Acting
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.
Filmography
أدهم وزينات والثلاث بنات
Series · 2003
Battal min Al-Janub
Film · 2000
اللحظات الأخيرة
Series · 2000
Concerto in Darb Saada
Film · 1998
The Garage
Film · 1995
Disco Disco
Film · 1994
Ihzaru Hazehi Al-Maraa
Film · 1991
Eshtibah
Film · 1991
اللص
Film · 1990
Supermarket
Film · 1990
Below Zero
Film · 1990
Dreams of Hind and Camilia
Film · 1988
Lack of Evidence
Film · 1987
The Iron Lady
Film · 1987
الدنيا على جناح يمامة
Series · 1987
Eimra mutlaqa
Film · 1986
Graveyards for Rent
Film · 1986
The Law, Excuse Us
Film · 1985
Saad the Orphan
Film · 1985
The Unknown
Film · 1984
ألف ليلة وليلة
Series · 1984
Ghdaan saantaqim
Film · 1983
Aietida'
Film · 1982
Farewell to Torment
Film · 1981
Me In His Eyes
Film · 1981
Hob La Yara Al-Shams
Film · 1980
Al-Aqwiyaa
Film · 1980
Al Sharida
Film · 1980
Wa Tamdi Al-Ahzan
Film · 1979
Aqwa Min Al-Ayam
Film · 1979
Alexandria… Why?
Film · 1979
The Judge and the Executioner
Film · 1978
Journey to oblivion
Film · 1978
Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
Film · 1978
Remember Me
Film · 1978
Sonya and the Madman
Film · 1977
Madness of Love
Film · 1977
First Year of Love
Film · 1976
La waqt lil-demoue
Film · 1976
Qamar Al-Zaman
Film · 1976
No My Ex-Lover
Film · 1976
Love... Sweeter Than Love
Film · 1975
Sabreen
Film · 1975
The White Dress
Film · 1975
Bedour
Film · 1974
The Most Beautiful Days of My Life
Film · 1974
Al-Wafaa Al-Azeem
Film · 1974
Soul lover
Film · 1973
My Blood, My Tears and My Smile
Film · 1973
El Banat Lazem Ttgawz
Film · 1973
Abou Rabiea
Film · 1973
Girls Must Get Married
Film · 1973
Please don't misunderstand me
Series · 1973
Body and Passion
Film · 1972
A Nose And Three Eyes
Film · 1972
Eashiqat nafsiha
Film · 1972
The Devil is a Woman
Film · 1972
Love & Pride
Film · 1972
From home to school
Film · 1972
Youth on Fire
Film · 1972
5 شارع الحبايب
Film · 1971
حسناء المطار
Film · 1971
Shadows on the Other Side
Film · 1971
Then the sun rises
Film · 1971
My Sister
Film · 1971
Date with the Beloved
Film · 1971
Sweet Trip
Film · 1971
Boy, Girl And the Devil
Film · 1971
أوهام الحب
Film · 1970
The Two Friends
Film · 1970
Hayati
Film · 1970
The Lottery Ticket Thief
Film · 1970
End of the devils
Film · 1970
The Mirror
Film · 1970
The Three Madmen
Film · 1970
My Husband’s Woman
Film · 1970
A Schoolgirl's Romance
Film · 1969
Ebn Al-Shaitan
Film · 1969
Marriage for Half an Hour
Film · 1969
Girls' Secrets
Film · 1969
Seraa All Mohtafeeen
Film · 1969
End of the Road
Film · 1968
Joys
Film · 1968
Rawaat El Hob
Film · 1968
The Three Friends
Film · 1966