Nelly Karim

Nelly Karim
Native name	نيللي كريم
Born	December 18, 1974 Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian Russian[1]
Occupation	Actor, model, ballerina
Spouse(s)	Hani Abu Naga (?-2015)
Children	4

Nelly Karim (Arabic: نيللي كريم‎‎; born December 18, 1974 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian actress,^[2][3] fashion model,^[4] and ballerina.^[5][6][7]

Life and career

Karim is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Egyptian father.^[8] As of 2016, she appeared in over 25 Egyptian films and TV series.^[8] Karim has drawn notice for her 2006 refusal to portray "seductive roles".^[9] In 2016 she served as jury member for the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival.^[8]

Personal life

Karim has four children,^[10] the last of which was born in 2011.^[11][12]

Filmography

Film

• Youth on Air (2001, as Sahr)
• Runaway Mummy (2002, as Dalia)
• Alexandria... New York (2004, as Carmen / Rita Haweri)
• Your Love's Fire (2004, as Salma as Juliet)^[13]
• Ghabi mino fih (2004, as Samia)
• My Soul Mate (2004, as Shams)
• War of Italy (2005, as Hana)
• Open Your Eye (2006, as Yasmine)
• To End of the World (2006, as Salma)
• Rash Boy Dreams (2007, as Herself)
• Have We Met Before? (2008, as Sarah)^[14]
• One-Zero (2009, as Riham)
• Alzheimer's (2010, as Mona the nurse)
• 678 (2010, as Seba)
• The Blue Elephant (2014)
• Clash (2016)

Television

• Face of the Moon (2000, as Samah)
• Hadith Alsabah wa Almassaa (2001). *"Zat"-2013 director Kamla Abouzekry
• Women's Prison (2014)director Kamla Abouzekry
• Saraya Abdeen (2014) director Amr Arafa. *"Under control" (2015) director Tamer Mohsen.
• "Sokot Hor" (2016)

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Awards

• Best Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival (2004, won for Enta omry, tied with Eszter Bagaméri)^[8]
• Special Award at the Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema (2010, won for Wahed-Sefr)^[8]
• Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2011, group award with Nahed El Sebaï and Boshra for 678)^[18]
• Best Actress at the Arab Film Festival (2012, won for 678)^[19]

References

1. AlMasri, Hazem. "Nelly Karim denies harassment accusations against her husband". Arab Today. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
2. Hasan, Faisal. "Nelly Karim Rejects "Ytawlouk Ya Leel"". Al Shorfa. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. "نيللي كريم:أتمني الاستقرار لمصر حتي يعود الجمهور للسينما". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
4. Somerville, Barbara A. (2008). Teens in Egypt. Capstone Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 0-7565-3294-9.
5. El-Beih, Yasmin. "Fashion Icon Alert: Nelly Karim". Ahram. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
6. Shorouk Abbas, Marwa Magdi. "Nelly Karim On Egyptian Women, Designing Clothes, and Stardom". Cairo West Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
7. "نيللى كريم: «ذات» قدَّم صورة لمصر الجميلة التى نفتقدها". Tahrir News. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
8. "Egyptian actress Nelly Karim on jury duty at 73rd Venice International Film Festival". Al-Ahram. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
9. "Nelly Karim refuses seduction at all costs". Albawaba. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
10. "نيللي كريم: تزوجت بعد 4 أيام تعارف!". LBC Group (in Arabic). Retrieved 28 February 2014.
11. "Artist Nelly Karim delivers her fourth baby". MSN. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
12. "Nelly Kareem tries to keep her pregnancy out of sight". Albawaba. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
13. Thornton Burnett, Mark (2012). Shakespeare and World Cinema. Cambridge University Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN 1107003318.
14. "Nelly Karim Takes a Year Off". Al Shorfa. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
15. "A life behind bars for Nelly Karim!". Albawaba. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
16. "نيللى كريم فى "سجن النساء" الخميس المقبل". Yemen Economist (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 February 2014.
17. "نيللي كريم ستفجر مفاجأة في رمضان". MSN Arabia. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
18. "NAHED EL SEBAI, BUSHRA AND NELLY KARIM FOR CAIRO 678". APSA. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
19. "Amine Naji Wins Best Actor Award at Malmö Festival". North Africa Post. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

External links

• Nelly Karim at the Internet Movie Database