Laila Elwy Teams Up with Bayoumi Fouad for New Film

Veteran Egyptian actress Laila Elwy will team up with actor Bayoumi Fouad in the film "Al Mustariha".

The project hails from the filmmaker Khaled Marei and marks the third collaboration between Elwy and Fouad after "Sugar Daddy" (2023) and “Mama Hamel” (2021).

Moreover, Elwy is also set to star opposite Lebleba and Sawsan Badr in the comedy film "Al Shalaby".

Ayten Amin directs from a script she co-wrote with Ahmed Raouf and Islam Hossam.

Elwy, born on January 4, 1962, made her acting debut at a young age in children programming "Abla Fadeela" on the Radio and "Mama Samiha" on the television.

Laila took small parts in films as a child and performed in several titles. Late Egyptian actor, Nour El-Sherif discovered her acting skills while she was performing on stage.

Elwy starred in several stage productions such as “al-Brenseesa” (The Princess), “Gamilla wa Wahshayn” (Two Beasts and a Beauty), “Baklarious fee Hokm al-Shab” (A Degree in Governing the People)، “8 Sittat” (8 Women), and “Sahlab".

She co-starred in her first role in a drama in the TV series “Dimoo’ Fawq al-Haqiqa” (Tears Over the Truth).

Her other TV credits include “al-‘Aaila” (The Family), “al-Tawaam” (The Twins), “’Atfet Khoukha”, “Teyoor al-Sayf” (Birds of Summer), “Akho al-Bannat” (His sisters), “Ta’aaly Nahlam bi Bokra” (Let’s Dream of Tomorrow), and “Alf Leyla wa Leyla”(One Thousand and One Nights).

Elwy has received numerous film awards and has served as a producer in the 1952 film “Ya Mihalabiya ya”.