Daniella Rahme Lebanese Actress Born 1990 in Sydney

Early life

Daniella Rahme was born on 13 October 1990 in Sydney, Australia, to Lebanese parents who had emigrated during the Lebanese Civil War. She attended Rosebank College in Five Dock for secondary school and later studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and at Macquarie University in Sydney. She also continued her studies afterwards at Notre Dame University-Louaize, in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. Rahme took part in theatre and drama programmes while at school, which fed her interest in acting.

Career

Rahme's first screen appearance was a television commercial for Foot Locker in 2009. That same year she won the Miss Lebanon Australia pageant, and in 2010 she was crowned Miss Lebanon Emigrant. In 2014 she entered the second season of the Arabic dance competition Dancing with the Stars: Raqs el Noujoum and won it. She then hosted the Arab version of The X Factor on MBC, followed by the talent programme Arab Casting on Abu Dhabi TV.

She began acting in 2018, playing Yara in the series Beirut City. She then took the lead role of Farah in Tango, appearing with Bassel Khayat, Bassem Moughnieh and Dana Mardini. The series was well received, and her performance earned her the Murex d'Or award for Phenomenon of the Year in 2018, along with a Best Actress award from Al-Anbaa in Kuwait. Her third leading part was Majdouline in The Writer, a series that streamed internationally on Netflix and entered the platform's trending list.

Recognition

Rahme's awards come from both the pageant circuit and the Arab drama world. She won the Miss Lebanon Emigrant title and later the Murex d'Or, a Lebanese award, more than once. In 2020 she received a second Murex d'Or, this time for Best Lebanese Actress, for her role in the series Awlad Adam. In 2022 she was given the DIAFA Award for Best Lebanese Actress. Her notable television work is also listed as The X Factor and XSeer Al Najah.

Public roles

Rahme works as a brand ambassador. She represents L'Oreal Paris and Galaxy Chocolates, and she is described as the first female ambassador of the watchmaker Hublot in the Middle East and North Africa region.

She has also supported a number of charities in Lebanon and abroad, including Himaya, the Children's Cancer Center, Heartbeat and the Hotel Dieu hospital in Lebanon, as well as the Starlight Foundation in Australia. In Namibia she has worked with the Knowledge Foundation, and she has spoken of wanting to set up a charitable foundation of her own.

Personal life

Rahme married the Syrian singer Nassif Zeytoun on 1 July 2024. Her Instagram account is her most followed platform, with more than three million followers as of October 2026.