Wedad Hamdi () was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all her roles were as a servant or maid.
Wedad Mehammad Elsawi Zaraarah was born on 7 March 1924 in Kafr El-Sheikh. She studied at the Acting Institute and graduated after two years. Hamdi started her career as a singer.
Hamdi's first film was Henry Barakat's This Was My Father's Crime (1945).
She worked with the Egyptian National Troupe on several plays. Hamdi retired in the sixties but was called out of retirement to work on the play Tamr Henna.
Hamdi was married two times, to composer Muhammad al-Mougy and actor Muhammad al-Toukhy.
Hamdi was stabbed 35 times in the neck, chest, and abdomen. Her killer was convicted and later executed. She died with very little money to her name.