Dorra Zarrouk

Dorra Zarrouk (Arabic: درة زروق‎, born January 13, 1980), is a Tunisian actress.[1][2][3][4]

Dorra Zarrouk
درة زروق
Dorra Zarrouk on the cover of Tunivisions, in January 2016.
Born (1980-01-13) 13 January 1980
Tunis, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian, Egyptian
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Early life

Dorra was born in Tunis, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather, Ali Zouaoui, was an economist and politician.[5][6]

Dorra had a Master of Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Tunis in 2001,[7] then she had a Master of Advanced Studies in Political Science from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon in 2003.[8][9]

Career

Despite her academic background, Dorra started performing in 1997,[10] then acting on the Tunisian theater, El Teatro, with Taoufik Jebali in 2000.[11] In 2002, Dorra's first act was at a Franco-Tunisian film, Khorma.[5]

In 2003, she took part in the Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death. Her first TV series outside Tunisia was in 2004, when she acted in Fares Bani Marwan in Syria.[5][12] In the same year, she starred in Nadia et Sarra with Hiam Abbass. In 2005, she acted in Le Voyage de Louisa.

In 2007, she started her career in Egypt, where she featured at Alawela fel Gharam and Heya Fawda with Menna Shalabi.[13]

Later on, she acted in various films such as Al Mosafer, Tisbah Ala Khair and Sheikh Jackson.[14]

Personal life

Dorra was briefly engaged to a Tunisian businessman Qays Mukhtar in 2012.[13] In 2020, she posted pictures on social media dating an Egyptian businessman and interior designer Hany Saad.[15]

gollark: Inkjet printers are evil, yes, no news there.
gollark: Printing presses are 400 years old and you couldn't make coloring books practically without them.
gollark: But that would destroy the planned obsolescence the coloring book industry relies on. Hmmm.
gollark: Also physical books with erasable pages so you can reuse them.
gollark: Oh, audiobooks would be an interesting idea too, good point.

References
  1. "Dorra Zarrouk". africultures.com (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "Dorra Zarrouk". jeuneafrique.com (in French). Mohamed Habib Ladjimi. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Dorra Zarrouk Prix de la meilleure actrice au Festival " Nejm El Arab " du Caire". realites.com.tn (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "الفنانة درة تأخذنا في جولة داخل حياتها الخاصة لأول مرة Dorra Zarrouk". youtube (in Arabic). Alghad TV - قناة الغد. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "Tout en poursuivant de brillantes études, cette jeune comédienne est devenue la coqueluche des téléspectateurs tunisiens". jeuneafrique.com (in French). 24 January 2005.
  6. "درة في ضيافة "بوابة الأهرام": أحلم بالمسرح الاستعراضي وإعادة فوازير رمضان". ahram.org (in Arabic). 13 June 2018.
  7. "There's Something About Dorra Zarrouk You Don't Know…". vogue.me. 15 January 2018.
  8. "درة التونسية تفتخر بدور "العاهرة".. ولهذا السبب لم تتزوج بعد". elfann.com (in Arabic). 21 February 2018.
  9. "درة زروق للحصري : "رغم هجرتي إلى مصر أبقى درّة التونسية.... و بلبنان كنت أزور باستمرار صبرا وشتيلا...."". espacemanager.com (in Arabic). 19 November 2012.
  10. "Dorra Zarrouk". africultures.com (in French).
  11. "Our exclusive interview with Tunisian actress Dorra Zarrouk". emirateswoman.com. 30 November 2018.
  12. "Our list of top 20 Arab social media stars". stepfeed.com. 30 June 2017.
  13. "In Conversation With: The Arab Film World's Most In-Demand Actress". harpersbazaararabia.com. 10 January 2019.
  14. "Dorra Zarrouk: The Scintillating star bids farewell to summer". insight-egypt.com. 15 October 2017.
  15. "ما حقيقة ارتباط درة برجل الأعمال هاني سعد؟". ET بالعربي (in Arabic). 20 April 2020.


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