Mona Zaki

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Mona Zaki
منى زكي
Mona Zaki in fighting breast cancer campaign, 2015
Born	Mona Ali Mohamed Zaki منى علي محمد زكي (1976-11-18) November 18, 1976 (age 44) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Ahmed Helmy ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3

Mona Ali Mohamed Zaki (; born November 18, 1977) is an Egyptian actress. She is married to actor Ahmed Helmy.

Biography[]

Mona Zaki was born to her parents Ali Mohamed Zaki and Tahani on November 18, 1976. Until the age of 13, Zaki lived in Kuwait. At the age of 16 and after seeing an advertisement by Mohamed Sobhi for new faces, she applied merely in hope of getting a chance to meet the famous Egyptian actor and director. Zaki was cast by Sobhi and had her first acting role in his play Bel Araby El Faseeh.

When it was time for Mona to go to university, she enrolled in the Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University. During that time, she was introduced to director Ismail Abdel Hafez who chose her to play a part in El A'elah, a Ramadan series that marked her TV debut.

Acting became more than just a hobby to Mona after that; she later acted in a number of popular TV series: Khalti Safiya wel Deir, Nisf Rabi' El Akhar, Ahalina, Ded El Tayyar and El Daw' El Sharid.

The promising star's TV roles opened the doors of the big screen for her. Mona invaded the cinema with El Katl ElLaziz, with Mervat Amin, then went on to play lead roles in Idhak El Soura Titla' Hilwa a performance for which she received an award, Sa'idi fil Gam'a Al-Amrikiya, Omar 2000, El Hobb El Awal, and Leih Khallitni Ahibbak all of which were box office hits.

But Mona played the role of Jehan Sadat in the masterpiece The Days of Sadat (which was about the Egyptian President Anwar Sadat). The young actress was given an award, along with the rest of the cast of the movie, by President Hosni Mubarak.

Success remained close to the talented star and her dedication was well rewarded with the huge popularity of her next movies Africano and Mafia. She went on from one movie to another, presenting Sleepless Nights, Men Nazret Ein, Khalti Faransa and many more.

Despite her huge success in the cinema, Mona also acted in several plays, among which were Le'b Eyal, Ya Messafer Wahdak, Afrouto and Keda OK.

Personal life[]

Mona is married to Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy. They have three children: Lilly (2003), Selim (2014), and Younis (2016).

Charity work[]

Mona Zaki is preparing to take part in the new charity campaign Know your Blood type. Al-Ahram newspaper reports that the campaign launched by Mona Zaki as Yanabee El-Hayah ambassador in coordination with Yanabee El-Hayah for blood donation and in cooperation of the United Nations public health arm, the World Health Organization.^[1]

Filmography[]

Series[]

• Asia=Asia
• El Ailah=The Family
• Cindrella=Cindrella
• Zizinia=Zizinia
• Ahalina=Our Kins
• El Du El Shared=The Stay Light
• Goha El Masri=Egyptian Goha
• Lahazat Haregah= Critical Trices
• Layali El Helmiyyah 5 =Nights Of El Helmiyyah - Part 5
• Be 100 Ragel=Equal 100 Man
• SNL Arabic
• Afrah El Qobbah=Joy Of El Qobbah
• Lebet Newton = Game Of Newton’

Theatre[]

• B El Arabi El Fasih=By Fluent Arabic
• Ya Msafer Wahdak=O Traveling Alone
• Kedah OK=So Ok
• Afrotto=Demon

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mona Zaki.

• Mona Zaki at IMDb