Nadia Lotfi
Actor
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.
Filmography
Saladin the Victorious
as Louisa de Lusignan 1963
For Men Only
as Ilham/Mustafa إلهام (مصطفى) 1964
My Father Is on the Tree
as Firdous 1969
The Impossible
as ناني 1965
Unfaithful
as Ilham 1965
The Sun Will Never Set
as Shahira 1961
The Quail and Autumn
as Riri 1967
The Dark Glasses
as Madi 1963
Alkhataya
as سهير 1962
Enemy of Women
as نادية عبدالفتاح المرصفي 1966
Mansion of Longing
as Zuba 1966
A Crime in the Calm Neighbourhood
as جينا 1967
The Seven Daughters
as أحلام 1961
On Cellophane Paper
as قسمت - زوجة محمد 1975
Life is Sweet
as Mona 1966
Widow Wanted
as Suad 1965