Safia Al-Emary

Brief Biography

• Name: Safia Al-Emary
• Date of birth: 20 October 1944
• Place of birth: El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt
• Profession: Egyptian actress
• Years active: from the early 1970s to the present
• Standing: an actress whose name is tied to one of the most prominent television roles in «Layali El-Helmiya»

Early Life and Beginnings

• Her full name is Safia Mustafa Mohamed Omari.
• She graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Cairo University, then studied Russian and worked as an interpreter at international conferences.

Career

• She moved from journalism and interpreting into acting in the early 1970s.
• She played Nazak Hanem Al-Sahldar in all five parts of the television epic «Layali El-Helmiya» by Osama Anwar Okasha.
• She was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in 1997, then resigned from the post in 2006 in protest against wars in the Middle East.

Selected Works

• Layali El-Helmiya (1987–1995)

Artistic Style

• She established her television presence through an extended central role in a long dramatic epic.
• Her career combines a background in interpreting and journalism with an acting presence in film and television.

Awards and Recognition

• She was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in 1997.

Personal Life

• She was discovered by artist Galal Issa and later married him; they have two sons.