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☆꧁Actor, Director & Writer꧂☆
𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗔


🎬 🌴 ɪ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ʟᴏs ᴀɴɢᴇʟᴇs, sᴘᴇᴀᴋ ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ+ᴀʀᴀʙɪᴄ, ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅ-ᴡɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇs, ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ/ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss & ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟ.

💡𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱 (𝘙𝘰𝘮-𝘊𝘰𝘮), 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐.𝘊.𝘌. (𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢)

🎭 A̲C̲T̲O̲R̲S̲, B̲O̲O̲K̲ M̲O̲R̲E̲ T̲V̲ & F̲I̲L̲M̲! 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 ‘𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 & 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳™,’ 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘝𝘐𝘗𝘴.


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🌟 B͙I͙O͙G͙R͙A͙P͙H͙Y͙ 🌟
Walid Chaya is a Middle Eastern actor, director and writer based in Los Angeles. He is known for his breakout film “Driving Ms. Saudi”, for which he won “Best Comedy Short” from Dubai's prestigious WOW Mid-East Film Fair and additional festivals worldwide. Disrupt Magazine has called him a creative genius.

Walid can be seen on television in "Madam Secretary" (CBS), "Blacklist: Redemption" (NBC) and Hulu's "The Looming Tower" which is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book, to name a few. He wrote, directed and starred in “Driving Ms. Saudi” inspired by the #women2drive movement and has several multicultural and gender-diverse projects in development.

Oscar-Winner Guy Nattiv directed Walid in A24's feature “Skin” and Walid performed opposite Tony-Nominee Suzanne Bertish in the feature "Mad?". He has two upcoming films, "Magic Hour", alongside Miriam Shor, and “Slingshot” starring Chris Mulkey.

Born in Lebanon and raised in the USA, Walid speaks both Arabic and English. He earned his B.F.A. in Performance with honors from VCUarts, ranked the #1 public university school of arts by US News & World Report. After college, Walid worked on award-winning productions in NYC and DC for several years before relocating to LA.

Walid was awarded the “Diversity Scholarship” from Upright Citizens Brigade LA for his work in original content, sketch comedy and improvisation. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and serves on the national board of their new MENA Committee, advocating for inclusion of Middle Eastern & North African voices in Hollywood.

𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, “𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬”.