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Basma Hassan
Egyptian actress (born 1976)
Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan (Arabic: بسمة أحمد سيد حسن; born December 7, 1976) is an Egyptian actress.
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| Born | Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan (1976-12-07) December 7, 1976 (age 47) Cairo, Egypt |
| Education | Cairo University |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, presenter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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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]
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Basma began her career acting while studying at the university in the film "El Madyna (The City)" (1999) where the director Yousry Nasrallah chose her to participate in the film. Before acting, 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]
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]
- 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
- 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]
- Ibrahim, Ekram (16 February 2012), "Love smiles on Egyptian parliamentarian", Ahram Online, retrieved 17 February 2012
- ""وصفت نفسها بالبطة البلدي وعانت من ديانة جدها ولا تنزعج من جرأتها".. مواقف من حياة بسمة". masrawy.com (in Arabic). 7 December 2019.
- "5 Middle Eastern actresses starring in hit American series". stepfeed.com. 19 November 2017.
- "للمرة الأولى... بسمة تتحدث عن كواليس طلاقها". annahar.com (in Arabic). 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019.
- "Most Popular | al Bawaba". Archived from the original on 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
- "Basma" (in Arabic). El Cinema.
Basma Hassan at IMDb 