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Nabila Obeid
Born (1945-01-21) 21 January 1945 (age 79)
NationalityEgyptian
OccupationActress
Years active1961–present
Spouse
(m. 1963; div. 1967)
Childrenno children

Nabila Obeid (Arabic: نبيلة عبيد; born 21 January 1945 in Cairo, Egypt), also spelled Nabila Ebeed, is an Egyptian actress.[1]

Early life

Born in the district of Shoubrah, Nabila was a huge fan of classical Egyptian movies and used to gather money as a kid to go to Shoubrah Cinema Palace.[citation needed]

Career

She was first introduced to Egyptian Cinema by the Egyptian film director Atef Salem in a movie called Mafish Faida. In 1965, she starred with Omar Sharif in The Mamluks, a role which was described as her "first steps to fame".[2]

File:Nadia Lutfi - Nabila Ebeid - Claudia Cardinale - Soad Hosny.jpg
From left to right: Nadia Lutfi, Ebeid, Claudia Cardinale and Soad Hosny attending the Cairo International Film Festival, 1976

In 1967, she starred with Salah Zulfikar in the highly successful political play Rubabikia, one of her few roles on stage.[3] She has also starred in the television dramas El-Ammah Nour (Aunt Nour) and El-Bawaba El-Taniya (The Second Gate).[4]

Personal life

She married the film director, Atef Salem, who discovered her from 1963 to 1967. Obeid later had several secretive marriages including Osama El-Baz which lasted for nine years.[5]

Filmography (partial)

Films

  • Al-Mamalik (The Mamluks)
  • Zawja Min Paris (A Wife from Paris)
  • Thalath Losoos (Three Thieves)
  • Zekra Lailat Hubb (Memory of a Night of Love)
  • Al-Karawan Loh Shafayef (Truth has a Voice)
  • El Rakesa we El Tabal (The Dancer and the Drummer)
  • Al Rakesa wa al Syasi (The Dancer and the Politician)
  • Abnaa' wa Katala (Sons and Killers)
  • Eghteyal Modarresa (Assassination of a Teacher)
  • Kahwat El Mawardi (El-Mawardi Cafe)
  • Samara El-Amir
  • Tout Tout
  • El Circ (The Circus)
  • Rabea el Adawaya
  • Kashef el Mastour (Revealing the Hidden)
  • El Azraa' we el Shaar el Abyad (The Virgin and the Old Guy)
  • El Akhar (The Other)
  • Hoda and His excellency the Minister (original 1995, reprinted 2005)

Theater

Television

  • El-Ammah Nour (Aunt Nour)
  • El-Bawaba El-Taniya (The Second Gate)

References

  1. ^ "Bushra and Sherif release new debut album". Al Bawaba. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. ^ Boraie, Sherif (2008). The golden years of Egyptian film: Cinema Cairo, 1936-1967. American University in Cairo Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-977-416-173-5.
  3. ^ محمد, صاوي، (1995). نبيلة عبيد في السينما المصرية: "خلاصات الحروف والصور" (in Arabic). دار الراتب الجامعية،.
  4. ^ Sultan, Kamal (20–26 August 2009). "Sudsy summer". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  5. ^ "نبيلة عبيد وأسامة الباز..الفنانة والسياسي". teleghraph.net (in Arabic). 10 June 2019.