1951-12-21 ( 73 years old ) in Cairo, Egypt
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.
Movies
Battal min Al-Janub
2000-04-01
Concerto in Darb Saada
1998-06-14
The Garage
1995-11-12
Disco Disco
1994-08-15
Ihzaru Hazehi Al-Maraa
1991-11-25
Eshtibah
1991-08-12
Supermarket
1990-10-08
Below Zero
1990-07-02
اللص
1990-04-26
Dreams of Hind and Camilia
1988-04-07
The Iron Lady
1987-08-03
Lack of Evidence
1987-03-25
Graveyards for Rent
1986-11-17
Eimra mutlaqa
1986-06-07
The Law, Excuse Us
1985-09-09
Saad the Orphan
1985-01-01
The Unknown
1984-06-23
Ghdaan saantaqim
1983-10-17
Aietida'
1982-07-21
Wdaa'n llazab
1981-08-01
Me In His Eyes
1981-01-01
Al Sharida
1980-11-10
Al-Aqwiyaa
1980-08-16
Hob La Yara Al-Shams
1980-07-21
وتمضي الأحزان
1979-10-17
Alexandria… Why?
1979-08-23
Aqwa Min Al-Ayam
1979-02-26
Journey to oblivion
1978-12-25
Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
1978-11-09
The Judge and the Executioner
1978-03-27
Remember me
1978-03-20
Madness of Love
1977-06-13
Sonya and the Madman
1977-01-04
First Year of Love
1976-10-18
La waqt lil-demoue
1976-09-24
No My Ex-Lover
1976-06-21
Qamar Al-Zaman
1976-01-01
The White Dress
1975-12-29
Love... Sweeter Than Love
1975-11-03
Sabreen
1975-06-09
Bedour
1974-10-14
Al-Wafaa Al-Azeem
1974-10-07
The Most Beautiful Days of My Life
1974-04-08
El Banat Lazem Ttgawz
1973-12-31
Soul lover
1973-11-05
My blood, My Tears and My Smile
1973-06-25
Abou Rabiea
1973-03-26
Youth on Fire
1972-11-06
A Nose And Three Eyes
1972-11-04
The Devil is a Woman
1972-09-18
From home to school
1972-09-04
Love & Pride
1972-07-03
Body and Passion
1972-03-27
Eashiqat nafsiha
1972-01-24
Boy, Girl And the Devil
1971-12-27
Then the sun rises
1971-09-27
Sweet Trip
1971-07-12
5 شارع الحبايب
1971-04-12
Date with the Beloved
1971-03-29
حسناء المطار
1971-03-15
Shadows on the Other Side
1971-01-02
My Sister
1971-01-01
End of the devils
1970-08-24
Hayati
1970-07-27
أوهام الحب
1970-07-12
The Three Madmen
1970-05-25
The Mirror
1970-05-11
My Husband’s Woman
1970-04-27
The Lottery Ticket Thief
1970-04-01
The Two Friends
1970-03-21
Girls' Secrets
1969-10-20
Marriage for Half an Hour
1969-09-01
A Schoolgirl's Romance
1969-06-04
Ebn Al-Shaitan
1969-03-31
Seraa All Mohtafeeen
1969-03-03
Joys
1968-09-18
Rawaat El Hob
1968-07-01
End of the Road
1968-01-01
The Three Friends
1966-06-16
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