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
Nadia
نادية
من أنا؟
ليلى
الحب الضائع
نادية
لا شيء يهم
سناء
Love in a Jail Cell
فايزة حسن
أيام معه
ريم
Eshaet Hob
Samiha
النورس
د. مروة عبدالغفار حمزاوي
Too Young for Love
Samiha / Karima سميحة عبدالسلام/ كريمة عبدالسلام
3 Men and a Woman
ثريا
Karnak
Zeinab
Fares Bani Hemdan
Naglaa نجلاء
The Tale of Three Girls
Shahira شهيرة
The Second Wife
Fatma فاطمة
Men Gheir Ma'ad
سلوى
The Shepherd and the Women
وفاء
The Hunger
زبيده
Where Is My Mind ?
Aida
Watch Out for Zuzu
Zuzu/Zeinab
A Dinner Date
نوال إبراهيم كامل
Whom Should We Shoot?
Tahany
The Showgirl
فايزة
Stranger In My House
عفاف عبدالواحد
The Headmaster Woman
هدى
The Third Class
Manaa
The Seven Daughters
سلوى
Cairo 30
إحسان
Al-Qadisiyya
شيرين
The Lost Love
Laila ليلى
The Choice
Sherifa
El talata yuhebbunaha
Iman ايمان
Mean yekdar al-aziza
مشاهدي عرض الأزياء
The Groom Arrives Tomorrow
سميرة
His Excellency, The Ambassador
Huda هدى
The Game of Love and Marriage
Ameira أميرة
A Bit of Torment
إلهام / سلوى
Lady Aziza
Aziza - عزيزة
The Girls in Summer
سميحة
El mughammerun el talata
Mona منى
Dearest Beloved
كوثر
Shakket Al-Talaba
Mona منى
Gharamiat emaraa
أمينة
El dow' El khafet
نوال
The Laughing Crime
Laila ليلى
Nadia
Nadia/Mona نادية / منى
The Place of Weeping Lovers
سكينه
Marriage on the Modern Way
نهى
Eve and the monkey
نادية
Strangers
نادية
Money and Women
نعمت
Bird Of The Orient
ريم
Chakawet rejala
فريدة مدبولي
The People and the Nile
Nadia
Afghanistan For What?
امرأة أفغانية
Past Love
Maha مها
The Wedding Night
Salwa
My Wife & the Dog
سعاد
Women in the City
ضيف شرف-بنفسها
The Three Troublemakers
ميرفت
Sunset and Sunrise
مديحة
Meeting at the Tower
آمال
The Savage
Baheya
H-3
سعاد خطيبة احمد
The Suspect
Fatima/Batta
ُُThe Student and the Teacher
سلوى
The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni
Herself
People Of The Top
Siham
Sweet and Naughty
عزيزة عبدالمُتجلي سطوحي/ نوسة وجدي
Hassan and Nayima
نعيمة
Shafiqa and Metwally
شفيقة
First Love
Donia دنيا
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
عطيات
صراع مع الملائكة
نجوى
No Understanding
Laila ليلى
Why Am I Living
نبيلة
Deprivation Well
Nahed / Mervit ناهد / مرفت
Zizi's Family
Sanaa Shalaby سناء شلبي
Hekayet Gawaz
Adela عديلة منصور
Shakawet banat
Amany أمانى
Baba Ayez Keda
نادية شكري
The Little Charmer
هنية
For Men Only
Salwa/Hassan سلوى (حسن)
Al-Ozab Al-Thalatha
Elham إلهام
Amira.. My Love
Amira
Serr el hareba
Horia حورية
Shabab Magnoun Geddan
Madiha (Ismat) مديحة (عصمت)
Fire of Love
Nadia نادية
The Teenagers
Nahed ناهد
The Road
Elham إلهام
اللقاء الثاني
هدى
The Fear
سعاد