Basma Hassan


Basma Ahmed Sayyed Hassan is an Egyptian actress.
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Early life

Basma's father is a journalist and her mother is a women's rights activist. She is the granddaughter through her mother of the late Youssef Darwish, who was an Egyptian Jew and a communist activist.
Basma studied English literature at the Cairo University.

Career

Basma began her career acting at the university in the film "El Madyna " where the director Yousry Nasrallah chose her to participate in the film; however, before the movie she tried to be a radio presenter and had already taken an interview in the national radio channel. But before anything, Yousry Nasrallah selected her for the movie "El Madyna ". Later on, she acted in the American TV series, Tyrant.

Private life

On 15 February 2012, Basma Hassan married the political activist Amr Hamzawy, who was a Member of Parliament for the Freedom Egypt Party. The couple had a daughter, Nadia, but they separated in 2019.

Filmography

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