Yosra El Lozy
| Yosra El Lozy يسرا اللوزى | |
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| Born |
Yosra Mahmoud El Lozy August 8, 1985 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Ballerina and Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | http://yosraellozy.com |
Yosra El Lozy (Arabic: يسرا اللوزى, IPA: [ˈjosɾˤɑ lˈloːzi]) (Various spellings include Yousra Ellozi, Youssra El Lozy, and Yusra El Lawzi, is a film actress. She has received many awards from regional and international film festivals.
Biography
Yosra was born in Cairo in 1985. She is Egyptian actress . Her father, Mahmoud El Lozy, is a Theatre Professor at the American University in Cairo. Yosra is majoring in Political Science at AUC and minoring in Theatre and Modern History. Her first experience in professional acting was in Youssef Chahine's "Alexandria... New York" where she played the role of young Ginger. Yosra loves playing the piano and dancing ballet. She also likes to play football (soccer) with her father. She is highly talented when it comes to singing. She has acted in many AUC Theatre productions such as "A Silly Goose", "The Sultan's Dilemma", "Sulayman EL Halabi" and "Reader". She hopes to pursue her studies in International Law.
Political views
Recently, she has participated in many demonstrations. One of them was because of 1993 Lebanon war as she demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Egypt.[1]
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Translation | Notes |
| 2004 | Iskendria..New York | Alexandria..New York | The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival |
| 2008 | Qobolat Masrouqa | Stolen Kisses | Won— Best actress from Alexandria International Film Festival[2] Won— Horeyyaty Magazine Award |
| 2009 | Bel Alwan El Tabeeya | True Colours | Won— Best actress from International Film Festival Rotterdam [3] |
| 2009 | Bas fi haga Na'sa | Missed Something | Documentary Film |
| 2010 | Heliopolis | Heliopolis
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Won— Best First Screenplay Award from Sawiris Foundation Won— Best actress Cairo International Film Festival Won— Best actress Alexandria International Film Festival[4] Nominated— Middle East International Film Festival Nominated— Toronto International Film Festival Nominated— Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece Nominated— Vancouver International Film Festival Nominated— International Film Festival of Marrakech in Morocco Nominated— Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons in Brussels, Belgium Nominated— International Film Festival of Kerala |
| 2010 | El Ostaz Ehsan | Mr. Ehsan | |
| 2010 | Sehr El Eshq | The Charming of Love | |
| 2010 | Noqtat An-Nour | Point of Enlightenment | |
| 2010 | Microphone | Microphone | Won— Best First Screenplay Award from Sawiris Foundation Won— Best Arabic-language film Award from Cairo International Film Festival [5][6] Won— Best Film from Alexandria International Film Festival[7] Won— Tanit d'or from Journées cinématographiques de Carthage Won— Best Editing Award from Dubai International Film Festival Nominated— Toronto International Film Festival Nominated— London International Film Festival Nominated— Thessaloniki International Film Festival Nominated— International Film Festival of Marrakech in Morocco Nominated— Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons in Brussels, Belgium Nominated— International Film Festival of Kerala |
| 2011 | Izaet Hob | Love Radio[8] | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Translation | Role |
| 2009 | Khas Gidan | So Private | |
| 2010 | Tesonamy | Tesonamy | |
| 2010 | El-Gamaa'a | The Group | |
| 2011 | Muhammad Ali | Muhammad Ali | |
| 2011 | Embratoreyet Meem | M Empire | |
| 2012 | vertigo | ||
| 2012 | khotoot hamraa | Red Lines | |
References
- ↑ "Yusra al-Lawzi: I love acting, but fear fame". Farfesh.com.
- ↑ "Egypt's Stolen Kisses has got the lion's share of awards". Moheet.
- ↑ "Egypt's Yusra el Lawzi - significant awards". Maktoob.
- ↑ "Yusra el Lawzi". Elaph.
- ↑ "Golden Pyramid goes to Al-Shawq". Egyptian Gazette.
- ↑ "Yusra Al-Lawzi". Al-Masry Al-Youm.
- ↑ "Egypt sweeps top awards at Cairo International Film Festival". Daily News Egypt.
- ↑ "Yusra al-Lawzi". Al-Masry Al-Youm. October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Yosra El Lozy at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Yosra El Lozy
- digital-lifestyle.ch
- Meet Youssra El Lozy, Egyptian cinema's next big thing
- The reel estate: Egypt's reel sex dilemma
- AUC star Yosra El Lozy interview
- Interview with Yosra El Lozy
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