- Youssra
Infobox actor
name = Youssra
birthname = Civene Mohammed Nessim
birthdate = birth date and age|1955|3|10
location =Cairo ,Egypt
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notable role = Christine in Omaret yakobean (2006)
Nadia Safwan in Dam el ghazal (2005)
Hoda in Assifa, Al (2000)
Simihit in Mohager, al- (1994)
Hind in Irhab wal kabab, al- (1993)
Nadia in Iskanderija, kaman we kaman (1990)
Mervat in Kaboos (1989)
Atiya in Avokato, al- (1984)
Nora in Ala bab el wazir (1982)
Amal in Hadduta misrija (1982)
Nagwa in Athkiya' laken aghbiya' (1980)
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spouse = Khaled SelimFact|date=August 2007
stats =Youssra (
Arabic :يسرا) is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born Civene Nassim onMarch 10 ,1955 inCairo ,Egypt .She first appeared in the 1980 film "Athkiya laken aghbiya" (1980. English: "Smartest yet Stupidest"). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor
Adel Emam in several films.She has made a number of the serial television dramas popular during
Ramadan , including 2005's "Ahlam 'Adiya" ("Ordinary Dreams"). She portrayed an enterprising con woman in what the English version of Egyptian newspaper "Al-Ahram " called "a major departure from the star's usual Ramadan screen persona, which has consistently verged on the romantic and the demure." [http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/765/cu6.htm]In 2006, she took a supporting role in "The Yacoubian Building", a star-laden adaptation of the novel of the same name. The film is reported to have had the highest budget of any Egyptian production to date. Playing an entertainer working in a restaurant, Youssra, according to "Variety", "effortlessly stirs old emotional waters when she sings 'La Vie en Rose.'" [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=review&head=berlin&nav=RBerlin&articleid=VE1117929582&cs=1&s=h&p=0]
Youssra released her first vocal album in
2002 .Filmography
Movies
*Mateegy norkos (2006)
*Omaret yakobean (2006) .... Christine
*Dam el ghazal (2005) .... Nadia Safwan
*Kalam fel hob (2005)
*Alexandrie... New York (2004) .... Ginger (old)
*Ma'ali al wazir (2003) (uncredited)
*Assifa, Al (2000) .... Hoda
*Nazwa (1996)
*Mohager, al- (1994) .... Simihit
*Marcides (1993) .... Warda/Afifa
*Dantelle (1993)
*Dehk, we leab we gad we hob (1993)
*Irhab wal kabab, al- (1993) .... Hind
*Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman (1990) .... Nadia
*Kaboos (1989) .... Mervat
*Bidaya, al- (1986)
*Sa Alik, al- (1985)
*Thaar, -al (1984)
*Avokato, al- (1984) .... Atiya
*La tasalni man ana (1984)
*Ala bab el wazir (1982) .... Nora
*Hadduta misrija (1982) .... Amal
*Athkiya' laken aghbiya' (1980) .... Nagwa
*Karakon fi Alsharae ........... (soaad ) سعاد
*Al-Mansi
*Tiyour alzalam
*Resala ila AlwaliTV Series
*"Ayna qalbi" "Where's my heart ?" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Faten
*"Malak rohi" "The king of my soul" (2003) TV Series .... Malak
*"Leqaa ala al hawaa" "Leqaa On Air" (2004) TV Series .... Leqaa
*"Ahlam Adia" "Ordinary Dreams" (2005) ........ Nadia Anzaha
*"Lahazat Harega" "Embarrasing moments" (2006)......... Sara
*"Kadeit raii Am" "A Public Opinion Case" (2007) ......... Abla
*"Fe Aydee Amina" "In the hands of Amina" (2008) ......... AminaExternal links
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* [http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/2006/filmguide/event_np_summary.php?EventNumber=3338 "The Yacoubian Building" at the Tribeca Film Festival]
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