Fatma El-Zahraa Hussein Fathi was born on 21 December 1951. is an Egyptian actress. She started her acting career in 1967 and has played a role in over 80 films. She established a production company and produced films, including Supermarket (1990). The award-winning actress also wrote the screenplay for Tomorrow I Will Exact My Revenge(1980). Fathi started her acting career in Egyptian cinema at the age of 15 when she was approached by producer Adly El-Mowalid, while she was at the beach in Alexandria with her friends. She dropped out of school in 1967 to get involved in acting. Her career began in earnest and she starred in the 1968 Egyptian film Afrah, produced in Beirut, Lebanon. The director of the film, Ali Badrakhan had reservations about Fathi, but fellow producer Ramses Naguib saw her as a potential romance icon. Throughout the 1970s, she acted in roughly 15 films a year, predominantly romantic dramas. In the Egyptian film industry, she was only second to actress Faten Hamama in the number of romance films acted in, though not as popular since she was mostly given secondary roles to male characters. During the 1980s, Fathi largely departed from this role and began acting in more complicated roles in movies dealing with a social and political dimensions.
Fatma El-Zahraa Hussein Fathi was born on 21 December 1951. is an Egyptian actress. She started her acting career in 1967 and has played a role in over 80 films. She established a production company and produced films, including Supermarket (1990). The award-winning actress also wrote the screenplay for Tomorrow I Will Exact My Revenge(1980). Fathi started her acting career in Egyptian cinema at the age of 15 when she was approached by producer Adly El-Mowalid, while she was at the beach in Alexandria with her friends. She dropped out of school in 1967 to get involved in acting. Her career began in earnest and she starred in the 1968 Egyptian film Afrah, produced in Beirut, Lebanon. The director of the film, Ali Badrakhan had reservations about Fathi, but fellow producer Ramses Naguib saw her as a potential romance icon. Throughout the 1970s, she acted in roughly 15 films a year, predominantly romantic dramas. In the Egyptian film industry, she was only second to actress Faten Hamama in the number of romance films acted in, though not as popular since she was mostly given secondary roles to male characters. During the 1980s, Fathi largely departed from this role and began acting in more complicated roles in movies dealing with a social and political dimensions.
She received an award for best actress for her starring role in El Garage (1995), where she played a deserted and impoverished single mother who lives inside a garage with her five children, all of whom she gradually gives up to other families as her health deteriorates. The film was based on a true story and Fathi described it as the "most difficult and painful" role she has had to play. According to writer Nagla El-Baz, the movie was a success in raising awareness about the issue of overpopulation.
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Filmography (Movies)
Battal min Al-Janub
Character:
Release Date:01/04/2000
Concerto in Darb Saada
Character:Sonia
Release Date:14/06/1998
The Garage
Character:
Release Date:12/11/1995
Disco Disco
Character:
Release Date:15/08/1994
Ihzaru Hazehi Al-Maraa
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1991
Eshtibah
Character:
Release Date:12/08/1991
Supermarket
Character:Amira Abdul Majeed
Release Date:08/10/1990
Below Zero
Character:
Release Date:02/07/1990
اللص
Character:عزيزة
Release Date:26/04/1990
Dreams of Hind and Camilia
Character:Camellia
Release Date:07/04/1988
The Iron Lady
Character:Magda Abdel Sattar
Release Date:03/08/1987
Lack of Evidence
Character:Fawziya
Release Date:25/03/1987
Graveyards for Rent
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1986
Eimra mutlaqa
Character:سلوى
Release Date:07/06/1986
The Law, Excuse Us
Character:هدى عبد الهادي عمار
Release Date:09/09/1985
Saad the Orphan
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Unknown
Character:Madiha
Release Date:23/06/1984
Ghdaan saantaqim
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1983
Aietida'
Character:أمال
Release Date:21/07/1982
Farewell to Torment
Character:Layla
Release Date:01/08/1981
Me In His Eyes
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Release Date:01/01/1981
Al Sharida
Character:ليلى
Release Date:10/11/1980
Al-Aqwiyaa
Character:Nadia
Release Date:16/08/1980
Hob La Yara Al-Shams
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Release Date:21/07/1980
Wa Tamdi Al-Ahzan
Character:
Release Date:17/10/1979
Alexandria… Why?
Character:Sarah Sorel
Release Date:23/08/1979
Aqwa Min Al-Ayam
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Release Date:26/02/1979
Journey to oblivion
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1978
Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
Character:
Release Date:09/11/1978
The Judge and the Executioner
Character:ناهد كمال فهمي
Release Date:27/03/1978
Remember me
Character:Mona
Release Date:20/03/1978
Madness of Love
Character:
Release Date:13/06/1977
Sonya and the Madman
Character:Sonyah
Release Date:04/01/1977
First Year of Love
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Release Date:18/10/1976
La waqt lil-demoue
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Release Date:24/09/1976
No My Ex-Lover
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Release Date:21/06/1976
Qamar Al-Zaman
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1976
The White Dress
Character:Huda / Dalal
Release Date:29/12/1975
Love... Sweeter Than Love
Character:ليلى - المربية
Release Date:03/11/1975
Sabreen
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1975
Bedour
Character:Bedour
Release Date:14/10/1974
Al-Wafaa Al-Azeem
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1974
The Most Beautiful Days of My Life
Character:Hoda Jamal Kazem
Release Date:08/04/1974
El Banat Lazem Ttgawz
Character:صافي
Release Date:31/12/1973
Girls Must Get Married
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1973
Soul lover
Character:Aida
Release Date:05/11/1973
My blood, My Tears and My Smile
Character:Nahed
Release Date:25/06/1973
Abou Rabiea
Character:ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين
Release Date:26/03/1973
Youth on Fire
Character:Nadia
Release Date:06/11/1972
A Nose And Three Eyes
Character:Nagwa
Release Date:04/11/1972
The Devil is a Woman
Character:Yasmine
Release Date:18/09/1972
From home to school
Character:سهير
Release Date:04/09/1972
Love & Pride
Character:زيزي
Release Date:03/07/1972
Body and Passion
Character:هدى
Release Date:27/03/1972
Eashiqat nafsiha
Character:Dalal
Release Date:24/01/1972
Boy, Girl And the Devil
Character:Fayza
Release Date:27/12/1971
Then the sun rises
Character:فايزة
Release Date:27/09/1971
Sweet Trip
Character:Zahra
Release Date:12/07/1971
5 شارع الحبايب
Character:Maha Adel's fiancée
Release Date:12/04/1971
Date with the Beloved
Character:Nahed Shawkat
Release Date:29/03/1971
حسناء المطار
Character:Amal
Release Date:15/03/1971
Shadows on the Other Side
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Release Date:02/01/1971
My Sister
Character:Sawsan
Release Date:01/01/1971
End of the devils
Character:زهرة
Release Date:24/08/1970
Hayati
Character:Mona Hassan
Release Date:27/07/1970
أوهام الحب
Character:Nadia
Release Date:12/07/1970
The Three Madmen
Character:Samira
Release Date:25/05/1970
The Mirror
Character:Karima
Release Date:11/05/1970
My Husband’s Woman
Character:Wafaa
Release Date:27/04/1970
The Lottery Ticket Thief
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1970
The Two Friends
Character:
Release Date:21/03/1970
Girls' Secrets
Character:Suniya
Release Date:20/10/1969
Marriage for Half an Hour
Character:Self - Guest of Honor
Release Date:01/09/1969
A Schoolgirl's Romance
Character:Duha
Release Date:04/06/1969
Ebn Al-Shaitan
Character:Saadia
Release Date:31/03/1969
Seraa All Mohtafeeen
Character:ليلى الغرباوي
Release Date:03/03/1969
Joys
Character:بثينة بستانى
Release Date:18/09/1968
End of the Road
Character:Jamila
Release Date:17/06/1968
Rawaat El Hob
Character:هيام
Release Date:01/06/1968
The Three Friends
Character:Zahra
Release Date:16/06/1966
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