Actress Safaa El Tokhi (full name Safaa Abdallah Mohammed El Tokhi) was born in Cairo on February 8, 1964. El Tokhi comes from an artistic family; her father Abdallah El Tokhi and mother Fatheya El Assal are famous writers. Safaa El Tokhi studied at Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1985. At the beginning of her career, Safaa El Tokhi worked as a writer, and in 1995 worked at the Institute of National Culture. Safaa El Tokhi began her acting career in 1979 with the television serial El Bahitha (The Researcher); even though she was trained as a stage actress, she only acted in one play “El Ayyam El Makhmoura” (The Drunken Days) in 1999. She acted in several films, among them “El Zaman El Saa’b” (The Difficult Time), “El Mohagir” (The Emigrant), and “Bekhit we Adila” (Bekhit and Adila). Of Safaa El Tokhi’s most famous television performances, which distinguished her in the realm of TV Drama, are “Leyali El Hulmiyya” (Dream Nights), “Lan Ayesh Fi Galbab Abi” (I Won’t Live In My Father’s Galabiyya), “Mahmoud El Masry,” as well as her striking performance in “Qadhiya Rai’ ‘Am” (The Case of Public Opinion) with the star, Yousra.
| Movie | The Crows | 2026 | |
| Series | Rose and Chocolate | Marwa’s mother | 2025-10-30 |
| Series | Turning Point | نادية | 2025-03-01 |
| Series | Fahd The Hero | 2025-03-01 | |
| Movie | Project X | Director of the Mental Hospital | 2025-05-21 |
| Series | Lam Shamsiyya | Nadia | 2025-03-16 |
| Series | Al Refaee's House | 2024-03-11 | |
| Series | The Last Round | 2024-01-25 | |
| Series | Thresholds of Joy | لبنى | 2024-03-11 |
| Series | All but Divorced | 2024-05-02 | |
| Series | Sakheya's Promises | 2023-03-23 | |
| Series | The Getback | 2023-11-25 | |
| Series | Investigation | 2022-03-02 | |
| Series | U-Turn | 2022-04-02 | |
| Series | The Returnees | 2022-04-02 | |
| Series | Balance | 2022-10-29 | |
| Movie | A Stand Worthy of Men | شيرين - زوجة العزايزي | 2021-01-13 |
| Series | Well Bred | 2021-04-12 | |
| Series | COVID-25 | 2021-04-28 | |
| Series | Take Care of Zizi | 2021-04-11 | |
| Series | Handwritten | 2020-01-26 | |
| Series | The Prince | 2020-04-24 | |
| Series | Silk Thread | 2020-11-02 | |
| Series | Son of the Poor | 2019-05-05 | |
| Series | Drop Dead Diva | نادية ( والدة داليدا ) ضيفة شرف | 2018-03-04 |
| Movie | Son of Adam | رقية | 2018-08-20 |
| Movie | Poisonous Roses | The Mother | 2018-11-30 |
| Movie | Gunshot | محاسن - مدير المشرحة | 2018-10-03 |
| Series | Kafr Delhap | Nawal | 2017-05-27 |
| Series | Father of the Bride | Wafaa | 2017-12-25 |
| Series | Younis, Son of Fadda | 2016-06-06 | |
| Series | Above Suspicion | 2016-06-06 | |
| Series | Free Fall | 2016-06-06 | |
| Series | Professor and Head of Department | 2015-06-19 | |
| Series | Jews Alley | 2015-06-19 | |
| Series | The Witch of the South | بخيتة | 2015-08-30 |
| Series | Abdeen Palace | سر خانم | 2014-07-13 |
| Series | The Hunter | 2014-06-29 | |
| Series | The Oracle | 2013-07-01 | |
| Series | The Preacher | 2013-07-10 | |
| Series | Temporary Name | 2013-07-10 | |
| Movie | The Adults | 2010-06-29 | |
| Series | I Want to Get Married | 2010-08-10 | |
| Series | Very Private | 2009-08-22 | |
| Series | Everyday Wars | 2009-08-22 | |
| Movie | Boshkash | 2008-08-01 | |
| Series | A Public Opinion Case | 2007-09-13 | |
| Series | Critical Moments | 2007-02-07 | |
| Series | Rayya and Sakina | 2005-10-04 | |
| Series | ريا وسكينة | مريم الشامية | 2005-10-04 |
| Series | Mahmoud Al-Masri | 2004-10-14 | |
| Series | Night till dawn | 2003-10-26 | |
| Series | My Soul Malak | 2003-10-26 | |
| Series | Where Is My Heart | 2002-11-06 | |
| Series | Horseless Knight | 2002-12-05 | |
| Movie | The Following Statement Came To Us | 2001-06-12 | |
| Series | درب ابن برقوق | سهى | 2000-11-27 |
| Movie | Land of Fear | 2000-03-15 | |
| Series | Om Kulthum | 1999-12-08 | |
| Movie | The Disappearance of Jaafar Al-Masri | Amina | 1998-11-25 |
| Movie | Bakhit and Adeela 2 | 1997-01-01 | |
| Series | I Won't Live in My Father's Robes | فوزية | 1996-01-21 |
| Series | Al Zayni Barakat | 1995-01-31 | |
| Movie | The Emigrant | 1994-09-26 | |
| Movie | Stories of an Estranged | 1992-01-01 | |
| Movie | Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine | Self | 1991-09-21 |
| Series | Conscience of Teacher Hekmat | 1991-03-18 |