Portrait of Nadia Lotfi

Nadia Lotfi

Acting

Biography

Nadia Lutfi or Nadia Loutfi was an Egyptian actress. During the apex of her career, she was one of the most popular actresses of Egyptian cinema's golden age. She was born in 1937 in Cairo to an Egyptian father and a Polish mother. Her father was an accountant. Acting started as a hobby, when she was 10 years old she participated in a play at her school and did very well. Her first roles in Egyptian cinema were in Soultan (1958) and Cairo Station (1958), both in the same year. The latter brought filmmaker Youssef Chahine to international attention and acclaim when it was a competitor at the Berlin Film Festival. Her career progressed and she appeared in El saman wel karif (1967) (based on the book by Nobel-winning author Najeeb Mahfouz). She closed out the 1960s in Abi foq al-Shagara (1969) opposite Abdel Halim Hafez as a nightclub dancer who loves a much younger man.

Born: January 3, 1937

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Filmography

1993
1988
Legitimate Father

as شريفة

1986
House of the Poisoned Family

as سناء الرفاعي

1982
Bloody Destinies

as Horeya حورية

1978
Waraa Al-Shams

as Sohair سهير

1978
Al-Aqmar

as بسيمة

1977
1975
Mean yekdar al-aziza

as مشاهدي عرض الأزياء

1975
Badia Masabni

as Badia Masabni

1975
On Cellophane Paper

as قسمت - زوجة محمد

1975
I'll Never Come Back

as هدى راتب

1974
الأخوة الأعداء

as Lula / The Dancer لولا الرقاصة

1974
1972
The Visitor

as Laila / Nadia

1972
The Barrier

as Nadia نادية

1972
Faceless Men

as Laila

1971
Oushaq El Hayah

as Mona Ismail Al-Jabali

1970
Kant Ayam

as وفيه - زوجة جلال

1969
1969
Nashal raghm anfuh

as Samia Fawzy

1968
Three Stories

as الممرضة سميحة - القصة (2)

1968
Days Of Love

as Qishta / Nadia Refaat

1967
Naughty Girl

as samira

1966
1966
Enemy of Women

as نادية عبدالفتاح المرصفي

1966
The Impossible

as ناني

1965
1965
Unfaithful

as Ilham

1965
Mudaris khususi

as Nadia, Mamdouh's sister

1964
For Men Only

as Ilham/Mustafa إلهام (مصطفى)

1964
Youth, love and fun

as سميرة

1964
1963
1963
Saladin the Victorious

as Louisa de Lusignan

1963
1962
1962
Men Gheir Ma'ad

as نادية

1962
Schoolgirl's notes

as نادية

1962
Ayam Bela Hob

as Nadia Shaker

1962
Alkhataya

as سهير

1961
1961
The Seven Daughters

as أحلام

1960
1958
Soultan

as الصحفية خطيبة عصام