May el-Toukhy (1977) is born and brought up in a suburb of Copenhagen, by her Danish mother and Egyptian father. She has a background in theatre, and graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2002, before she moved on to film and graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2009. Her first feature film and national breakthrough “LONG STORY SHORT” was a success among both the audience and critics, and won her, her writer and members of the cast several awards. The film was made in collaboration with producer Caroline Blanco and author Maren Louise Käehne that she has known since film school, apart from Trine Dyrholm who also starred in the film, and the four decided to continue the vibrant coalition on “QUEEN OF HEARTS”. Apart from doing feature films el-Toukhy has also been working in theatre, directed radio-plays and episodes of the award-winning TV series “The Legacy” and “Ride Upon the Storm” at the DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). “QUEEN OF HEARTS” is her second feature.