Nelly Karim Addresses Marriage Rumors

Reports have been circulating on the internet over the past few hours about Egyptian actress Nelly Karim getting married for the third time.

It is reported that she tied the knot to a prominent businessman, Omar Islam, a close friend of “El-Hadaba” Amr Diab, during Eid Al-Fitr holiday, at his villa in the Red Sea Governorate, amid the attendee of a small number their friends and family.

On Tuesday, Karim shared a picture of herself on Facebook from her 2013 TV series “Zat”, that revolved around the importance of marriage and the value of getting married, during which she stated that marriage for her is an important thing, describing it as her "future".

Karim got married multiple times. She got married for the first time when she was 16 years old to businessman Bahaa Sabri, without the consent of her family sixth months after her father passed away, and separated from him after 9 years of marriage and had only then EGP 1000 pounds.

Then, she was secretly got married for only one month and did not declare her husband’s name until now, as she considers him a big mistake and refuses to talk about him.

In 2004, Karim got married to her third husband, nutritionist Hani Abu Naga, four days after meeting, and got separated after 11 years of marriage.

She has four children, who are Karim “20 years”, and Youssef “17 years” from her first marriage, and Celia and kinda from her second marriage.

Nelly Karim Addresses Marriage Rumors

Karim addressed the circulating news, affirming to "youm 7", that upon her marriage she will announce immediately.

She confirmed that there was already a thing between them, but they did not get married or officially bond.

Karim's latest artistic work is TV series "100 wesh", which achieved great success in Ramadan.

The TV series also stars Asser Yassin, Moustafa Darwish, Islam Ibrahim, Sherif Desouqy, Ola Roshdy, Donia Maher, Mohamed Abd El Azim, Loai Omran, Zeinab Ghareeb, Salwa Mohamed Ali, Hanan Youssef, Sarah El Tonsy, and others.

It is written by Ahmed Wael and Amr El Daly, directed by Kamla Abou Zekry and produced by El Adl group.

It was scheduled to be premiered in Ramadan 2019, but the series filming stopped due to the failure to obtain the necessary permits for the censorship of artistic work.

In 2019, Karim and Yassin were appointed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as goodwill ambassadors, on July 9.

Moreover, the makers of the movie “El Feel El Azraq” (The Blue Elephant) is set to present a third part from the movie, which was clearly noted from the open ending of part 2.

The Blue Elephant 3 brings together the same cast and crew of the first film, including director Marwan Hamed, screenwriter Ahmed Mourad, and stars Karim Abdelaziz and Nelly Karim.

The Blue Elephant is one of the highest-grossing Egyptian films in the last 10 years. The film grossed more than EGP 35 million, and 1.2 million tickets sold during the Eid Al Adha season in 2014, achieving wide acclaim.

The Blue Elephant received a rating of 8.6 on IMDb with more than 21,000 votes by users, making it the highest-rated Arabic film on IMDb. The film is still one of the most-watched films on TV and VOID platforms.

Director Marwan Hamed adapted writer Ahmed Mourad’s best-selling book The Blue Elephant that was released in 2012. The novel was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2014.

It is worth mentioning that Karim, born on December 18, 1974, is an Egyptian actress, former model, and ballet dancer.

She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a Russian mother and an Egyptian father. Karim graduated from the Ballet Arts Academy and began dancing ballet at the Opera in 1991.

She has performed in the television series “Wajh al-Qammar”, “Hadeeth al-Sabah wa al-Masaa”,“al-Houb al-Kabir”, and “al-Bannat”.