Kenda Hmeidan

was born on September 13, 1992, in Damascus, Syria, where she studied acting at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. After graduating in 2015, she performed in several stage productions in Syria and Beirut (Lebanon) and attended workshops at the "Theater Laboratory" in Damascus.
In 2016, due to the war, she left her homeland and fled to Germany, where she joined the "Exil Ensemble" of the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. From 2016 to 2024, she was a permanent member of the Gorki Ensemble, performing in plays such as "Hamlet" (2020) and "Mother Courage and Her Children" (2022). In February 2022, a piece premiered based on Hmeidan’s idea, developed from a book by Syrian author Rasha Abbas: "A Summary of Everything That Was."
Kenda made her screen debut in 2021 with the film Tage mit Naadirah, released in theaters in 2024. She also appeared in the series Liberame – After the Storm (2022), portraying a Syrian refugee.
In 2025, she had a leading role in Kein Tier. So Wild., directed by Burhan Qurbani. The film is a gangster adaptation of Richard III, in which she plays a young woman rising in Berlin’s criminal underworld.