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Nelly Karim

  • Skill Category: Dancers
  • Present Address: Egypt
  • Country: Egypt
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Biography

Nelly Karim (Arabic: نيللي كريم; born 18 December 1974) is an Egyptian actress,[2][3] model,[4] and ballerina. Nelly Karim is the daughter of a Soviet Russian mother from Leningrad and an Egyptian father from Zagazig. She said in an interview with the journalist Nishan that her beauty is pharaonic, not Russian, and that she resembles her father. She has one brother who is elder than her, his name is Ashraf who is a doctor and he migrated to the United States. She lived with her family in Russia till 16 years old but she spent summer school vacations with her family in Alexandria, Egypt.[8] Then, her family came to Egypt and her father died. Nelly has drawn notice for her 2006 refusal to portray “seductive roles”.[9] In 2016, she served as jury member for the Horizons section at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. As of 2020, she has appeared in over 30 Egyptian films and TV series. Nelly married at a young age under the will of her mother. She had two sons and then divorced. She married Hani Abuelnaga in 2004 and they have two daughters. They divorced in 2015. In August 2021, she married squash player Hisham Mohd Ashour.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

She won Best Actress award in the Cairo International Film Festival in 2004 for her role in Enta Omry. She also won Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her role in 678 and Best Actress at the Arab Film Festival in 2012 for 678. Nelly Karim has four children, the last of which was born in 2011.

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