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name: "Jackie Sawiris"
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roles: ["Actor"]
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average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:57.151721+00:00"
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# Jackie Sawiris

Actor. Born in Tripoli, Libya.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1999–2010

## Biography

Jackie Sawiris is an actress who has also worked in production and direction. She is known for playing the genie Majida in the children's television series *Knightmare* (1993–1994) and Roz in Stanley Kubrick's *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999).

Her other screen credits include the role of Mother in Denis Villeneuve's *Incendies* (2010), a TV reporter in *The Wire* (2003), and appearances in *Death Machine* (1994), *The Bill* (1998) and *Emmerdale* (1998). She has additionally worked behind the camera, including as first assistant director on the second unit of *The Mummy Returns* (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Incendies* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/incendies.md)
- *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999), Fi1m 81, as Roz — [page](https://film.one/film/eyes-wide-shut.md)

## Also known for

- *Death Machine* (1995), Waitress
- *The Bill* (1984)

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