Aida Riyad
Egyptian Actress

- Name: Aida Riyad
- Area: Cairo
Aida Riyad
🎭 Egyptian Actress
📅 Date of Birth: January 23, 1954
🏙 Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
💍 Spouse: Moharram Fouad (divorced in the late 1980s)
✝️ Religion: Christianity
Career:
Profession: Actress, Dancer
Language: Arabic
Years Active: 1972 – Present
About Her Life:
Aida Riyad began her artistic career as a dancer in the National Folklore Dance Troupe at the age of 15, where she was the lead dancer. Later, she transitioned into cinema and television, gaining wide fame for her beauty and charm.
🔗 Marriage: She married singer Moharram Fouad, but they divorced after four years in the late 1980s.
Her Famous Case:
In 1982, Aida Riyad was involved in a famous case where she was caught in an apartment with six women and accused of "immorality."
📜 The Verdict: She was sentenced to one year in prison with hard labor, but she denied the charges in many media interviews.
Her Filmography:
Film Year Role
Spine 2016 -
The Drug Network 2015 -
Question Mark 2015 Mother of Nader
Abu El Aref 2014 -
8% 2013 -
The Shame 1982 -
The Kit Kat 1991 Fatma
Those Who Danced on the Staircase 1994 Ameera
Her TV Shows:
Series Year Role
Out of Control 2021 -
Layali Al-Helmeya (Season 6) 2016 Fathia
The Black Box 2015 Afaf
Sherbet Loz 2012 Mahga
Layali Al-Helmeya (Seasons 1-5) 1992-1995 Fathia
Money and Sons 1992-1995 Besa
Her Theatre Works:
The Mirrors (2014)
You Want to Catch It (1998)
One for Lemon, the Other is Crazy (1996)
🎬 Aida Riyad remains one of the most prominent actresses in the Egyptian artistic scene and continues to enjoy wide popularity despite her advancing age.