Person Details

Birthday: 1951-12-21 09:01:41

Aliases: نجلاء فتحى , نجلاء فتحي , Najlaa Fathi

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Fatma El-Zahraa Hussein Fathi (Egyptian Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء حسين فتحي‎, born 21 December 1951),[3][4][5] popularly known as Naglaa Fathi, is an Egyptian actress.[6][7] She started her acting career in 1967 and has played a role in over 80 films.[8] She established a production company and produced films, including Supermarket (1990).[9] The award-winning actress also wrote the screenplay for Tomorrow I Will Exact My Revenge (Arabic: غدا سأنتقم‎), (1980) Fathi started her acting career in Egyptian cinema at age 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 (Arabic: أفراح‎, meaning "Joys"), produced in Beirut, Lebanon. The director of the film, Ali Badrakhan had reservations about Fathi, but fellow producer Ramses Naguib saw her as 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 more complicated roles in movies dealing with a social and political dimension.[8] She received an award for best actress for her starring role in El Garage (1995),[10] 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.[8] According to writer Nagla El-Baz, the movie was a success in raising awareness about the issue of overpopulation.

Most Famous Work

اللص
Average
0

اللص

(1990) عزيزة
The Three Friends
Average
6

The Three Friends

(1966) Zahra
أوهام الحب
Average
0

أوهام الحب

(1970) Nadia
Alexandria… Why?
Average
6

Alexandria… Why?

(1979) Sarah Sorel
A Nose And Three Eyes
Average
8

A Nose And Three Eyes

(1972) Nagwa
Aietida'
Average
0

Aietida'

(1982) أمال
The Unknown
Average
7

The Unknown

(1984) Madiha
Emotions and the Body
Average
3

Emotions and the Body

(1972) Huda

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2000 N/A
1998 N/A
1995 N/A
1994 N/A
1990 Amera
عزيزة
1988 Camelia
1987 Fawziya
Magda
1986 N/A
N/A
1985 هدى عبد الهادي عمار
N/A
1984 Madiha
1983 N/A
1982 أمال
1981 Layla
N/A
1980 ليلى
N/A
N/A
1979 N/A
Sarah Sorel
N/A
1978 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1977 Sonyah
N/A
1976 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1975 Huda / Dalal
ليلى - المربية
N/A
1974 N/A
Hoda
N/A
1973 N/A
Aida
Nahed
ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين
1972 Nadia
Nagwa
Yasmine
Sohair
Zizi
Huda
Dalal
1971 Fayza
Fayza
Zahra
Sawsan
Maha Adel's fiancée
Nahed Shawkat
Amal
1970 Zahra
Mona Hassan
Nadia
Samira
Karima
Wafaa
N/A
N/A
1969 Suniya
Self - Guest of Honor
Daha
Saadia
Laila al-Gharbaoui
1968 Bosayna
Hyam
Jamila
1966 Zahra
Year Character Movie/Tv

Join the discussion

Please Log in to comment