Soad Hosny
Soad Hosny (January 26, 1943 - June 21, 2001) was an Egyptian actress born in Cairo to a household known as "the artists' home". Her father was renowned calligrapher Mohamed Hosni. Her half-sister Nagat El Saghira was a famous singer. Soad’s career began at a young age and her talents were first noticed by author Abdelrahman El Khamissy. She's one of the most influential actresses in the Arab world and is known as the "Cinderella of the Screen". Hosny appeared in no less than 9 movies listed in the "Top 100 Egyptian films", compiled in 1996 in celebration of the centenary of Egyptian cinema.
Soad was known for her versatility as an actress and her ability to play a wide range of characters, from comedic and lighthearted roles to dramatic and tragic ones. She was also known for her singing, which was featured in many of her films. Due to illness, she retired from acting in 1991 at just 48. Hosny's final screen appearance was in The Shepherd and the Women (1991), directed by her ex-husband, Ali Badrakhan. She starred alongside Ahmed Zaki in the TV series "Hekayat Howa wa Heya" (1985), a show that tackled social issues such as gender inequality. She received numerous awards in her career for starring in movies such as Sunset and Sunrise (1970), Where Is My Mind (1974), A Dinner Date (1981), and many other films.
Some consider her to be the only actress who rivaled Faten Hamama as the best Egyptian actress of the 20th century. She can be seen in her best form in Cairo 30 (1966), Too Young for Love (1966), Al Karnak (1975), Watch Out for Zouzou (1972), and Youssef Chahine's The Choice (1971). In 2001, Soad Hosny died after falling from the balcony of her friend's apartment in London; the real cause of her death is still unknown. She remains engraved in the Egyptian film industry and the hearts of many until today.
Known for
He and She Stories
الحب الضائع
نادية
أيام معه
ريم
Nadia
نادية
النورس
د. مروة عبدالغفار حمزاوي
من أنا؟
ليلى
لا شيء يهم
سناء
The Showgirl
فايزة
Marriage on the Modern Way
نهى
The Tale of Three Girls
Shahira شهيرة
Eshaet Hob
Samiha
The Hunger
زبيده
Sweet and Naughty
عزيزة عبدالمُتجلي سطوحي/ نوسة وجدي
The Third Class
Manaa
Past Love
Maha مها
His Excellency, The Ambassador
Huda هدى
People and the Nile
Nadia
Stranger In My House
عفاف عبدالواحد
The Choice
Sherifa
The Laughing Crime
Laila ليلى
Watch Out for Zuzu
Zuzu/Zeinab
The Second Wife
Fatma فاطمة
Shafiqa and Metwally
شفيقة
Too Young for Love
Samiha / Karima سميحة عبدالسلام/ كريمة عبدالسلام
Cairo 30
إحسان
My Wife & the Dog
سعاد
The Girls in Summer
سميحة
The Suspect
Fatima/Batta
Hassan and Nayima
نعيمة
Love in a Jail Cell
فايزة حسن
Where Is My Mind ?
Aida
The Place of Weeping Lovers
سكينه
Eve and the monkey
نادية
Bi'r al-herman
Nahed / Mervit ناهد / مرفت
Karnak
Zeinab
Amira.. My Love
Amira
A Bit of Torment
إلهام / سلوى
3 Men and a Woman
ثريا
Shakket Al-Talaba
Mona منى
The Road
Elham إلهام
The Game of Love and Marriage
Ameira أميرة
Whom Should We Shoot?
Tahany
People Of The Top
Siham
The Little Charmer
هنية
Dearest Beloved
كوثر
Baba Ayez Keda
نادية شكري
Chakawet rejala
فريدة مدبولي
Al-Qadisiyya
شيرين
The Shepherd and the Women
وفاء
Sunset and Sunrise
مديحة
The Wedding Night
Salwa
Money and Women
نعمت
Fares Bani Hemdan
Naglaa نجلاء
El talata yuhebbunaha
Iman ايمان
The Savage
Baheya
The Headmaster Woman
هدى
H-3
سعاد خطيبة احمد
Men Gheir Ma'ad
سلوى
Shabab Magnoun Geddan
Madiha (Ismat) مديحة (عصمت)
Hekayet Gawaz
Adela عديلة منصور
First Love
Donia دنيا
Mean yekdar al-aziza
مشاهدي عرض الأزياء
Al-Ozab Al-Thalatha
Elham إلهام
El dow' El khafet
نوال
Gharamiat emaraa
أمينة
Lady Aziza
Aziza - عزيزة
The Teenagers
Nahed ناهد
El mughammerun el talata
Mona منى
ُُThe Student and the Teacher
سلوى
The Groom Arrives Tomorrow
سميرة
Nadia
Nadia/Mona نادية / منى
The Three Troublemakers
ميرفت
The Lost Love
Laila ليلى
Women in the City
ضيف شرف-بنفسها
No Understanding
Laila ليلى
The Fear
سعاد
Zizi's Family
Sanaa Shalaby سناء شلبي
Bird Of The Orient
ريم
The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
Herself
A Dinner Date
نوال إبراهيم كامل
The Seven Daughters
سلوى
Strangers
نادية
Meeting at the Tower
آمال
Serr el hareba
Horia حورية
Why Am I Living
نبيلة
For Men Only
Salwa/Hassan سلوى (حسن)
Shakawet banat
Amany أمانى
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
عطيات
Fire of Love
Nadia نادية
Afghanistan For What?
امرأة أفغانية
اللقاء الثاني
هدى
صراع مع الملائكة
نجوى