Sawsan Badr, an Egyptian actress, was born on April 1, 1957 in Cairo, Egypt.
Biography and life story of celebrity in English.
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Name in English: Sawsan Badr
Name in Arabic: سوسن بدر
Full real name: Suzan Ahmed Badr El Din Abu Talib
Nickname: Nefertiti Egyptian cinema
Nationality: Egypt
Language: Arabic, Egyptian dialect
Religion: Islam
Date of birth: April 1, 1957
Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt
Age: 65 years old (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Aries
Profession: Actress
Genre: Cinema, series
Years of activity: 1980 – present
Social status: Married
Husband: Farid Al Morshedy
Father: Ahmad Badr al-Din Abu Talib
Biography, Life story
Sawsan Badr was born on April 1, 1957 in Cairo, Egypt. She is the daughter of actress Amal Salem. She is the sister of actress Farida Saif Al-Nasr from breastfeeding. She is called (Nefertiti of Egyptian Cinema), as she is distinguished by Egyptian and pharaonic features. She joined the Faculty of Science, but did not complete her studies there because of her love for art, so she left her and joined the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts, from which she graduated in 1979. Director Shadi Abdel Salam had chosen her to embody the role of Nefertiti in his movie (Akhenaten). The one who was not completed lost his deadline before he was able to complete and film it, and the film was not able to come out to light. Nabila Obaid and Ahmed Sharif participate in the Arab Star program.
Sawsan Badr appeared for the first time on the cinema screen in 1980 through the movie (My Love Always) with the artist Nour Al-Sharif. In the same year, she participated in the British movie (Death of a Princess), and she played the character of the Saudi princess, Mashael bint Fahd Al Saud, who was accused of adultery and was killed, which caused a great international uproar in that period after its first showing in Britain, especially Saudi Arabia, which placed her on the lists of those prohibited from entering. To her, in addition to the Egyptian TV, which made her name one of the banned ones as well, as the directors fought her, so she lost many roles because of that crisis, which gained her special popularity, so she had to change her artistic name instead of her original name (Suzan Badr El-Din) to (Sawsan).
Sawsan Badr lived a volatile personal life that led to her marriage about five times, and one of her most famous husbands was the screenwriter Mohsen Zayed, who died a year after their marriage. She also married Farid Al-Murshidi, the son of the producer, Nahed Farid Shawky, who was younger than her.
List of works – Filmography
Movies
An hour and a half, longing, 678, Ibrahim al-Abyadh, joy, the thug, the suspect, the seven colors of the sky, the playacho, cut and paste, there is no other than that, the world, the love of girls, the fish’s tail, from the look of an eye, the fall of Adam, the magic of eyes, the secrets of girls, The Closed Doors, Secondary First, Red Card, Shams Al-Zanati, The Giant, Watch out for the Women’s Gang, Al-Harafish, Peace, My Friend, Sea of Illusions, Don’t Ask Me Who I Am, Death of a Princess, My Love Always.
Series
The mother-in-law’s plot, The Seven Commandments, The Piercing of a Needle, I Want to Get Married, The Rahaya is the Stone of the Hearts, Layali, The Sons of Azzam al-Dali (more than one part), Forgiveness, Hanin and Hanan, A Woman in the Cleft of the Serpent, A Female Cry, Mary’s Sorrows, The Caller, A Notebook for Every Citizen, Naomi And My First Life Has Gone, Sarah, Al-Shared, Cairo 2000, Marital Match, Dreams of Girls, Come We Dream of His Virgin, Sins of the Innocents, Man of Destinies, Knight of Romance, Al-Attar and the Seven Girls, A Foolish Conscience Hikmat, Behind Closed Doors, Dreams of the Flying Boy, In Front of Preachers.
Plays
King Lear, Upper Egypt have arrived.
Awards and Honors
– Sawsan Badr won many awards during her artistic career:
– Best Actress Award for her role in the series (Dawlat Fahmy) from the Egyptian Film Association Festival.
– Best Actress Award for her role in the movie (The Closed Doors) from the International Women’s Film Festival in Salé in 2002.
– Best Actress in Theater Award for her role in the play (The Earth Doesn’t Grow Flowers).