Rafika Chawishe

Rafika Chawishe is an actress and theatre director working across theatre, film, and television. A graduate of the National Theatre of Greece’s Drama School, her work focuses on migration, identity, citizenship, and socially engaged performance, combining classical training with contemporary political storytelling. As an actress, she has appeared in productions of the National Theatre of Greece, in independent theatre work, and in Greek and international television series. She is currently in the German-Belgian political thriller series Das zweite Attentat (ARD production). Her work has been presented at major international platforms, including La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, the National Theatre of Norway, the Ibsen Festival, and the Venice Biennale. From 2022 to 2025, she served as Artistic Director of Mikro Gloria. In 2025, she was appointed Theatre Curator at the B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Visual Arts, and currently serves as Co-Artistic Director of Mavili Theatre alongside Michalis Argyrou.