Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari, Nisreen Faour, and Maria Zreik in Villa Touma (2014)

Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari, and Nisreen Faour in Villa Touma (2014)

(L to R) Lee Eddy as attorney Lizzie Horowitz, Cherien Dabis as Nadia, Farah Bsieso as Yusra, Omar Elba as Sameer and Mo Amer as Mo at an immigration hearing in the Netflix series ‘Mo.”

Mo Amer, Omar Elba, Cherien Dabis, who play siblings in 'Mo', pray at their father's grave.

Pictured, from left, are actors Lee Eddy, Farah Bsieso, Omar Elba, Cherien Dabis, and Mo Amer.

Bill Pullman and Cherien Dabis in May in the Summer

Elie Mitri and Cherien Dabis in May in the Summer

Still of Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari and Nisreen Faour in Villa Touma

Still of Cherien Dabis, Ula Tabari, Nisreen Faour and Maria Zreik in Villa Touma.

Still of Cherien Dabis and Maria Zreik in Villa Touma

Robert Redford and Cherien Dabis at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival An Artist at the Table event.

Cherien Dabis and Michelle Byrd at the IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street.

Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Bill Pullman, Cherien Dabis, Nadine Malouf and Ritu Singh Pande attend the May In The Summer premiere during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis and Nisreen Faour on the set of Amreeka.

Cherien Dabis attends the IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street.

Cherien Dabis, Nadine Malouf & Alia Shawkat in May in the Summer

Cherien Dabis at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival.

CHERIEN DABIS AS NADIA, MO AMER AS MO IN EPISODE 105 OF MO.

Cherien Dabis and Ula Tabari in Villa Touma (2014)

Cherien Dabis and Nisreen Faour attend the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Alia Shawkat and Cherien Dabis at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis and Hiam Abbass at the 2013 Venice Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis, Hiam Abbass and Nisreen Faour attend the international premiere of Amreeka at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Cherien Dabis introduces May in the Summer at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival world premiere.

Bill Pullman, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Cherien Dabis, Ritu Singh Pande, and Nadine Malouf at an event for May in the Summer (2013)

Cherien Dabis at an event for May in the Summer (2013)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cherien Dabis, and Chyna Layne

Bill Pullman, Cherien Dabis, and Elie Mitri in May in the Summer (2013)