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Nelly Karim
Nelly Karim (Arabic: نيللي كريم; born 18 December 1974) is an Egyptian actress, former ballet dancer, and model known for her versatility and grounded, naturalistic acting style in both film and television. She began her artistic career at a young age as a ballet dancer with the Cairo Opera House and later transitioned into acting and modeling in the early 2000s. She gained major recognition in Egyptian cinema with standout roles in socially driven films and tv series, where she portrayes complex female experiences in contemporary Egyptian society, helping establish her as one of the most respected actresses of her generation.
Nelly Karim is the daughter of a Soviet Russian mother from Leningrad and an Egyptian father from Zagazig. Born in Alexandria, Egypt on 18 December 1974, she lived much of her early life in Russia while spending summer vacations in Alexandria. Her family moved back permanently to Egypt in 1991 when her father died and she was 16[citation needed].
Karim's first career was as a ballet dancer. She started dancing as young child in the former Soviet Union, where she joined her first professional dance school and performed at the Odessa Opera House. Upon her return to Egypt in 1991, she secured a spot at the Academy of Arts in the Cairo Ballet Institute and the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. In less than a year, she won the Cairo Ballet Competition. She was performing at the Cairo Opera in 2000 as the prima ballerina when she was given an opportunity to appear on Fawazeer Ramadan, a popular Egyptian radio and television show that included dance routines.
That same year Karim got her first acting role when Faten Hamama, one of Egypt's most famous actresses, saw Karim on Fawazeer Ramadan and picked her to play her daughter in the TV series, Wageh El Amar (Face of the Moon). The 2000 series received wide attention because of Hamama's return to the screen after a seven-year hiatus, and won the Best Series award in the Egyptian Radio and Television Festival in 2001. In 2002 Karim landed her first film role in Youth on Air (Shabab Ala El Hawa) starring alongside Hanan Turk, another Egyptian ballerina turned actress. Similar to Turk, Karim got her first big break in a film directed by Youssef Chahine, among Egypt's most celebrated filmmakers. She appeared in the role of Rita Hayworth in his 2004 film Alexandria... New York, a fictional retelling of his life. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2004 Karim played the role of a ballerina in Khaled Youssef's You're My Life (Enta Omry), and won the Best Actress award at the Cairo International Film Festival. That same year, she starred alongside singer-actor Moustafa Amar inYour Love's Fire (Hobak Nar), a musical drama inspired by Romeo & Juliet.
The 2009 film One-Zero (Wahed Sefr) marked Karim's first collaboration with the director Kamla Abou Zekri and writer Mariam Naoum, and who she considers among her most favorite collaborators. While a modest commercial success, it was critically well received domestically and internationally. With Cairo as the backdrop on the eve of an important soccer match, the story follows the lives of eight characters over the course of a single day, including Karim's Riham, a young religious nurse. One-Zero was notable for having an-all female crew of director, screenwriter, director of photography, and editor. The film won several awards including Best Director for Zekri and a Special Award for Karim at the 2010 Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema.
Karim described this period as one where she was "getting into acting gradually" but still dancing professionally; she stopped ballet in earnest around 2012 to focus entirely on acting.
In 2010 Karim starred in Cairo 678, Mohamed Diab’s first feature film, and their first project together. The film follows the intersecting stories of three Egyptian women of different social classes who take action against their sexual harassers. The film, which also starred Bushra and Nahed El Sebai, prompted a national dialogue about sexual harassment. It was a domestic box office success and became one of Egypt's most successful movies abroad, having been shown in over 60 countries. Karim won the Best Actress award for her role at the Arab Film Festival in 2011.
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Nelly Karim
Nelly Karim (Arabic: نيللي كريم; born 18 December 1974) is an Egyptian actress, former ballet dancer, and model known for her versatility and grounded, naturalistic acting style in both film and television. She began her artistic career at a young age as a ballet dancer with the Cairo Opera House and later transitioned into acting and modeling in the early 2000s. She gained major recognition in Egyptian cinema with standout roles in socially driven films and tv series, where she portrayes complex female experiences in contemporary Egyptian society, helping establish her as one of the most respected actresses of her generation.
Nelly Karim is the daughter of a Soviet Russian mother from Leningrad and an Egyptian father from Zagazig. Born in Alexandria, Egypt on 18 December 1974, she lived much of her early life in Russia while spending summer vacations in Alexandria. Her family moved back permanently to Egypt in 1991 when her father died and she was 16[citation needed].
Karim's first career was as a ballet dancer. She started dancing as young child in the former Soviet Union, where she joined her first professional dance school and performed at the Odessa Opera House. Upon her return to Egypt in 1991, she secured a spot at the Academy of Arts in the Cairo Ballet Institute and the Cairo Opera Ballet Company. In less than a year, she won the Cairo Ballet Competition. She was performing at the Cairo Opera in 2000 as the prima ballerina when she was given an opportunity to appear on Fawazeer Ramadan, a popular Egyptian radio and television show that included dance routines.
That same year Karim got her first acting role when Faten Hamama, one of Egypt's most famous actresses, saw Karim on Fawazeer Ramadan and picked her to play her daughter in the TV series, Wageh El Amar (Face of the Moon). The 2000 series received wide attention because of Hamama's return to the screen after a seven-year hiatus, and won the Best Series award in the Egyptian Radio and Television Festival in 2001. In 2002 Karim landed her first film role in Youth on Air (Shabab Ala El Hawa) starring alongside Hanan Turk, another Egyptian ballerina turned actress. Similar to Turk, Karim got her first big break in a film directed by Youssef Chahine, among Egypt's most celebrated filmmakers. She appeared in the role of Rita Hayworth in his 2004 film Alexandria... New York, a fictional retelling of his life. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2004 Karim played the role of a ballerina in Khaled Youssef's You're My Life (Enta Omry), and won the Best Actress award at the Cairo International Film Festival. That same year, she starred alongside singer-actor Moustafa Amar inYour Love's Fire (Hobak Nar), a musical drama inspired by Romeo & Juliet.
The 2009 film One-Zero (Wahed Sefr) marked Karim's first collaboration with the director Kamla Abou Zekri and writer Mariam Naoum, and who she considers among her most favorite collaborators. While a modest commercial success, it was critically well received domestically and internationally. With Cairo as the backdrop on the eve of an important soccer match, the story follows the lives of eight characters over the course of a single day, including Karim's Riham, a young religious nurse. One-Zero was notable for having an-all female crew of director, screenwriter, director of photography, and editor. The film won several awards including Best Director for Zekri and a Special Award for Karim at the 2010 Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema.
Karim described this period as one where she was "getting into acting gradually" but still dancing professionally; she stopped ballet in earnest around 2012 to focus entirely on acting.
In 2010 Karim starred in Cairo 678, Mohamed Diab’s first feature film, and their first project together. The film follows the intersecting stories of three Egyptian women of different social classes who take action against their sexual harassers. The film, which also starred Bushra and Nahed El Sebai, prompted a national dialogue about sexual harassment. It was a domestic box office success and became one of Egypt's most successful movies abroad, having been shown in over 60 countries. Karim won the Best Actress award for her role at the Arab Film Festival in 2011.
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