Dina Najjar is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Being daughter to a mother born in Bethlehem and a father from Nazareth; she is a first generation Arab American born on 8 Mile to immigrant parents. She speaks fluent Arabic, belly dances, and proudly represents her culture. Dina is your real life Princess Jasmine with an edge. Some of the roles she's proudest of include: playing Maya, a Syrian refugee searching for her place in America, in the short film "Maya" which earned her the Best Actress Award at the 2018 University of Miami Canes Film Festival; playing alluring assassin Nadja Shah in season 2 of "The Family Business" on BET Plus and BET; and portraying troubled, rideshare passenger, Raven, in "The Christmas Ride" streaming on Amazon Prime Video for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival. Her mission is to bring diversity without stereotypes to the screen and to tell important stories that inspire, empower, and include while always leaving the viewer with a sense of hope. She strives to portray and write interesting and multifaceted female characters who overcome adversity and trauma and to make you laugh along the way.