Donia Massoud is a singer, actress and music researcher, renowned for her contributions to music performance, ethnology, documentation and rearrangement of almost disappearing music heritage from Egypt and the Arabic speaking region. 
Between 2000 and 2010, Donia Massoud has travelled to several Arab villages collecting a nearly lost heritage of sacred and profane songs and music material.
Discovering theatrical and choreographic material related to that music heritage, Donia’s renditions of this collection took a theatre and performance based turn, staging these works into unique works that straddle the format of concert, plays and performance art.
Her work has toured extensively in the Arabic Speaking World and Europe for almost two decades and was presented on reputable world stages.

In addition to her music, while still living in Egypt Donia joined the theater group Al-Warsha and starred in several films, TV series and theater shows in Egypt and Sweden, in both Arabic and English, including Galteny Mogremen (2006) by Amr Arafa, In the Heliopolis Flat (2007) by Mohamed Khan and Genenet al asmak (2008) by Yousry Nasrallah.
In 2013, she moved to Paris where she actually lives.
In 2022, she portrayed the role of Scheherazade in Shall I Compare You to a Summer Day?, presented at Berlinale Film Festival.
She plays George’s wife in Tarik Saleh’s film The Eagles of the Republic, in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025.
She is currently working on a theater and dance project with choreographer and dancer Nancy Naous.

CINEMA

2002 : Khalli Eldemagh Sahi, by Mohamed Abou-Seif
2006 : Galteny Mogremen (جعلتنى مجرماً), by Amr Arafa
2007 : In the Heliopolis Flat (في شقة مصر الجديدة) by Mohamed Khan
2008 : Genenet al asmak by Yousry Nasrallah
2011 : Blue Dive (اللون الأزرق) by Mostafa Youssef
2022: Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day? by Mohammad Shawky Hassan
2025: Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh, Cannes selection

TV SERIES

2005 : Alb Habiba
2007 : Hanan wa Haneen by Magdy Abu Emeira
2008 : Eleiada
2008 : Sharif we Nos
2009 : Majnoun Laila
2010 : Ahl Cairo (اهل كايرو)
2011 : Matt Nam Sabboba Massreya

THEATER

1995 : Wajaa Eldemagh, Théâtre Studio 2000, Lenin Alramly,
1996 : Jounoun Elbashar, Theater Studio 2000, Lenin Alramly
1997 : Masaa Elkheer Ya Masr, Comic Theater
1997 : Ayam Elensan Elsabaa, Theater Altaliaa Studio, Experimental Festival of Cairo,
1997 : Sinuhe , National Theater, Experimental Festival of Cairo
1998 : Khalty Safya Weldeer, Theater Hanager, Experimental Festival of Cairo
2002 : Fatma el-masreya, monodrame, Beit Zeinab, Khatun, Festival Jadayel
2007 : Monochrome, monodrame, Theater Foraat Elgarage, Alexandria Jesuit Center
2009 : Stilett, Theater Foraat Foraat, Malmo, Suède
2010 : Tails City, Theater Foraat Elgarage, Jesuit Alexandria
2011 : Revolution from inside, Theater Foraat Foraat, Malmo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Beirut et
Amman
2011 : Nine Parts of Desire, Teater Foratt, Malmo, Beirut, Amman
2016 : Nahom, Centre National de la danse, Paris,
2017 : She He Me, Kammerspielen Theatre, Munich
2026 : Coquelicots ou Shall we dance ? MC93, France