Amina Khalil ( ar, أمينة خليل; born 26 October 1988) is an
Egyptian
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film and television actress who has gained prominence in the late 2010s and early 2020s in the
Arab world
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.
[Amina Khalil]
by El Cinema.com
Early life
Khalil studied acting at The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...
and graduated in 2009. She then studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
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in New York City
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.[ She studied ]ballet
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from childhood to age 17.
Career
Her roles in the films ''Asham'' (2012), ''Khetta Badeela'' (2015) and ''Sukkar Mor'' (2015) were critically acclaimed.[ Her ]breakout role
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in the 2016 television show ''Grand Hotel'' (also known as ''Secret of the Nile''), and the 2018 TV series ''Layalie Eugenie'' (''Eugenie Nights''), are both on Netflix
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.[Amina Khalil - CONQUERING THE EGYPTIAN SCREEN]
by enigma-mag She has had roles in ''Taraf Tallet'', ''Sharbat Loze'', ''Nekdeb Law Olna Mabenhebesh'', ''Saheb El Saada'' and ''Wallei El Ahd''.[Amina Khalil - Biography]
at IMDb
She cites Marion Cotillard
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She has received ...
as her acting inspiration,[ and says she would like to play a lead in an ]action movie
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that is "Lara Croft
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style, or like Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games
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".[ She has sung with ]Egyptian hip hop
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History
Hip-Hop music reached Egypt when Andrew A. El-Sayid (OsamaBinRappin), a rapper from West Covina, California took Dr. Dr ...
artist Zap Tharwat.
Personal life
In July 2020, she became engaged to Egyptian businessman and engineer Omar Taha. Her hobbies include kitesurfing
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and swimming.[
In October 2020, Khalil contracted ]COVID-19
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and has since recovered.
She is an active proponent of women and their health in Egypt, and in June 2021 was named an honorary goodwill ambassador
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by the United Nations Population Fund
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.Egyptian actress Amina Khalil announced as United Nations Population Fund honorary ambassador
by Arab News
See also
* Cinema of Egypt
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Inter ...
* Top 100 Egyptian films
Top 100 Egyptian films aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Greatest 100 Egyptian films in 20th century or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema (Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما الم ...
* List of Egyptian films of 2010s
References
External links
Official Instagram pageAmina Khalil
at IMDb
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1988 births
Living people
Egyptian film actresses
Egyptian television actresses
Actresses from Cairo
21st-century Egyptian actresses
Egyptian women's rights activists
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni