Biographies: Ola Roshdy - Actor

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Ola Roshdy is an Egyptian comedy actress born into a diplomatic family that moved all around Europe when she was young. She is fluent in Arabic, English, Italian and French and can get by in Spanish. As a third grader, she won the "story-tell-a-thon" at school. She got a degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland in the United States. She began her professional career with the famous movie "El Selem wel Teeban," which she followed with a role in the first Egyptian sitcom "Shabab Online." She starred in an independent short film "Al Onf wel Sokhreya" (Violence and Sarcasm). She then starred in a string of hit movies including "Dam Ghazal" (2005), "Halim" (2006), as well as the comedy series "Pisso's Family." She's acted in four seasons of the hit Egyptian sitcom "Tamer & Shawkeya." Roshdy is credited as one of the pioneers of stand-up comedy in Egypt. She resumed her main role of Mounira in the third season of the TV series "Lahazat Harega" (2007-2012). In 2013, she stars alongside Ahmed Helmy in the dark comedy "Ala Gothety" (Over My Dead Body).

• 21 January 2013
• Ines Farag