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Nadia El-Gendi Celebrates Her 76th Birthday


Fri 25 Mar 2022 | 11:04 AM
Ahmed Emam

Nadia El-Gendi celebrated her birthday on Thursday, March 25, and received a large number of congratulatory messages on her official social media platforms.

El-Gendi, who is cited as one of the finest actresses that the Egyptian film industry could ever have, turned 76 today.

On her special day, both fans and celebrities took to their social media accounts and penned down a sweet message for the beautiful actress.

Renowned lebanese star Nawal El-Zghobi took to Twitter to wish the talented actress on her birthday. She wrote a heartfelt message on her official Twitter page, “Happy Birthday Nadia. May you keep breaking boundaries forever.” along with heart emojis.

Elgendi's shot to fame with her success in 'The Dwama' series (1974) and many remarkable films and stunning performances followed suit. Her performance in (A Mission in Tel Aviv) won her much praise from her fans and critics alike.

The stunning actress, who was born in 1945, began her successful acting career in the 1950s and her portfolio includes over 200 films, including ‘Al-Gammila’ (The Beauty) starring the legendary actor Roushdy Abaza.

El-Gendi is well known in Egypt as “Negmet El-Gamaheer” (the star of the masses) because of the high commercial success of her movies in the 1990s.

Born and raised in Alexandria, El-Gendi started her breakthrough in cinema after winning the beauty contest in Cairo in 1958.

The renowned magazine “al-Geel” labeled her as the best new face when she was yet to turn 15.

Moreover, she was the country’s highest-paid actress in the 1980s.

The talented actress married twice, first to the late iconic actor Emad Hamdi, with whom she had one Boy, Hisham, and second to filmmaker Mohamed Moktar.

She received various accolades, including 5 awards for best actress for her role in the cinema title “al-Raghba” (“The Desire”), the International al-Rubatt Film Festival in Morocco, the Damascus International Film Festival in Syria, and the 2009 and International Cairo Film Festival in Egypt.