, friendship and the double standards of morality.
TV9.5War & PoliticsDramaThe second chapter of the acclaimed Andalusian trilogy by Walid Seif and Hatem Ali. Set in the golden age of Umayyad Cordoba, it traces the extraordinary rise of Muhammad ibn Abi Amir — known as Al-Mansur — from a young scholar arriving in Cordoba seeking knowledge, to the most powerful man in Andalusia. A sweeping story of ambition, political genius and the glittering, fragile peak of Arab civilisation in Spain. Stars Taim Hassan and Jamal Suleiman.
TVDramaThe story of a girl who grows up with a reckless father and loses her mother who dies of cancer but she goes on with her life trying to find the happiness she always longed for.
TV9.0ComedyTaroud, the leader of the tribe of the outlaws, finds two infants, Khalaf and Mhawesh, and orders for the women to breastfeed and look after them. The two become the milk brothers of almost all of the tribe's girls, except for Wadhah as they compete for her love.