Renowned Egyptian actress, Sawsan Badr has recently joined the cast of TV series “Bayn El Samaa Wa El Ard”, starring Hani Salama.
The series will begin filming at the end of December and will be screened in Ramadan 2021.
On September 6, Egyptian director Mandu El Adl announced on Facebook that Synergy Production Company is adapting Egyptian international writer Naguib Mahfouz’s novel “Bayn El Samaa Wa El Ard” into a TV series, which he is set to direct.
The series is penned by Islam Hafez.
It is worth mentioning that Badr, Suzan Abu Taleb, is an Egyptian film, stage, and television actress who was born on September 25, 1957.
She graduated from the High Institute of Theatrical Arts in 1979, after discontinuing her studies in the faculty of science.
Badr appeared in many theater productions, including “Al Wad Sayyid Al Shaghal.” She got her start in the 1980 film British film “Mot Amira” (Death of a Princess) by British director Antony Thomas, which made quite a stir at the premiere in Britain, as it infuriated the Saudi Arabian government for its portrayal of the kingdom’s history.
She was blacklisted from Egyptian and Saudi television, and for this, she lost many roles directly following the film. Badr did try multiple times to leave Egypt but finally decided on changing her name to Sawsan Badr.
The actress delivered a memorable performance in her second role in the 1980 film “Habibi Da’iman” (Always My Love) directed by Hussein Kamel.
Badr won the best actress award for the play “Al Ard La Tanbit Al Zuhur”, and for her role in the television series “Dawlat Fahmy” as well as many international awards for her role in “Al Dawair Al Mughlaqa” in 2001.
She received the Best Actress Award at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival. Badr was cast to play Nefertiti in Shady Abdel Salaam’s film about Akhnaton, though the great director passed away before finishing the movie.
In 2019, Badr starred in a new TV series “Khatt El Eid”, which was produced by Synergy.
The series –consists of 45 episodes— also stars Ahmed Rizk, Eman Elassi, Yosra El Lozy, Myrna Nour El Din, Khalid Kamal Yaseen, Mohamed Hatem, and others.
It is written by Hala Elzaghndi and directed by Shery Adel.
She also participated in Ramadan with TV series “Wi Neheb Tani Leh” (Why should we fall in love again?), which achieved great success during its premiere.
It also stars Yasmin Abdulaziz, Sherif Mounir, Karim Fahmy, Islam Gamal, Badria Tolba, Iman El-Sayed, Laila Ezz El-Arab, Tara Emad, Saba Al-Rafii, and others.
TV series “Wi Neheb Tani Leh” is written by Amr Mahmoud Yassin, directed by Mostafa Fekry, and produced by Synergy production company.
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