Naglaa Fathy
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Ebn Al-Shaitan
Saadia
1969
Film
Battal min Al-Janub
2000
Film
First Year of Love
1976
Series
ألف ليلة وليلة
شهرزاد
1984
Film
The Two Friends
1970
Film
Aietida'
أمال
1982
Series
Please don't misunderstand me
ليلى
1973
Film
Alexandria… Why?
Sarah Sorel
1979
Film
The Law, Excuse Us
هدى عبد الهادي عمار
1985
Series
اللحظات الأخيرة
2000
Film
The Three Friends
Zahra
1966
Film
Saad the Orphan
1985
Film
Marriage for Half an Hour
Self - Guest of Honor
1969
Film
Abou Rabiea
ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين
1973
Film
A Schoolgirl's Romance
Duha
1969
Film
Farewell to Torment
Layla
1981
Film
Seraa All Mohtafeeen
ليلى الغرباوي
1969
Film
Madness of Love
1977
Film
My Blood, My Tears and My Smile
Nahed
1973
Series
الدنيا على جناح يمامة
إيمان
1987
Film
Sonya and the Madman
Sonyah
1977
Film
Joys
بثينة بستانى
1968
Film
Dreams of Hind and Camilia
Camellia
1988
Film
The White Dress
Huda / Dalal
1975
Film
Girls' Secrets
Suniya
1969
Film
Bedour
Bedour
1974
Film
End of the devils
زهرة
1970
Film
The Three Madmen
Samira
1970
Film
The Devil is a Woman
Yasmine
1972
Film
El Banat Lazem Ttgawz
صافي
1973
Film
Al-Wafaa Al-Azeem
1974
Film
Hob Fauq Al-Burkan
1978
Film
Youth on Fire
Nadia
1972
Film
5 شارع الحبايب
Maha Adel's fiancée
1971
Film
The Mirror
Karima
1970
Film
Disco Disco
1994
Film
Supermarket
Amira Abdul Majeed
1990
Film
Sabreen
صابرين
1975
Film
The Garage
1995
Film
Remember Me
Mona
1978
Film
Graveyards for Rent
1986
Film
My Husband’s Woman
Wafaa
1970
Film
Love & Pride
زيزي
1972
Film
Sweet Trip
Zahra
1971
Film
Concerto in Darb Saada
Sonia
1998
Film
Al Sharida
ليلى
1980
Film
Body and Passion
هدى
1972
Film
The Judge and the Executioner
ناهد كمال فهمي
1978
Film
The Lottery Ticket Thief
1970
Film
حسناء المطار
Amal
1971
Film
Then the sun rises
فايزة
1971
Film
Hayati
Mona Hassan
1970
Film
Wa Tamdi Al-Ahzan
1979
Girls Must Get Married
1973
Film
Eimra mutlaqa
سلوى
1986
Film
Aqwa Min Al-Ayam
1979
Film
Ihzaru Hazehi Al-Maraa
1991
Film
Qamar Al-Zaman
1976
Film
Rawaat El Hob
هيام
1968
Film
From home to school
سهير
1972
Film
Below Zero
1990
Film
Lack of Evidence
Fawziya
1987
Film
End of the Road
Jamila
1968
Film
Al-Aqwiyaa
Nadia
1980
Film
Journey to oblivion
1978
Film
The Iron Lady
Magda Abdel Sattar
1987
Film
أوهام الحب
Nadia
1970
Film
La waqt lil-demoue
1976
Film
The Most Beautiful Days of My Life
Hoda Jamal Kazem
1974
Film
Date with the Beloved
Nahed Shawkat
1971
Film
Eashiqat nafsiha
Dalal
1972
Film
No My Ex-Lover
1976
Film
My Sister
Sawsan
1971
Film
Ghdaan saantaqim
1983
Film
Boy, Girl And the Devil
Fayza
1971
Film
A Nose And Three Eyes
Nagwa
1972
Film
Me In His Eyes
1981
Film
Eshtibah
1991
Film
The Unknown
Madiha
1984
Film
Soul lover
Aida
1973
Film
Love... Sweeter Than Love
ليلى - المربية
1975
Film
Shadows on the Other Side
1971
Film
Hob La Yara Al-Shams
1980
Film
اللص
عزيزة
1990