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Nadia Lotfi Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1937-01-03

Birthplace:
Cairo, Egypt

Credits:
75 Total Roles

Nadia Lotfi

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Biography

Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Loutfi was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the most popular actresses of Egyptian cinema's golden age. She was born in 1937 in Cairo to an Egyptian father and a Polish mother. Her father was an accountant. Acting started as a hobby, when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well.

Her first roles in Egyptian cinema were in Soultan (1958) and Cairo Station (1958), both in the same year. The latter brought filmmaker Youssef Chahine to international attention and acclaim when it was a competitor at the Berlin Film Festival. Her career progressed and she appeared in El saman wel karif (1967) (based on the book by Nobel-winning author Najeeb Mahfouz). She closed out the 1960s in Abi foq al-Shagara (1969) opposite Abdel Halim Hafez as a nightclub dancer who loves a much younger man.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
1993 ناس ولاد ناس TV قدرية
1988 Legitimate Father MOVIE شريفة
1986 House of the Poisoned Family MOVIE سناء الرفاعي
1982 Bloody Destinies MOVIE Horeya حورية
1980 Where Do You Hide the Sun? MOVIE صوفيا
1978 Waraa Al-Shams MOVIE Sohair سهير
1978 رحلة داخل امرأة MOVIE آمال
1978 Al-Aqmar MOVIE بسيمة
1977 Caught in a Honey Trap MOVIE زيزي
1976 حبيبة غيري MOVIE Self

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