Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan ( ar, بسمة أحمد سيد حسن; born December 7, 1976) is an Egyptian actress.

Early life

Basma's father is a journalist and her mother is a

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activist. She is the granddaughter through her mother of the late

Youssef Darwish Youssef Darwish ( ar, يوسف درويش) (October 2, 1910 – June 7, 2006) was an Egyptian labour lawyer, communist and activist. During his years of political activism, he was frequently accused of communist subversion and imprisoned, spendin ...

, who was an Egyptian Jew and a communist activist. Basma studied English literature at the

Cairo University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

Career

Basma began her career acting at the university in the film "El Madyna (The City)" where the director

Yousry Nasrallah Yousry Nasrallah ( ar, يسرى نصر الله ) (born 26 July 1952) is an Egyptian film director. Biography Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Fo ...

chose her to participate in the film; however, before the movie she tried to be a radio presenter and had already taken an interview in the national radio channel. But before anything,

selected her for the movie "El Madyna (city)". Later on, she acted in the American TV series, ''

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''.

Private life

On 15 February 2012, Basma Hassan married the political activist

Amr Hamzawy Amr Hamzawy ( arz, عمرو حمزاوى, ; born 1967) is an Egyptian political scientist, human rights activist and public intellectual. Biography Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin. After ...

, who was a Member of Parliament for the

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. The couple had a daughter, Nadia, but they separated in 2019.

Filmography

* Rasael Al Bahr (Sea Messages), 2010 * The Traveller, 2009 *

Zay El Naharda ''Zay El Naharda'' (Arabic: , ''On a Day Like Today'') is a 2008 Egyptian thriller film, it was the debut of its writer and director Amr Salama. Plot Mai falls in love with Ayman, who passes away chasing her brother Mohammad, a drug addict ...

(Yesterday is a new day), 2008: ''May'' * Morgan Ahmed Morgan, 2007: ''Alyaa'' * Kashf hesab, 2007: ''Donia'' * Le'bet El hobb (Game Of Love), 2006: ''Hanan'' * The Night Baghdad Fell, 2005 * Harim Karim, 2005: ''Dina'' * Men nazret ain (By a Glimpse of an Eye), 2004: ''Noody'' * El Na'amah W El tawus (Ostrich And Peacock), 2002: ''Samira'' * El Nazer, 2000 * El Madyna (City), 1999: ''Nadia''

Awards

* Best actress award at the Motion Picture Association Festival for her role in "Zay El Naharda" (2009) * Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "Morgan Ahmed Morgan" (2008) * Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "Game of Love" (2007) * Best actress award (Egyptian Cinema Awards) for her role in "The Night Baghdad Fell" (2006). * Award of the "Lights of Safi" festival in

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(2006) * Best new face and best actress awards in the Arab section of the

Alexandria International Film Festival Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries is a film festival in Egypt. Organized by the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics (EAFWC). The AIFF aims to broaden film culture and strengthen the relationship betwe ...

for her role in "Ostrich and Peacock" (2002)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Basma Egyptian television actresses Egyptian film actresses Egyptian Muslims Egyptian people of Jewish descent 1976 births Living people Actresses from Cairo Cairo University alumni