Youssra

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Youssra
Born Civene Mohammed Nessim
March 10, 1955 (1955-03-10) (age 53)
Flag of Egypt Cairo, Egypt
Spouse(s) Khaled Selim[citation needed]

Youssra (Arabic:يسرا) is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born Civene Nassim on March 10, 1955 in Cairo, Egypt.

She first appeared in the 1980 film Athkiya laken aghbiya (1980. English: Smartest yet Stupidest). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor Adel Emam in several films.

She has made a number of the serial television dramas popular during Ramadan, including 2005's Ahlam 'Adiya (Ordinary Dreams). She portrayed an enterprising con woman in what the English version of Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram called "a major departure from the star's usual Ramadan screen persona, which has consistently verged on the romantic and the demure."[1]

In 2006, she took a supporting role in The Yacoubian Building, a star-laden adaptation of the novel of the same name. The film is reported to have had the highest budget of any Egyptian production to date. Playing an entertainer working in a restaurant, Youssra, according to Variety, "effortlessly stirs old emotional waters when she sings 'La Vie en Rose.'" [2]

Youssra released her first vocal album in 2002.

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[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies

  • Mateegy norkos (2006)
  • Omaret yakobean (2006) .... Christine
  • Dam el ghazal (2005) .... Nadia Safwan
  • Kalam fel hob (2005)
  • Alexandrie... New York (2004) .... Ginger (old)
  • Ma'ali al wazir (2003) (uncredited)
  • Assifa, Al (2000) .... Hoda
  • Nazwa (1996)
  • Mohager, al- (1994) .... Simihit
  • Marcides (1993) .... Warda/Afifa
  • Dantelle (1993)
  • Dehk, we leab we gad we hob (1993)
  • Irhab wal kabab, al- (1993) .... Hind
  • Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman (1990) .... Nadia
  • Kaboos (1989) .... Mervat
  • Bidaya, al- (1986)
  • Sa Alik, al- (1985)
  • Thaar, -al (1984)
  • Avokato, al- (1984) .... Atiya
  • La tasalni man ana (1984)
  • Ala bab el wazir (1982) .... Nora
  • Hadduta misrija (1982) .... Amal
  • Athkiya' laken aghbiya' (1980) .... Nagwa
  • Karakon fi Alsharae
  • Al-Mansi
  • Tiyour alzalam
  • Resala ila Alwali

[edit] TV series

  • "Leqaa ala al hawaa" (2004) TV Series .... Leqaa
  • "Malak rohi" (2003) TV Series .... Malak
  • "Ayna qalbi" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Faten
  • "Ahlam Adia" (2005) ........ Nadia Anzaha
  • "Kadeit raii Am" (2007) ......... Abla

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