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
Credits
- 1998 · Concerto in Darb Saada as Sonia
- 1995 · The Garage as
- 1990 · Supermarket as Amira Abdul Majeed
- 1990 · اللص as عزيزة
- 1988 · Dreams of Hind and Camilia as Camellia
- 1986 · Graveyards for Rent as
- 1984 · ألف ليلة وليلة as شهرزاد
- 1980 · Al Sharida as ليلى
- 1980 · Al-Aqwiyaa as Nadia
- 1979 · وتمضي الأحزان as
- 1979 · Alexandria… Why? as Sarah Sorel
- 1977 · Sonya and the Madman as Sonyah
- 1976 · لا وقت للدموع as
- 1976 · First Year of Love as
- 1976 · Qamar Al-Zaman as
- 1975 · Love... Sweeter Than Love as ليلى - المربية
- 1974 · Bedour as Bedour
- 1974 · The Most Beautiful Days of My Life as Hoda Jamal Kazem
- 1973 · Soul lover as Aida
- 1973 · Abou Rabiea as ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين
- 1972 · Youth on Fire as Nadia
- 1972 · The Devil is a Woman as Yasmine
- 1972 · Body and Passion as Huda
- 1971 · Boy, Girl And the Devil as Fayza
- 1971 · Then the sun rises as Fayza
- 1971 · Sweet Trip as Zahra
- 1971 · 5 شارع الحبايب as Maha Adel's fiancée
- 1971 · Date with the Beloved as Nahed Shawkat
- 1971 · حسناء المطار as Amal
- 1971 · My Sister as Sawsan
- 1970 · End of the devils as زهرة
- 1970 · حياتي as Mona Hassan
- 1970 · أوهام الحب as Nadia
- 1970 · My Husband’s Woman as Wafaa
- 1970 · The Lottery Ticket Thief as
- 1969 · Marriage for Half an Hour as Self - Guest of Honor
- 1969 · A Schoolgirl's Romance as Daha
- 1968 · Rawaat El Hob as Hyam
- 1966 · The Three Friends as Zahra
- Future · أرجوك لا تفهمني بسرعة as ليلى
- 2000 · Battal min Al-Janub as
- 1994 · Disco Disco as
- 1991 · احذروا هذه المرأة as
- 1987 · The Iron Lady as Magda Abdel Sattar
- 1987 · Lack of Evidence as Fawziya
- 1986 · Eimra mutlaqa as
- 1985 · The Law, Excuse Us as هدى عبد الهادي عمار
- 1985 · Saad the Orphan as
- 1984 · The Unknown as Madiha
- 1983 · غدا سأنتقم as
- 1982 · Aietida' as أمال
- 1981 · وداعا للعذاب as Layla
- 1981 · Me In His Eyes as
- 1980 · Hob La Yara Al-Shams as
- 1979 · Aqwa Min Al-Ayam as
- 1978 · رحلة النسيان as
- 1978 · حب فوق البركان as
- 1978 · The Judge and the Executioner as
- 1978 · Remember me as Mona
- 1977 · Madness of Love as
- 1976 · No My Ex-Lover as
- 1975 · The White Dress as Huda / Dalal
- 1975 · Sabrina as
- 1974 · The Great Loyalty as
- 1973 · El Banat Lazem Ttgawz as
- 1973 · My blood, My Tears and My Smile as Nahed
- 1972 · A Nose And Three Eyes as Nagwa
- 1972 · من البيت للمدرسة as Sohair
- 1972 · Love & Pride as زيزي
- 1972 · Eashiqat nafsiha as Dalal
- 1971 · Shadows on the Other Side as
- 1970 · The Three Madmen as Samira
- 1970 · The Mirror as Karima
- 1970 · The Two Friends as
- 1969 · Girls' Secrets as Suniya
- 1969 · Ebn Al-Shaitan as Saadia
- 1969 · Seraa All Mohtafeeen as Laila al-Gharbaoui
- 1968 · Joys as بثينة بستانى
- 1968 · End of the Road as Jamila