First Look at Mona Zaki's Character in Film "The Spider"

Egyptian actress, Mona Zaki is currently shooting her new film “El-Ankaboot” (The Spider) co-starring Ahmed El Sakka.

The film's director, Ahmed Nader Galal has given us our first look at her new character.

He posted a photo of Zaki while shooting one of her scenes, showing her in a state of fear and shock.

"The queen of all queens the one and only Mona Zaki" he captioned.

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The film is scheduled to be released in theaters in 2020.

Zaki is also busy shooting her new film “Al sandouk al Aswad” (The Black Box).

Moreover, the Egyptian actress participates in Ramadan 2020 drama marathon with TV series “Isis”, which will premiere during the holy month of Ramadan.

It is written by screenwriter Mariam Naoom, directed by Mohamed Yassin, and produced by synergy Production Company.

This is not the first cooperation between Zaki and Yassin; he directed her 2016 TV series “Afrah el kobba”.

Zaki was born in Cairo in 1976. She graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University.

The actress career started by chance at the age of 16, as Egyptian actor-director Mohamed Sobhi was searching for new faces, she applied in the hopes of meeting Sobhi.

She was cast by Sobhi and had her first acting role in his play “Bel Araby El Faseeh”.

Zaki later co-starred in a number of popular TV series such as “El A’elah”, “Khalti Safiya wel Deir”, “Nisf Rabi’ El Akhar”, “Ahalina”, “Ded El Tayyar” and “El Daw’ El Sharid”.

She also co-starred in several plays, among which were “Le’b Eyal”, “Ya Messafer Wahdak”, “Afrouto”, and “Keda OK”.

In 2001, Zaki received an award from Gihan El Sadat, the wife of former president Anwar El Sadat, for portraying her in masterpiece film “Ayam El Sadat” (Days of El Sadat).

A year later, she married prominent Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy and gave birth to three children Lilly, Selim, and Younes.