Sulaf Fawakherji (Arabic: سلاف فواخرجي‎) (born 27 July 1977) is a Syrian film, TV actress and director. She has played many roles on Syrian soap operas. Fawakherji studied art and sculpture at Adham Ismail Fine Arts Institute before starring on stage in plays including Al-Sawt (The Voice) and Hekayat al-Shetaa (Winter’s Tales). She was one of the torchbearer during the leg of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay. She appeared on Syrian television in May 2011 in defence of Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government.