Malak Koura

Malak Koura ملك الكورة
Born	January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11) (age 22) Egypt, Cairo, EG.
Occupation	Actress

Malak Koura (Arabic: ملك الكورة‎; born January 11, 1989) is an Egyptian actress started her career at seven, working with directors both Egyptian and foreign such as Hady Albagory, Sherif Arafa, Ahmed Almahdy and other Spanish and French directors taking part in TV commercials, including (Mobinil, MBC, Tide, Pepsi , Pizza Hut, ...etc.)

Personal life

The Family

Her father is Mr. Mohamed Koura, a businessman, she has a brother and sister, the eldest is Adham Koura, a consultant and her younger sister is Miriam Koura, who also practices acting (e.g. Ghawi Hob (a fool for love, film) and Qanoon El Maraghi (Maraghi Code, TV serial) plus several TV commercials.

Activities & Hobbies

A member in Heliopolis Sporting Club, Malak practices swimming, tennis and jogging. She also practiced Ballet. She studied Piano in Trinity College of Music as well as signing and acting under professionals.

Educational Background

She was a student in Modern English School (MES) in Tagamoe El Khames till finishing high School, being now an American University in Cairo AUC student (having double major: IMC Integrated marketing communications and Theater Arts)

Acting Profile

Malak started her career at seven, working with directors both Egyptian and foreign such as Hady Albagory, Sherif Arafa, Ahmed Almahdy and other Spanish and French directors taking part in TV commercials, including (Mobinil, MBC, Tide, Pepsi , Pizza Hut, ...etc.)

Children Programs

She participated in children's programs like Yalla Bina (Come On) and Esmaouna (Pay Attention to We say),

Nour El Sabah with Laila Elwi

She acted as the teenage daughter of Laila Elwi (Egyptian renown actress) in the TV serial Nour El Sabah (day light)

Ghawy Hob with Mohamad Fouad

She and her sister Miriam Koura took a role before the famous Egyptian singer Mohamed Fouad in Ghawy Hob (a fool for Love, film).

TV Series

Malak participated in the TV serial, Orid Halan (seeking a way out), acting before Egyptian actresses Nada Bassiouni and Mimi Gamal. She participated in lahazat Harega (Critical Moments, TV serial) with Boushara and Amr Waked. She acted in the TV serial Hadf bahr before Somaia Alkhashab and Ahmed Khalil. She recently took the role of Queen Nazly's granddaughter in TV serial Nazly, Maleka fil manfa (Nazly, a queen in exile) before Egyptian actress, Nadia El Gendy. She acted before Egyptian actresses Abla Kamel and Abir Sabri in TV serial Nos Ana, Nos Howa (Half is mine, half is his).

Career

Yalla Bina (Come On)

Malak was afterward chosen to join the cast of children programs such as Yalla Bina (Come On) Then she started presenting numerous programs such as (English language educational programs) for students on educational channels ( 1&2 ), which are still presented till now , she was the youngest English language educational programs presenter in Egypt as she explained the third preparatory stage curriculum in the specialized channels under the recommendation of the director Sameh Elshawady and produced by Cairo Sound . After her success in presenting such programs, she started to present a cultural program called ( Esmaouna ) , a 52 weekly episode program broadcast on the second channel every Friday ( 9 A.M), discussing children's rights such the right of education and the right of health through meetings with the public

Ghawy Hob

Early 2005 , the singer Mohamed Fouad chose Malak and her sister to join the cast of Ghawy Hob (fool for love) film with the actress Hala Shiha and the actors Khaled Alsawy and Ramez Galal . the film was a great success for Malak and her sister as they were honored by numerous organizations such as where they deserved honor from many entities, including Heliopolis club – Inner Wheel club Alexandria –Rotary Club Heliopolis (see photos archive and comments on face book) .

Nour Alsabah

The renowned director Dr. Samir Seif and the actress Laila Eloui recommended Malak for the role of (Shams ) the daughter of Laila Eloui in Nour Alsabah (day light), a TV serial written by the famous writer Magdy Saber . Malak role included more than 500 scenes, an unprecedented number of scenes for a teenager in a TV drama. .numerous media praised her acting and she was chosen the best actress in Egypt in her age category, wining the Middle East Radio Station Golden Knight award, an award granted to the one with the highest viewers votes, confirming unbiased choice. Malak was also chosen by the critics in numerous surveys as the best actress in her age category. This serial also included numerous stars Khaled Alsawy – Hesham Abd Elhamid – Ibrahim Youssry and Ibrahim Khan and was directed by Dr. Samir Seif .The serial was broadcast in Ramadan 2007 at TV channel 1 and satellite channels.

Orid Hallan

under the recommendation of director Sameh Elshawady , she participated in the TV serial, Orid Hallan, (seeking a way out) directed by Sameh Elshawady acting before Egyptian actresses Nada Bassiouni and Mimi Gamal. The serials are broadcast now on the Egyptian Television Family channel.

Sadam Hussein

She was recommended for the role of Raghad, the daughter of the former president Sadam Hussein in (Sadam Hussein), an English language TV serial of international scale, however due to her examinations ,she had to turn down this role that could have been a turning point in her career as she fluently speaks English enabling her to be an internationally known actress

Lahzat Harega

Main Articles Lahazat Harega

She was recommended by the director Sherif Arafa to play a role in the TV serial Lahazat Harega (Critical Moments, TV serial) featuring Youssra – Mona Zaki – Amr Waked – Boushra directed by Amr Arafa. The serial was broadcast on MBC channel in 2008 . Malak played the role of a sister who caused her brother to fall of the house window, in this role, the sister lived in a state of tension, anxiety and feeling of responsibility for what happened to her brother unintentionally.

Kanon Almaghary

The actor Khaled Alsawy and the director Ahmed Abd Elhamid chose her to play the role of Sama the daughter of the actress Anoushka and actor Khaled Alsawy in Kanon Almaghary (Maraghy Code) which was broadcast in Ramadan 2009 . She was praised for this role as she played the role of an adolescent who falls in love with her school teacher, which led to tension to her relation with her father Khaled Alsawy and the events go on.

Hadf Bahr

She played a very distinguished role in Hadf bahr a TV serial directed by Gamal Abdel Hamid, featuring Somia Alkhashab and Ahmed Khalil as lead actors and group of Egyptian acting stars. this is one of the roles she dreamt of playing , (Nour), the daughter of Ahmed Khalil who imprisoned her in a recluse villa with private guard for fear that people would find out about her psychological^{[clarification needed]} illness (Epilepsy). (5-9) She was recommended by the director Sameh Elshawady to play a role in her first sitcom ( shatahat nesaiea ) with the actress Bothaina Rashwan. She played well the role, the sitcom was broadcast in Ramadan 2009 on Family channel.

Nazly Queen

The actress Nadia El Gendy and the director Mohamed Zoheir Ragab recommended her for the role of Rania , the daughter of princess Fathia and the granddaughter of the queen Nazly in (Nazly ... a queen in exile) TV serial , an 18 year daughter living in USA , loving her father crazy although he killed her mother . the daughter lived a real tragedy as she is the reason behind her mother assassination although she loves her . Malak in this TV serial acts before incredibly talented stars including Nadia Algendy, Mahmoud Kabil Sherif Salama, Sherin Adel and others .The TV serial will be broadcast in Ramadan 2010 .

Nos ana Nos howa

The director Raed Labib recommended her for the role of Batta in ( nos ana nos howa ) serial, performed by Abla Kamel and Abir Sabri. She plays the role of a very naughty girl using the lingo of the current generation to which she belongs this incites lots of comedy scenes between her and Abir Sabri.This work will be showed in Ramadan 2010.

EUC

Currently, Malak is preparing for her first motion picture leading role (EUC), directed by Akram Farid before actors acting beforehand in "Awqat Faragh(empty time)" film .

References

• "Malak koura" (in Arabic). El Cinema. http://www.elcinema.com/person/pr1103772/. 
• "Malak" (in Arabic). elyoum el saba (day 7). http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=261528&SecID=48&IssueID=0. 

External links

• Malak Koura official site

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Name	Koura, Malak
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Date of birth	January 11, 1989
Place of birth	Egypt, Cairo, EG.
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