Naglaa Fathy

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.

Known For

Birth Location Cairo, Egypt
Born 1951-12-21

Movies

1998
1995
Supermarket as Amira Abdul Majeed
1990
اللص as عزيزة
1990
1988
Lack of Evidence as Fawziya
1987
The iron lady as Magda
1987
The Law, Excuse Us as هدى عبد الهادي عمار
1985
The Unknown as Madiha
1984
Aietida' as أمال
1982
Wdaa'n llazab as Layla
1981
الشريدة as ليلى
1980
1980
Alexandria… Why? as Sarah Sorel
1979
Remember me as Mona
1978
1977
The White Dress as Huda / Dalal
1975
Love... Sweeter Than Love as ليلى - المربية
1975
1975
Bedour as Bedour
1974
1974
Soul lover as Aida
1973
Abou Rabiea as ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين
1973
Youth on Fire as Nadia
1972
1972
1972
Love & Pride as زيزي
1972
1972
Eashiqat nafsiha as Dalal
1972
1971
Sweet Trip as Zahra
1971
5 شارع الحبايب as Maha Adel's fiancée
1971
Date with the Beloved as Nahed Shawkat
1971
My Sister as Sawsan
1971
1970
حياتي as Mona Hassan
1970
1970
The Three Madmen as Samira
1970
The Mirror as Karima
1970
1970
Girls' Secrets as Suniya
1969
Marriage for Half an Hour as Self - Guest of Honor
1969
1969
Ebn Al-Shaitan as Saadia
1969
Seraa All Mohtafeeen as Laila al-Gharbaoui
1969
Joys as بثينة بستانى
1968
Rawaat El Hob as Hyam
1968
End of the Road as Jamila
1968
1966

Movies

Supermarket Producer
1990