IMDb: Most Popular People Born In "Cairo/ Egypt"

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1.		Amr Waked Actor, Syriana Amr's big break came in 2001 in the movie "Ashab walla business". Unknown to audiences up to that point, Amr portrayed the role so well that many viewers left the theater believing he was a Palestinian actor. Since then, his reputation as one of Egypt's most serious and dedicated character actors went from strength to strength...
2.		Julian Fellowes Writer, Downton Abbey
3.		Atom Egoyan Director, The Sweet Hereafter Born in Egypt to Armenian parents, he was raised in Western Canada. Both his parents were painters, and he planned to be a playwright, but after making a short film, he became hooked on telling stories visually. Returned to ethnic "homeland" when he filmed Calendar in Armenia. Won attention at the Sundance Film Festival for earlier work...
4.		Simone Silva Actress, The Shadow Man Simone Silva was born to French-Italian parents in Cairo as Simone de Bouillard. She was known mainly in England, where the great majority of her films were produced, as an actress of B-movies, who usually played supporting roles and bit parts.This mostly forgotten actress in some ways was more bright in life than in her very short career...
5.		Nicholas Courtney Actor, Lust in Space Nicholas Courtney was born in Egypt, the son of a British diplomat. His early years were spent in Kenya and France and he was called up for National Service at the age of 18. After 18 months of duty in the British forces, Courtney joined the Webber Douglas drama school. He spent two years there and then did repertory theatre in Northampton. His next move was to London...
6.		Mido Hamada Actor, Unknown Mido Hamada was born in 1971 in Cairo. He and his family moved to Germany, and studied at the American Embassy School. He is a German-Egyptian actor who studied and graduated at the Oxford School of Drama, and knows German, English and Arabic. He lives in London, England (2007). He is a notable TV and theatre actor. He has performed at the Royal Court Theatre as well as London's West End.
7.		Adel Imam Actor, The Yacoubian Building He is a graduate of the faculty of agriculture. He was more popular in theatres for his role in Madrasat Al Moshaghebin (School of Rascals). He became more famous in the 1970s for his comedic roles in Searching for a Scandal (Search for a scandal) and Khalli Balek min Aalak (Take care of your brain). He started to play far more serious roles in the 1980s. He is now one of the highest paid actors in Egypt.
8.		Nicola Pagett Actress, Frankenstein: The True Story
9.		Ahmed Helmy Actor, Sleepless Nights Ahmed Helmy made his first big screen appearance in film Aboud ala el hedoud, in which he co-starred alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Ahmed, through his amazing breakthrough performance, and comic sense of humor, nabbed all the attention he needed in this film. He quickly made a jump to starring roles in films such as Omar 2000, El Nazer, _El Selem We Al Thoghban_...
10.		Hassan Hosny Actor, The Wife of an Important Man
11.		Menna Shalabi Actress, After the Battle Menna was subjected to fame at young age through her sensational mother, the famous dancer Zizi Mustafa. Making it in as an actress, though, was a dream she had and fought for on her own. Her first film was Al-saher, directed by the late Radwan El-Kashef whom she considered her godfather. Radwan taught Menna more than she could imagine...
12.		Soad Hosny Actress, Chafika et Metwal Souad Muhammad Kamal Hosny Al Baba was born on January 26th, 1942 in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt. She was the 10th sibling of 17 brothers and sisters. Husni was known as the "Cinderella" of Arab cinema and one of the most influential actresses in the Arabic art world. She ascended to stardom in the end of the 1950s...
13.		Dalida Soundtrack, The Secret Life of Words
14.		Ahmed el-Sakka Actor, Tito Graduated from the Egyptian academy of arts and began his acting career immediately in Egyptian mini-series, and ended up co-starring in several of the most important series broadcast during the holy month Ramadan seasons. Ahmed establish himself as a film star as early as 1998 when he co-starred in...
15.		Jehane Noujaim Director, Control Room
16.		Gillian Hills Actress, A Clockwork Orange
17.		Gamil Ratib Actor, Lawrence of Arabia
18.		Mona Hala Actress, Cairo Time Mona is an Egyptian actress, comedian and YouTube video blogger. She studied German language in the Faculty of Alsun, an Egyptian school offering License degrees in multiple languages. Mona embarked on her career with the children's show 'Yalla Bina', the Arabic translation of 'let's go'. Her next major step was her role in 'El basha Telmiz'...
19.		C.S. Forester Writer, The African Queen C.S. Forester went to Holywood during the opening years of World War II to help write and produce "propaganda" films that would convince U.S. filmgoers that the they should take the side of the British and Allies in the War, which led to such films as Eagle Squadron.
20.		Alexander D'Arcy Actor, The Awful Truth Supporting actor, often portraying oily types, in US and Continental films from the early 30's and thereafter.
21.		Asaad Kelada Director, Prince Family Paper
22.		Ahmed Ezz Actor, Private Alexandria Ahmed Ezz had always dreamed of being a super star. Because of his gorgeous look, the very handsome young man soon attracted the attention of modeling companies. Ahmed thought this would open the doors to the cinema, but soon discovered that modeling was not enough. Ahmed is a graduate of Faculty of Arts...
23.		Yasser Arafat Self, Yitzhak Rabin: Warrior/Peacemaker Yasir Arafat was born Rahman Abdul Rauf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husayni on August 24, 1929. Although he was raised in Cairo, Egypt, he always considered himself a Palestinian. In the late 1940s while a student in Egypt, he became an ardent Arab nationalist and adopted the name Yasir, after Yasir al Birah...
24.		Hanan Turk Actress, Kiss Me Not on the Eyes With her expressive brown eyes, lustrous dark hair and flawless olive skin, the ballet dancer, and actress burst onto the scene in 1991, making her mark on the Arab Actresses list and Arab audiences as well. She co-stars with Nadia El Guindyand Mahmoud Hemida in Wild Desire. One of Egypt's foremost leading ladies of the 1990s...
25.		Fouad El-Mohandes Actor, Ard el-nefak
26.		René Assa Actor, Deep Cover
27.		Marika Rökk Actress, Die Frau meiner Träume Marika Rokk was born in Cairo on the 3rd of November 1913. As a child she moved to Hungary. In Paris at the Moulin Rouge she started her career as a dancer, soon moving on to Broadway New York City, USA. She made her first films Why Sailors Leave Home in London, & also Kiss Me Sergeant in London, U.K. After that she made 2 very fine films in Hungary, her home...
28.		Mostafa Gaafar Actor, Day of the Falcon
29.		Youssra Actress, The Yacoubian Building
30.		Naglaa Fathy Actress, Iskanderija... lih?
31.		Guy Béart Self, Guy Béart
32.		Costas Ferris Director, Rembetiko
33.		Lebleba Actress, Fallen Angels Paradise Text: Youngest of four children two brothers and a sister Lebleba - whose birth name is Ninotchka - was named after the 1939 movie Ninotchka. That same year, her mother, Zarouhi Kalfaian, wanted to name her first daughter Ninotchka but because of a family tradition named her Perouz. In 1946 when Lebleba was born...
34.		Rose Alba Actress, Thunderball
35.		Hani Salama Actor, Destiny
36.		Farid Shawqi Actor, The Iron Gate
37.		Shadia Actress, The Leech
38.		Goffredo Alessandrini Director, Luciano Serra, Pilot
39.		Ahmed Mazhar Actor, El Naser Salah el Dine
40.		Hala Sedki Actress, Chaos, This Is
41.		Naguib Mahfouz Writer, Midaq Alley
42.		Guy Magar Director, Stepfather III
43.		Sawsan Badr Actress, Closed Doors
44.		Kamal Al-Shennawi Actor, Al-irhab wal kabab
45.		Boshra Actress, 678
46.		Khaled Saleh Actor, Chaos, This Is
47.		Alan Whicker Self, Episode #2.6
48.		Nabila Ebeid Actress, L'autre
49.		Ilham Shaheen Actress, One-Zero
50.		Hani Ramzi Actor, Gawas biqarar gomhory

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