Youssra

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Youssra
Born	Civene Mohammed Nessim March 10, 1955 (1955-03-10) (age 53) Cairo, Egypt
Spouse(s)	Khaled Selim[citation needed]

Youssra (Arabic:يسرا) is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born Civene Nassim on March 10, 1955 in Cairo, Egypt.

She first appeared in the 1980 film Athkiya laken aghbiya (1980. English: Smartest yet Stupidest). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor Adel Emam in several films.

She has made a number of the serial television dramas popular during Ramadan, including 2005's Ahlam 'Adiya (Ordinary Dreams). She portrayed an enterprising con woman in what the English version of Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram called "a major departure from the star's usual Ramadan screen persona, which has consistently verged on the romantic and the demure."[1]

In 2006, she took a supporting role in The Yacoubian Building, a star-laden adaptation of the novel of the same name. The film is reported to have had the highest budget of any Egyptian production to date. Playing an entertainer working in a restaurant, Youssra, according to Variety, "effortlessly stirs old emotional waters when she sings 'La Vie en Rose.'" [2]

Youssra released her first vocal album in 2002.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies

• Mateegy norkos (2006)
• Omaret yakobean (2006) .... Christine
• Dam el ghazal (2005) .... Nadia Safwan
• Kalam fel hob (2005)
• Alexandrie... New York (2004) .... Ginger (old)
• Ma'ali al wazir (2003) (uncredited)
• Assifa, Al (2000) .... Hoda
• Nazwa (1996)
• Mohager, al- (1994) .... Simihit
• Marcides (1993) .... Warda/Afifa
• Dantelle (1993)
• Dehk, we leab we gad we hob (1993)
• Irhab wal kabab, al- (1993) .... Hind
• Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman (1990) .... Nadia
• Kaboos (1989) .... Mervat
• Bidaya, al- (1986)
• Sa Alik, al- (1985)
• Thaar, -al (1984)
• Avokato, al- (1984) .... Atiya
• La tasalni man ana (1984)
• Ala bab el wazir (1982) .... Nora
• Hadduta misrija (1982) .... Amal
• Athkiya' laken aghbiya' (1980) .... Nagwa
• Karakon fi Alsharae
• Al-Mansi
• Tiyour alzalam
• Resala ila Alwali

[edit] TV series

• "Leqaa ala al hawaa" (2004) TV Series .... Leqaa
• "Malak rohi" (2003) TV Series .... Malak
• "Ayna qalbi" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Faten
• "Ahlam Adia" (2005) ........ Nadia Anzaha
• "Kadeit raii Am" (2007) ......... Abla

[edit] External links

• Youssra at the Internet Movie Database
• The Yacoubian Building at the Tribeca Film Festival

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