Nadia El Gendy

The Biography

An Egyptian actress, born on March 24, 1946, in Alexandria. Her full name is Nadia Mohamed Abdel Salam El Gendy, and she is famous for her nickname “The Star of the Masses” (Najmet Al-Jamaher).

 

Nadia El Gendy won the Miss Alexandria Award, organized by “Al Jeel Magazine” in 1958 when she was only fifteen years old.

 

She began her artistic career with a small role in the movie “Jamila” in 1959. After that, she participated in slightly larger roles in films, such as “The Traitor, Too Young for Love, My Wife is Crazy, Crazy.” In 1974, she played her first movie starring in the movie “Bamba Kashar,” followed by more. Among the films through which she achieved widespread stardom, including: “Al-Batniyah”, “Wekalet Al-Balah”, “Khamsa Bab”, “The Power of a Woman”, “A Mission in Tel Aviv”, “Hikmat Fahmy”, “A Woman Who Shook the Throne of Egypt”, and “48 Hours in Israel”.

 

Nadia Al-Jundi performed some songs and performances in many of her films, such as: “Bono Bono, Khamsa Bab, Alam and Aalama, Wadad Al-Ghaziyeh, Al-Batniyya, Yasmine Nights, Shawq, and Bamba Kashar.”

 

Nadia Al-Jundi went through the production experience through the films “Shouq” in 1976, and “Yasmine Nights” in 1978.

 

Personal life

Nadia El Gendy was married twice, the first in 1961 to the artist Imad Hamdy, with whom she gave birth to her only son, Hisham. Their marriage lasted 13 years, then she separated from him in 1974. The second marriage was to film producer Mohamed Mukhtar, whom she married in 1978. The couple separated in 1995, and their marriage did not produce any children.

 

Artistical Works

Movies

1958: “Jamila” movie.

1959: “Kiss Me in the Dark” movie.

1960: The films “Wife from the Street, Ladies’ Barber”.

1961: “A Storm of Love, Under the City Sky” films.

1962: The film “Almaz and Abdo Al-Hamouli”.

1965: Eternal Love, Lost Days, and The Betrayal.

1966: Films “Small for Love,” “Love in August,” and “Fares Bani Hamdan.”

1967: “Karam Al-Hawa” movie.

1968: “My wife is crazy, crazy, crazy.”

1969: “Miramar, Smoke of Crime” films.

1970: The films “The Fox and the Chameleon, Love and the Price, Bint Al-Sheikh.”

1971: “Lost, The World of Fame” films.

1972: The film “Happiness Hotel”.

1974: “Bamba Kashar” movie.

1976: The movie “Shouq”.

1978: “Yasmine Nights” movie.

1980: The film “Al Batniya”.

1981: “I Am the Crazy, Shark” films.

1982: “Wekalat Al-Balah” movie.

1983: The films “Widad Al-Ghaziyeh, Five Doors, and A World and a World.”

1984: The films “The Power of a Woman, The Maid”.

1985: The films “Shahd Al-Malika”, “Saheb Al-edara Bawab El-Omara”, and “Al-Madbah”.

1986: “House of Lost Perfections” films.

1987: “Izbet Al-Safih” movie.

1988: The film “The Samia Shaarawy File”.

1989: The film “Terrorism”.

1990: The film “The Web of Death”.

1991: The Age of Power, Savage Desire films.

1992: “Mission in Tel Aviv” film.

1993: “Al-Shotar” movie.

1994: The movie “The Spy Hikmat Fahmy.”

1995: The movie “A Woman Who Shook the Throne of Egypt.”

1996: “Assassination” movie.

1997: “Woman on Top” movie.

1998: “48 Hours in Israel.”

1999: Films “The Empress, State Security”.

2000: “Bono Bono” movie.

2002: The film “Desire”.

 

Series

1968: “Behind Bars” series.

1973: “The Vortex” series.

1978: “Midnight Train” series.

2004: “A Woman’s Journey” series.

2007: “Who Shot Hend Allam” series.

2010: “Queen in Exile” series.

2015: “Asrar” series.

2020: “Sukar Ziyada” series.

 

Awards and Honours

Best Actress Award for her role in the movie “Bamba Kashar” in 1974.

Best Actress Award from the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival for her role in the film “The Maid” in 1984.

Best Actress Award from the Film Society Festival for her role in the film “Woman on Top” in 1997.

Best Actress Award from the Film Society Festival for her role in the film “State Security” in 1999.

Best Actress Award from the Ishtar Film Festival in Lebanon in 2002.

Best Actress Award from the Film Society Festival for her role in the film “Desire” in 2003.

Honoured by the Cairo Film Festival for her artistic career in 2006.

Honoured by the Damascus International Film Festival in 2008.

Honoured by the Rabat Film Festival for the author for her entire work in 2008.

Best Actress Award from the Arab Media Festival for her role in the series “Queen in Exile” in 2010.

Honoured by the Muscat International Film Festival in 2012.

Honoured by the Alexandria International Film Festival for her entire work in 2014.

Shield of Honor from the first class from Dar Al-Ahram Foundation in 2018.

Honoured by the Satellite Channels Festival for her artistic career in 2018.

Honoured by the Egyptian National Film Festival in 2018.

Honoured by the Arab Radio and Television Festival in Tunisia for her artistic career in 2018.

Honoured by the Beautiful Time Festival in Lebanon for all of her work in 2019.

Honoured by the Luxor African Film Festival for her artistic career in 2021.

Murex D'or Festival Award in Lebanon for her entire work in 2021.

Honouring the Ambassador of Love and Peace for the Humanitarian Forum from the Social Forum for Arab Culture in 2021.

Honoured by the Film Society Festival for her entire work in 2022.

 

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