Egyptian actress Shereen Seif El-Nasr, famed for her memorable contributions to the movie and tv business throughout the ’90s and early ’00s, has tragically handed away aged 57, her brother revealed in a Fb submit on 13 April.
El-Nasr was born in 1967 to an Egyptian father, journalist Elham Seif El-Nasr, and a Palestinian mom whose lineage dates again to the Hashemite household line in Jerusalem.
She initially pursued a regulation diploma however started performing throughout her research – culminating in her first lead position in El-Ostaz (The Trainer) in 1990.
At first of her profession, El-Nasr spent a number of years serving on the Egyptian Embassy in France earlier than ultimately performing her breakout cinematic position in Sawaq El-Hanem (The Woman’s Driver, 1994) alongside legendary actor Ahmed Zaki.
From then on, El-Nasr’s star would proceed to rise, remodeling her into probably the most iconic actors within the business throughout the flip of the 20th century.
She would spend the ‘90s accumulating a number of lead roles in each tv and cinema, together with Ghaadeboun wa Ghaadebaat (Offended Males and Girls, 1993), Hekaayet Soha (The Story of Soha, 1994), Mann Allathy la Yohebb Fatma (Who Does Not Love Fatma, 1996), and El-Nom Fil ‘Asal (Candy Oblivion, 1996),
The actress briefly paused her performing profession after marrying in 1996 however returned to the business in 2001 following her divorce.
Throughout this era, El-Nasr put out one in every of her most notable performances in Amir El-Zalam (The Prince of Darkness, 2002). Her remaining position would come just a few years later within the tv sequence As’ab Qarar (The Hardest Choice, 2007). She would spend the remaining a long time of her life shying away from her former fame and Egypt’s extremely publicised celeb scene.
In a follow-up assertion posted on 14 April, El-Nasr’s brother expressed his household’s deep gratitude and appreciation for the plethora of heartfelt messages acquired in reminiscence of the beloved actress.
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