Hend Sabry is a Tunisian and Egyptian actress and producer.
16 Facts About Hend Sabry
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Hend Sabry is mostly known for being active in Egyptian cinema.
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Hend Sabry studied law, completing a master's degree in intellectual property and copyright law in 2004.
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Hend Sabry returned to the big screen in Tlatli's second feature, The Season of Men a feminist critique of the traditional code of behavior that many Tunisian women are subjected to.
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In 2009 Hend Sabry appeared in Marwan Hamad's second feature, Ibrahim Labyad an Egyptian drama co-starring Ahmed El-Sakka one of Egypt's biggest stars.
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In keeping with her stated preference for taking on socially relevant roles, Hend Sabry increasingly appeared in films and series with a perceived social impact.
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Hend Sabry played the lead role of a mother who disguises herself as a Jihadi woman to rescue her teenage son who had joined ISIS in Aleppo, Syria.
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In 2019, Hend Sabry appeared in two notable, though vastly different films.
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Hend Sabry became the first Arab woman to ever receive the Starlight Cinema Award of the Venice Film Festival in 2019.
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In 2020 Netflix announced that it was partnering with Hend Sabry to develop Finding Ola, a reboot of her 2010 I Want to Get Married series.
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In 2023, Hend Sabry starred in Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania's documentary Four Daughters about a mother and two daughters' recounting of the traumatic loss of the two older daughters who left the family to join ISIS.
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Hend Sabry is one of several actresses who played out key scenes involving the mother and departed sisters.
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That same year, Hend Sabry appeared in Aserb: The Squadron, an Egyptian action film based on the actual events of the massacre of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya and the ensuing Egyptian military operations against the responsible terrorists.
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Hend Sabry has often been critical about the Arab film industry's discrimination toward women.
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Hend Sabry married Egyptian businessman Ahmad el Sherif in 2008, and they have two daughters.
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Hend Sabry holds dual nationality, of both her home country Tunisia and her country of residence, Egypt.