The Veil

Yumna Marwan stars as “Adilah El Idrissi.” Drawn into a dangerous organization at a vulnerable time in her life, Adilah traveled to Syria as a young woman. Now, with her ten-year-old daughter’s life in danger from the same organization, she must navigate her way through the truth and lies around her, and balance saving her daughter with preventing a deadly attack on the U.S.

Career Highlights

Yumna Marwan was recently seen as a co-lead in Sky Atlantic’s Little Birds alongside Juno Temple. As a much-lauded actress in the Arab world, she is known for her debut performance in Ghassan Salhab's The Valley, co-starring alongside Ali Suliman.&nbsp;Marwan’s additional credits include Mounia Akl’s debut family-drama Costa Brava, Lebanon, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was selected as the Lebanese entry for Best International Film at the 94th Academy Awards®. Marwan also stars in Inshallah a Boy, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2023.

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Drawn into a dangerous organization at a vulnerable time in her life, Adilah must now navigate her way through the truth and lies around her.

Yumna Marwan as Adilah El Idrissi in FX's The Veil

Yumna Marwan as Adilah El Idrissi | The Veil on FX

The Veil

Career Highlights

Dali Benssalah
as Malik Amar

Josh Charles
as Max Peterson

Elisabeth Moss
as Imogen Salter / Executive Producer

Yumna Marwan as Adilah El Idrissi | The Veil on FX

Josh Charlesas Max Peterson

Elisabeth Mossas Imogen Salter / Executive Producer

Josh Charles
as Max Peterson

Elisabeth Moss
as Imogen Salter / Executive Producer