Salwa Nakkara

Salwa Nakkara was born in 1959 in Haifa

Salwa Nakkara was born and raised in Haifa. She attended the Arab Orthodox Christian high school in the city. Her uncle is the lawyer and public figure Hanna Nakkara.

She studied at Beit Zvi, the school of performing arts in Ramat Gan, from 1977 to 1980.

She began her career at the Neve Tzedek theater center in 1981, then acted in lead roles at the Haifa Theatre from 1983 to 1989, including Joshua Sobol's play Palestinait. She was involved with Al-Midan Theatre from its founding in 1994 and served there as artistic adviser and board member. She also performed with the Herzliya Ensemble Theatre, Habima, the Cameri Theatre and Al-Kasaba Theatre in Ramallah.

On television she appeared in Sesame Street and in the British Channel 4 miniseries The Big Battalions in 1992. From 2007 to 2012 she acted in the series Arab Labor. Later she starred in the series Mona in 2019 and Madrasa in 2023.