Jafra Younes is an award-winning Syrian actress known for her leading roles in In Paradox (2019) and The Platform 2 (2021) on Netflix. She took the Best Actress award at both the Delhi International Film Festival in 2018 and the London Independent Film Awards in 2022. Younes is fluent in English and Arabic and graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, before attending classes at Stella Adler Acting Studio (Los Angeles).

Younes' career began at the young age of 9, with her debut in the TV series Al-Jamal (1999), and she went on to receive intensive training in acting for 5 consecutive years from some of the most prominent Middle Eastern actors at the Teatro Institute for Performing Arts from 2003 to 2005.