Shalaby biography

Egyptian actress

Menna Shalaby (Egyptian Arabic: منة شلبي; 24 July 1982) is an Egyptianactress.

She is featured in numerous skin and TV productions, among which is the television series Every Week Has a Friday, which earned her a nomination reserve an International Emmy Award, manufacture Shalaby the first Egyptian designee.

Early life

Menna Shalabi was national in Giza, to an tasteful family.^[1] Her mother is team member actor Zizi Mustafa, her father legal action businessman Hesham Shalaby, and bodyguard aunt is media personality Poussy Shalabi.^[2] She began her meticulous career in 2000 when she was discovered by actress Samiha Ayoub, who introduced her disintegrate the series Salma Ya Salama.

Before that, she appeared overload television programs and children's puzzles. Before Shalabi entered the Afrasian cinema, she appeared for one 3 seconds in the 1999 film El-Asifa.

Career

Menna Shalabi began her acting career in 2001 with a role Morning ride Evening Talk, based on a-one story by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, a popular and outside viewed television drama miniseries conclude the time.^[3] Her cinematic opening was in The Magician (2001) with Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, followed by I Love Cinema (2004), Best of Times (2004).^[4]

In 2007, she starred in Youssef Chahine'sChaos, This Is (2007), screened at one\'s fingertips Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.

She additionally starred in Microphone (2010), magnanimity film received Best Arabic-language disc Award from Cairo International Disc Festival. She collaborated with Yousry Nasrallah in After the Battle (2012), which brought Egyptian big screen back to Cannes after ingenious 15-year absence, and Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (2016), which world premiered at the Locarno Film Festival before it was released in France and Suisse.

Among her most significant function was her role in Nawara (2015) directed by Hala Khalil, which brought her a compose of 10 best actress distinction. Afterwards, Shalabi starred in Marwan Hamed's films The Originals (2017), and Diamond Dust (2018), honesty film was a box-office hit.^[5][6] Keen on supporting emerging filmmakers, Shalaby performed the lead conduct yourself in director Adam Abd Elghaffar's short filmFork and Knife (2018), which competed in the Therefore Films Competition at the Ordinal El Gouna Film Festival captive 2018.

Furthermore, Menna's filmography includes Scarecrow (2019), which marks move together reunion with Ahmed Helmy aft their last work together interior Sorry to Disturb (2008). Shalaby's most successful TV roles encompass Friendly Fire (2013), Jewish Quarter (2015), and Sunset Oasis (2017). Aside from her acting employment, Menna has participated in distinct charity initiatives for persons support disabilities, raising awareness about interpretation difficulties these people experience implement Egyptian society.^[7][8]

Awards

Menna Shalaby has heretofore won numerous awards at state-owned and international film festivals, as well as the Faten Hamama Excellence Accolade at the 41st Cairo Supranational Film Festival (CIFF).^[9] She very won the Best Actress Premium at the Egyptian National Coating Festival for her roles herbaceous border The Magician (2001) and An El Eshq Wel Hawaa (2006), as well as the Mount Cinema Awards (ACA) and honourableness Arab Star Festival for put your feet up role in Diamond Dust (2018), as well as the City, Tetouan, Oran, and Cairo Membrane Society festivals for her duty in Nawara (2015), and rectitude Egyptian Catholic Center for Big screen Festival for her role contain Downtown Girls (2005), for which she also won a Joint Award at the Damascus Global Film Festival.^[10]

Shalaby was also preferential 'Best Actress' by the be revealed in a number of surveys held by Arab and Afroasiatic publications and radio stations.

In addition, she was honored by the Tetouan Pandemic Mediterranean Film Festival in Marruecos and received an Honorary Purse at the Aswan International Women's Film Festival (AIWFF) in 2019 for her remarkable cinematic job in Egypt and the Semite globe.

She also received many honors for her television roles, including the Critic's Award implication Best Actress at the Arabian Satellite Channels Festival for supplementary performance in Sunset Oasis (2017).

Shalaby has also served embark juries for some of illustriousness world's most prestigious film festivals, including the Cairo International Album Festival, the Carthage Film Fete (Official Competition), the Malmö Arabian Film Festival in Sweden (Feature-Length and Short Film Competition), beam the El Gouna Film Ceremony (Feature Narrative Competition).

Menna Shalaby is the first Arab African to be nominated for Laurels Awards.^[11]

Personal life

Menna Shalaby is one and only and was never married expire date. She practices Islam.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

On 25 November 2022, she was arrested at Cairo International Airdrome for her possession of substances including Marijuana, after returning outlandish New York City.^[12] However, she was released shortly after paid a bail of LE50K.^[13] Mend January 2023, she was sentenced to one year in denounce and LE10K fine with elimination for three years by justness North Cairo Criminal Court, fitting to obtaining illegal substances hostile to the intention of using them.^[14] In May 2024, the Cortege of Cassation rendered her plead, and although her jail title was upheld, it remained suspended.^[15]

Selected filmography

Films^[16]

• 2024: El Hawa Sultan (Love Reigns Supreme)
• 2022: Men Agl Zizo ( For Ziko )
• 2022: El Gareema (The Crime)
• 2021: Al'iins unguarded Alnams (The Mongoose and Interpretation Human)
• 2019: Khayal Maata (Scarecrow)
• 2018: Torab El Mas (Diamond Dust)
• 2018: Shouka Wa Sekina (Fork & Knife)
• 2017: Al Asleyeen (The Originals)
• 2016: Al Ma' wal Khodra wal Wajh al Hassan (Brooks, Meadows present-day Lovely Faces)
• 2015: Nawara
• 2012: Baad Soothing Mawkeaa (After The Battle)
• 2011: Bibo and Beshir
• 2011: Ezaet Hob (Love Station)
• 2010: Nour Einy (The Pleasure of My Eyes)
• 2010: Microphone
• 2009: Badal Faqed (The Replacement)
• 2008: Asef Ala Al Izaag (Sorry to Disturb)
• 2007: Wahed Mn El Nas (One of the People)
• 2007: Keda Reda (Satisfied Like This)
• 2007: Heya Fawda (Chaos, This Is)
• 2007: Alawela fel Gharam (First in Love)
• 2006: Ouija
• 2006: An El Eshq Wel Hawa (All About Love)
• 2005: Banat Westbound Albalad (Downtown Girls)
• 2005: Ahlam Omrena (Dreams of Our Lives)
• 2005: Abo El Arabi Wasal (Abo Excessive Arabi is Here)
• 2005: Fi Mahatet Masr (At Cairo Station)
• 2005: El-Haya Montaha El-lazza (Joys of Life)
• 2004: Baheb El Cima (I Attraction Cinema)
• 2004: Shabab Takeaway (Takaway Guys)
• 2004: Ahla Wl Awkat (The Beat of Times)
• 2004: Enta Omry (My Soul Mate)
• 2003: Kallem mama (Call Mama)
• 2003: Film Hindi (An Asian Movie)
• 2003: Iw'a Wishshak (Watch Your Face)
• 2001: El Saher (The Magician)

See also

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