Nour El-Refai

Nour El Refai (born November 14, 1987) is a Swedish actress and comedian. She became known for her participation in the candid-camera show Raj Raj in 2007 and hosted Melodifestivalen 2014. El Refai has also appeared in several movies such as Kronjuvelerna and Johan Falk: Spelets regler.

El Refai was born to Sunni Muslim parents in Tripoli, Lebanon, during the country's civil war, and her family moved to Sweden to live in Eslöv just a few months after her birth, later moving to Norra Fäladen in Lund. She grew up in a single-parent family with her mother. She first came into prominence in 2006 with a role in the crime drama movie Beck - Det tysta skriket. Along with Cecilia Forss, she hosted the candid-camera show Raj Raj, broadcast on TV400 during 2007, having previously cooperated with Forss in the TV3 humour show Hus i helvete.

In 2008, El Refai was assigned as a reporter on stage for Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. During 2009, she played the character Bitterfittan on the comedy show Ballar av stål, the Swedish version of Balls of Steel. She has dysthymia, a chronic form of depression, which she has discussed in her stand-up show En komisk depression ("A comical depression") in 2016-2017 and in her late-2019 mini-documentary series Livet lyckopiller, which aired on Sveriges Television. She hosted Melodifestivalen 2014 alongside Anders Jansson and has participated in Masked Singer Sverige since 2021.