May Calamawy

At the age of 22, she was diagnosed with Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body. Her condition was incorporated into her character's storyline in the Hulu series Ramy (2019) during the show's second season.

[Harper's Bazaar Arabia, November 5, 2020] I wanted to act since I was five. I remember my mum's friend saying, 'Well, there's a lot of competition, you should pick something else.' I went through a really shy phase so when I told people they were like, 'Where did that come from?'. Sometimes, though, when you know, you know.