Leena Alam, born in Afghanistan, is an award winning Afghan film, Tv and theater actress and a human rights activist. She started her acting career in 1998 with films such as In a Foreign Land, Loori and a few more made by the Afghan diaspora filmmakers in the US. She made her debut in Afghanistan in Barmak Akram’s 2008 Kabuli Kid, and went on to do Soil and Coral, Darya’s Message, Black Kite, A Letter To The President, and many short films to help young rising film makers in Afghanistan. She is mostly known to have worked in subjects that speaks on Child Marriage, Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Social Conflicts. Her notable work on these subjects are “Shereen” The struggle of a powerful woman, a taboo-smashing feminist TV drama, The Killing of Farkhunda a re-enactment of the killing of a 27-year-old Afghan woman falsely accused of burning a copy of the Quran, A Letter to the President, Qamar and more.

Alam has served as member of the jury at the Negah-e-No Film Festival in 2014 and 2015. The Afghanistan Human Right Film festival 2015. The 8th National Theater Festival Afghanistan 2014. The International Feature Fiction Jury member at Adelaide Film Festival, Australia 2017. The Sama International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden 2016. The Imagineindia International Film Festival 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Madrid, Spain. The Jury President Sama International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden 2023.

Leena Alam, believes that the Arts can be a great tool to educate and bring changes in a society. Specially in the societies that are torn by war, poverty, and Illiteracy like Afghanistan.

Awards Best Actress – Kabul International Film Festival, Afghanistan 2008 Best Actress – Tolo Film Festival, Afghanistan 2009 Best Actress – Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival 2013 Best Actress – Negah-e-No Film Festival, Afghanistan 2014 Honorary – Herat-International Women’s Film Festival, Afghanistan 2014 Best Actress – Negah-e-No Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015 Best Actress – Mehrgan International Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015 Best Actress – Herat-International Women’s Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015 Nomination – Seoul International Drama Awards Seoul, South Korea 2016 Honorary – For contribution to Afghan cinema – The Sama International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden 2017 Nomination – 2nd Malaysia International Film Festival (Golden Global Awards) 2018 Best Actress – Sinema Zetu International Film Festival ( SZIFF) Tanzania 2019 Best Actress – Lajward National Film Festival, Afghanistan 2020 BBC’s “list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2021