Nadine Nassib Njeim


Nadine Nassib Njeim is a half Lebanese and Tunisian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was elected Miss Lebanon 2004. She represented her home country in Miss Universe 2005 in Lebanon.

Background

Njeim was born in Beirut to a Lebanese Maronite Christian father, Nassib Njeim, originally from Duris, and a Tunisian mother. She married Hady Asmar and together they have two children, a daughter and a son. She divorced Asmar in September 2019.

Post-pageant career

Since passing on her title Miss Lebanon, Njeim has pursued a career in acting, and has been cast in various lead roles for TV series such as Law and Cello, Samra, 3eshk El Nesa, Nos Yawm, Al Hayba, Tareeq and khamse w noss, and she was the first Arab actress nominated to Seoul International Film Festival for the best actress on her acting role in Samra and she reached the final stage with a Russian actress. Talking about her professionalism in acting and films such as Sorry Mom.

Social views and controversy

In 2016, Njeim’s views on premarital sex and gender equality, expressed in a 2012 interview on Future TV, became controversial. She said, inter alia: "I want women to stay women. If they equate me with a man, I’d feel like a man. I don’t want to. I want to stay a woman."
In response to the backlash she received, Njeim stated in another interview that she believes the content of the resurfaced clip had been purposely edited to discredit her. She said she supported women's rights and that her message promoted gender equality.
Njeim starred in series one of Al Hayba, but not in seasons 2 and 3 because her role as a woman on the show conformed to gender stereotypes and she wanted her character to be more physically active.