| Sawsan Badr سوسن بدر |
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| Born | Suzanne Ahmed Badr El Deen November 25, 1957 Cairo, Egypt |
Sawsan Badr (Arabic: سوسن بدر) (nicknamed: Egypt's Cinema's Nefertiti[1]) (born ٍSeptember 25, 1957) is an Egyptian actress of film, stage and television. Sawsan Badr’s performance in “El-Shouq” (Longing) is outstanding and will certainly go down in history as one of the best in her career. Her powerhouse performance unanimously praised in the 34th Cairo International Film Festival as she received the Best Actress Award.[2]
Sawsan always had an interest in acting and theater, though her first course of study was science. Her passion for acting won out though, and she switched majors, graduating from the prestigious High Institute of Theatrical Arts in 1979.
After a successful career on stage and television, including a Best Actress Award for the play The Land of Attenbt Flowers she gained international acclaim for her breakthrough performance in the riveting dramatic film Al Abwab Al Moghlaka (English title; The Closed Door) in which she played a divorced single mother trying to make ends meet to care for her disturbed son. The role won her a Best Actress Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, cementing her stature as one of the great dramatic actresses of her generation. Prestigious dramatic roles in films by Egypt's top directors, soon followed, such as the provocative Asrar El Banaat, the crime drama Adam's Autumn, and Men Nazret Ain, which features two future Lahazat Harega actors; Mona Zaki and Amr Waked. Once again, she worked with Amr Waked, in the realistic portrayal of Egyptian life; Dail El Samakah. She has also done comedy, proving her versatility in such films as Hob El Banat, the musical Mafeesh Gher Keda and the romantic comedy Kas Wa Lask. In 2009 she appeared in the drama Ibrahim Labyad starring Ahmed El Sakka and Ehky Ya Scheherazade.