Dorra Ibrahim Zarrouk ( ar, درة إبراهيم زروق; born 13 January 1980) is a

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n actress living in

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Early life

Dorra was born in

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, her father was Ibrahim Zarrouk and her maternal grandfather,

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, was an economist and politician. Dorra had a Bachelor of Law at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Tunis in 2001, then she had a

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in Political Science from the Saint Joseph University in Lebanon in 2003.

Career

Despite her academic background, Dorra started performing in 1997, then acting on the Tunisian theater, , with

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in 2000. In 2002, Dorra's first act was at a Franco-Tunisian film, '. In 2003, she took part in the '' Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death''. Her first TV series outside Tunisia was in 2004, when she acted in ''Fares Bani Marwan'' in Syria. In the same year, she starred in ''Nadia et Sarra'' with

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. In 2005, she acted in '. In 2007, she started her career in Egypt, where she featured at ''Alawela fel Gharam'' and '' Heya Fawda'' with Menna Shalabi. Later on, she acted in various films such as '' Al Mosafer'', ''Tisbah Ala Khair'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Dorra was briefly engaged to a Tunisian businessman Qays Mukhtar in 2012. In April 2020, she posted pictures on social media dating an Egyptian businessman and interior designer, Hany Saad, whom she married in November 2020.

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* * 1980 births Living people Tunisian film actresses Egyptian film actresses Tunisian television actresses Egyptian television actresses People from Tunis Saint Joseph University alumni 21st-century Tunisian actresses {{Tunisia-actor-stub