Elham Shahin

Elham Shahin ⭐

Egyptian Actress

📌 Personal Information

Born: January 3, 1960 (65 years old) – Cairo 🇪🇬

Nationality: Egyptian

Height: 1.61 m 📏

Siblings: Amir Shahin 🎭

Relatives: Elham Zaki (Aunt)

🎭 Career

Profession: Actress

Native Language: Arabic

Years Active: 1978 – Present

🏡 Early Life

Born in Heliopolis, Cairo, and studied at Notre Dame School.

Earned a bachelor’s degree from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1982 🎓.

Started her career in theater, introduced by director Kamal Yassin in the play Horeya from Mars 🚀.

Appeared in several plays, including:

The Season Bomb 💣

The Precious Ones 🎭

The Trap 🕵️‍♀️

The Garden of Illusion 🌳

The Monkeys 🐵

🎬 Film Career

Her first film was Mothers in Exile (1981) 🎞️.

Gained fame with The Shame (1982) 🌟.

Acted in more than 33 films during the 1980s, including:

Don’t Ask Me Who I Am ❓

Al-Halfout 🤠

Ramadan Over the Volcano 🌋

Mr. Keshta 🐯

📺 TV Drama

Key series in the 1980s and 1990s:

Mohammed, the Messenger of God – Part 3 🕌

Sisters of the Girls 👭

Layali El Helmeya (Parts 4 & 5) 🌙

Half of the Other Spring 🌿

🎥 Notable Works in the 2000s

Fawzia’s Secret Recipe (2009) 🏆 – Best Actress Award at Rotterdam Film Festival

The Minister’s Case (2012) ⚖️

Cairo Time (2015) 🏙️

A Day for Women (2016) 👩‍🎤

❤️ Personal Life

Has one brother, Amir Shahin, and a sister, Enas Shahin.

Chose career success over motherhood and has no children.

Her marriage to businessman Adel Hosny ended in a surprising public divorce announcement 🎉❌.

⚡ Conflict with the Muslim Brotherhood

Faced major attacks from the Muslim Brotherhood, who organized a protest against her in 2021.

She opposed Mohamed Morsi’s rule, stating in an interview: "He is not my president, and I don’t recognize him!" 🚫.

🎞️ Key Films

🔹 Curfew (2020) 🚔

🔹 A Day for Women (2016) 👩‍👩‍👧

🔹 Cairo Time (2015) 💃

🔹 Regatta (2015) 🚤

🔹 One-Zero (2009) 🥇

🔹 Desire (2002) 🔥

🔹 Pleasure Market (2000) 🎭

🔹 Cheap Meat (1995) 🍖

🔹 Oh World, Oh Love (1996) 💕

🏆 Awards & Honors

🏅 Best Actress Award – Rotterdam Film Festival for Fawzia’s Secret Recipe

🏅 Cairo International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award