Basma Hassan

Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan (Arabic: بسمة أحمد سيد حسن‎; born December 7, 1976) is an Egyptian actress.

Basma (left), Omar Sharif and Cyrine Abdelnour
For the Canadian-born Princess of Jordan, "Basmah Hasan", see Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad.
Basma
Basma at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born
Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan

(1976-12-07) December 7, 1976
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationActress, presenter
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)
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m. 2012; div. 2019)

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
  • Leabet el hob (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
  • Al-naama wa al tawoos (Ostrich and Peacock), 2002: Samira
  • El Nazer, 2000
  • El Madyna (City), 1999: Nadia

Awards
  • Best actress award at the Motion Picture Association Festival 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]
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gollark: Government: "hello yes please go to restaurants and stuff or else the economy will implode"

References
  1. Ibrahim, Ekram (16 February 2012), "Love smiles on Egyptian parliamentarian", Ahram Online, retrieved 17 February 2012
  2. ""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.

Resources

Basma Hassan on IMDb 

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