Rania Kurdi is a British-Arab actress, writer and presenter working across UK and Arab film, television and theatre. She is an Offie Award-nominated performer for her one-woman show Superstar in Therapy and creates original comedy work including The Rania Show for Roya TV in Jordan.
Screen credits include Layla (BFI Film4, Sundance 2024), Ladies Coffee (2024), Salma’s Home (Cinequest Best Feature winner), Daphne (2017), Promis
The Rania Show led to a collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), developing and presenting an educational online series using humour to engage young audiences across the Arab world on sexual and reproductive health and other traditionally taboo subjects.
Former co-host of SuperStar (Pop Idol Arabia) on Future TV in Lebanon, Rania released her debut album with EMI Arabia and topped the Arab charts with Shayef Nafsak.
She has also created and hosted the podcast Breaking Free with Rania Kurdi and worked across commissioned and broadcast formats.
