Mona Zaki to Star in Film "The Black Box”

Egyptian actress Mona Zaki has signed on to star in action-thriller film “Al sandouk al Aswad” (The Black Box).

It is written by Ahmed and Haitham El Dahan and directed by Mahmoud Kamel.

The rest of the cast will be announced in the coming period.

The actress and her husband, prominent actor Ahmed Helmy received Sunday the Dubai Star in Dubai, making them the first Egyptian stars and couple to receive it.

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On the other hand, Zaki will resume shooting her film "El-Ankaboot" (The Spider) next week co-starring Ahmed El Sakka.

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 getting a chance to meet Sobhi.

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

She 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 Helmy, and gave birth to three children Lily, Selim, and Younes.