Hanan Youssef

🎭 Hanan Youssef

Egyptian Actress

📌 Personal Information:

Full Name: Hanan Youssef

Date of Birth: June 28, 1953 (Age 72)

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Egypt

Nationality: Egyptian 🇪🇬

Spouse: Essam El-Sayed (formerly married to political activist Essam El-Barai)

Education:

Faculty of Arts – Alexandria University (1970)

Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts

Languages: Arabic

Years Active: 1986 – Present

🎬 Artistic Career:

Hanan Youssef began her artistic journey at the age of 30, when she moved to Cairo in search of work. Friends suggested she enter the field of acting and took her to the theater.

She started with minor roles in significant films, including:

"The Collar and the Bracelet" (1986)

"A Bitter Day and a Sweet Day" (1988)

She then appeared in many notable films and later focused more on television drama.

💕 Personal Life:

She got married while still a university student to political activist Essam El-Barai, who was studying engineering at Alexandria University at the time.

🎞️ Selected Films:

📽 Beggars and Aristocrats (1991)

📽 The Ostrich and the Peacock (2002)

📽 Legitimate Betrayal (2006)

📽 The Butcher (2009)

📽 Ain Shams (2009)

📽 Call Me, Thanks

📽 The Island

📽 Chaos (Heya Fawda)

📽 The Magic

📽 Wasted Youth

📽 Stolen Kisses

📽 The Mysterious Man Safely

📽 E.U.C.

📽 Hawi

📽 Engineer Hassan

📽 First Secondary

📽 Life Journey

📽 Travel Route

📺 Selected TV Series:

📺 The Dream Nights – Season 2

📺 Women's Prison

📺 The Butcher of Giza

📺 El Meshwar

📺 Zaat

📺 Pharaoh

📺 Girls’ Tales

📺 Shubra Roundabout

📺 People of Cairo

📺 Mountain Kingdom

📺 Good News

📺 Tales We Live: Hala and the Hidden

📺 Ahmed Married Mona

📺 Marriage Without Disturbance

📺 Hima

📺 Love Gets Another Chance

📺 South Sorceress

📺 Escape from the West

🎭 Theater:

🎭 Where Can I Find People?

🎭 Coco Chanel

🧸 Animation:

🎞️ Bassant and Diasty

🎞️ The Little Mermaid (Film)