Basma Hassan

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Basma
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Basma at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born
Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan

(1976-12-07) December 7, 1976 (age 44)
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationActress, presenter
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2012; div. 2019)​
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Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan (Arabic: بسمة أحمد سيد حسن‎; born December 7, 1976) is an Egyptian actress.

Basma (left), Omar Sharif and Cyrine Abdelnour

Early life[]

Basma's father is a journalist and her mother is a women's rights activist. She is the granddaughter through her mother of the late Youssef Darwish, who was an Egyptian Jew and a communist activist.[1]

Basma studied English literature at the Cairo University.[2]

Career[]

Basma began her career acting at the university in the film "El Madyna (The City)" where the director Yousry Nasrallah chose her to participate in the film; however, before the movie she tried to be a radio presenter and had already taken an interview in the national radio channel. But before anything, Yousry Nasrallah selected her for the movie "El Madyna (city)".[2] Later on, she acted in the American TV series, Tyrant.[3]

Private life[]

On 15 February 2012, Basma Hassan married the political activist Amr Hamzawy, who was a Member of Parliament for the Freedom Egypt Party.[1] The couple had a daughter, Nadia, but they separated in 2019.[4]

Filmography[]

  • Rasael Al Bahr (Sea Messages), 2010
  • The Traveller, 2009
  • Zay El Naharda (Yesterday is a new day), 2008: May
  • Morgan Ahmed Morgan, 2007: Alyaa
  • Kashf hesab, 2007: Donia
  • Le'bet El hobb (Game Of Love), 2006: Hanan
  • The Night Baghdad Fell, 2005
  • Harim Karim, 2005: Dina
  • Men nazret ain (By a Glimpse of an Eye), 2004: Noody
  • El Na'amah W El tawus (Ostrich And Peacock), 2002: Samira
  • El Nazer, 2000
  • El Madyna (City), 1999: Nadia

Awards[]

  • Best actress award at the for her role in "Zay El Naharda" (2009)
  • Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "Morgan Ahmed Morgan" (2008)
  • Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "Game of Love" (2007)
  • Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "The Night Baghdad Fell" (2006).
  • Award of the "Lights of Safi" festival in Safi, Morocco (2006)
  • Best new face and best actress awards in the Arab section of the Alexandria International Film Festival for her role in "Ostrich and Peacock" (2002)[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Ibrahim, Ekram (16 February 2012), "Love smiles on Egyptian parliamentarian", Ahram Online, retrieved 17 February 2012
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b ""وصفت نفسها بالبطة البلدي وعانت من ديانة جدها ولا تنزعج من جرأتها".. مواقف من حياة بسمة". masrawy.com (in Arabic). 7 December 2019.
  3. ^ "5 Middle Eastern actresses starring in hit American series". stepfeed.com. 19 November 2017.
  4. ^ "للمرة الأولى... بسمة تتحدث عن كواليس طلاقها". annahar.com (in Arabic). 30 May 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ [1]

Resources[]

External links[]

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