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.
Series | أرجوك لا تفهمني بسرعة | ليلى | 2025 |
Movie | Lovers' Scraps | 2003-06-18 | |
Movie | Battal min Al-Janub | 2000-04-01 | |
Movie | Concerto in Darb Saada | Sonia | 1998-06-14 |
Movie | The Garage | 1995-11-12 | |
Movie | Disco Disco | Unknown | 1994-08-15 |
Movie | احذروا هذه المرأة | 1991-07-10 | |
Movie | Below Zero | Unknown | 1990-07-02 |
Movie | اللص | عزيزة | 1990-04-26 |
Movie | Supermarket | Amira Abdul Majeed | 1990-10-08 |
Movie | Dreams of Hind and Camilia | Camellia | 1988-04-07 |
Movie | Lack of Evidence | Fawziya | 1987-03-25 |
Movie | The Iron Lady | Magda Abdel Sattar | 1987-08-03 |
Movie | Eimra mutlaqa | Unknown | 1986-06-07 |
Movie | Graveyards for Rent | 1986-11-17 | |
Movie | The Law, Excuse Us | هدى عبد الهادي عمار | 1985-09-09 |
Movie | Saad the Orphan | 1985-01-01 | |
Series | ألف ليلة وليلة | شهرزاد | 1984-05-31 |
Movie | The Unknown | Madiha | 1984-06-23 |
Movie | غدا سأنتقم | 1983-04-13 | |
Movie | Aietida' | أمال | 1982-07-21 |
Movie | Me In His Eyes | Unknown | 1981-01-01 |
Movie | وداعا للعذاب | Layla | 1981-08-01 |
Movie | Al-Aqwiyaa | Nadia | 1980-08-16 |
Movie | Hob La Yara Al-Shams | Unknown | 1980-04-19 |
Movie | Al Sharida | ليلى | 1980-11-10 |
Movie | Aqwa Min Al-Ayam | Unknown | 1979-02-26 |
Movie | Alexandria… Why? | Sarah Sorel | 1979-08-23 |
Movie | وتمضي الأحزان | Unknown | 1979-10-17 |
Movie | Remember me | Mona | 1978-03-20 |
Movie | The Judge and the Executioner | Unknown | 1978-03-27 |
Movie | رحلة النسيان | Unknown | 1978-12-25 |
Movie | Hob Fauq Al-Burkan | 1978-11-09 | |
Movie | Sonya and the Madman | Sonyah | 1977-01-04 |
Movie | Madness of Love | 1977-06-13 | |
Movie | Qamar Al-Zaman | Unknown | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | No My Ex-Lover | Unknown | 1976-06-21 |
Movie | First Year of Love | Unknown | 1976-10-18 |
Movie | La waqt lil-demoue | 1976-09-24 | |
Movie | Sabreen | 1975-06-09 | |
Movie | Love... Sweeter Than Love | ليلى - المربية | 1975-11-03 |
Movie | The White Dress | Huda / Dalal | 1975-12-29 |
Movie | The Most Beautiful Days of My Life | Hoda Jamal Kazem | 1974-04-08 |
Movie | Al-Wafaa Al-Azeem | 1974-10-07 | |
Movie | Bedour | Bedour | 1974-10-14 |
Movie | Abou Rabiea | ياسمين إسماعيل فخر الدين | 1973-03-26 |
Movie | My blood, My Tears and My Smile | Nahed | 1973-06-25 |
Movie | Soul lover | Aida | 1973-11-05 |
Movie | El Banat Lazem Ttgawz | Unknown | 1973-12-31 |
Movie | Body and Passion | Huda | 1972-03-27 |
Movie | Eashiqat nafsiha | Dalal | 1972-01-24 |
Movie | Love & Pride | زيزي | 1972-07-03 |
Movie | Youth on Fire | Nadia | 1972-11-06 |
Movie | من البيت للمدرسة | Sohair | 1972-09-04 |
Movie | A Nose And Three Eyes | Nagwa | 1972-11-04 |
Movie | The Devil is a Woman | Yasmine | 1972-09-18 |
Movie | حسناء المطار | Amal | 1971-03-15 |
Movie | My Sister | Sawsan | 1971-01-01 |
Movie | Shadows on the Other Side | Unknown | 1971-01-02 |
Movie | Date with the Beloved | Nahed Shawkat | 1971-03-29 |
Movie | 5 شارع الحبايب | Maha Adel's fiancée | 1971-04-12 |
Movie | Then the sun rises | Fayza | 1971-09-27 |
Movie | Boy, Girl And the Devil | Fayza | 1971-12-27 |
Movie | Sweet Trip | Zahra | 1971-07-12 |
Movie | My Husband’s Woman | Wafaa | 1970-04-27 |
Movie | The Two Friends | Unknown | 1970-03-21 |
Movie | The Mirror | Karima | 1970-05-11 |
Movie | The Lottery Ticket Thief | Unknown | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | End of the devils | زهرة | 1970-08-24 |
Movie | The Three Madmen | Samira | 1970-05-25 |
Movie | Hayati | Mona Hassan | 1970-07-27 |
Movie | أوهام الحب | Nadia | 1970-07-12 |
Movie | Ebn Al-Shaitan | Saadia | 1969-03-31 |
Movie | Seraa All Mohtafeeen | Laila al-Gharbaoui | 1969-03-03 |
Movie | A Schoolgirl's Romance | Duha | 1969-06-04 |
Movie | Marriage for Half an Hour | Self - Guest of Honor | 1969-09-01 |
Movie | Girls' Secrets | Suniya | 1969-10-20 |
Movie | End of the Road | Jamila | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Joys | بثينة بستانى | 1968-09-18 |
Movie | Rawaat El Hob | Hyam | 1968-07-01 |
Movie | The Three Friends | Zahra | 1966-06-16 |