13 Facts About Naglaa Fathi

Naglaa Fathi, whose birth name is Fatmah Elzahra' Hesin Fathi, is an Egyptian actress.

Naglaa Fathi started her acting career in 1967 and has played a role in over 80 films.

Naglaa Fathi started her acting career in Egyptian cinema at age 15 when she was approached by the Egyptian film-producer Adli Elmowalled, while she was at the beach in Alexandria with her friends.

Naglaa Fathi dropped out of school in 1967 to get involved in acting.

Naglaa Fathi's career began in earnest and she starred in the 1968 Egyptian film Afrah, produced in Beirut, Lebanon.

Naglaa Fathi received an award for best actress for her starring role in El Garage, where she played a deserted and impoverished single mother who lives inside a garage with her five children, all of whom she gradually gives up to other families as her health deteriorates.

The film was based on a true story and Naglaa Fathi described it as the "most difficult and painful" role she has had to play.

Naglaa Fathi was born in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian family consisting of a father from Fayyum and a mother from Heliopolis, Cairo.

Naglaa Fathi's first marriage was a secret marriage as a teenage, for a short period.

Naglaa Fathi's family did not know about this secret marriage.

Naglaa Fathi had no children from this secret marriage, which ended in divorce.

Naglaa Fathi had her only child, a daughter named Yasmin, with her second husband.

Naglaa Fathi is a Nasserist and Arab nationalist; she supports the Palestinian cause and all pan-Arabism causes.