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Sawsan Badr Shuts Down Engagement Rumors


Thu 18 Jun 2020 | 08:58 AM
Yara Sameh

Fans were sent into a frenzy after rumors circulated on the internet claiming that renowned actress, Sawsan Badr got engaged.

The rumor monger posted a photo of Badr wearing a beautiful turquoise dress to provide more proof to their claims, stating that the photo was from her engagement ceremony.

The actress put an end to these speculations, denying the circulating news and confirmed that the photo is from the opening ceremony of the BUE's Short Film Festival 2018.

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Sawsan Badr catches eyes at every turn

Badr went viral on the internet in September 2019 after she posted her photo session for “Harper’s Bazaar” Arabia magazine’s, which was taken by professional photographer, Tarek Moukaddem.

The session featured the artist standing beside Pharaonic statues inside a museum, highlighting the actress paranoiac features similar to Queen Nefertiti.

She appeared during the session, in more than one look, with simple make-up and hairstyle, which gained the admiration of her fans across the social network.

Many fans remarked about her looks in the comments, saying that she looked amazing.

“Museum fugitive”, another commented.

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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.

She appeared in many theater productions, including “Al Wad Sayyid Al Shaghal.”

She got her start in 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.

Badr was blacklisted from Egyptian and Saudi television, and for this, she lost many roles directly following the film.

Though it made her very popular, she did try multiple times to leave Egypt, but finally decided on changing her name to Sawsan Badr.

She delivered a memorable performance in her second role in the 1980 film “Habibi Da’iman” (Always My Love) directed by Hussein Kamel.

She 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.

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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.