Najla Fathi

Her real name is Fatima al Zahra’. She was famous for being able to perfect the role of a soft and dreamy girl.

She got her first movie role at the age of 15 when Director A’dli al Mowla casted her in the movie Afrah.


The late renowned singer Abed al Halim Hafez, who was a close friend of her family, introduced her to Ramsis Najeeb who found her to be a talented actress, the fact that encouraged him to contract her for ten years and therefore make her a romance icon.

She has starred in the following movies: Asrar al Banat, Row’at al Hob, Sira’a al Mohtarifeen, Hasna’ al MAtar, Awham al Hob, Harami al Waraqa, al Maraya, Hayati, al Sadiqan, Rehla Laziza, Anf wa Thalathat E’ouin, al Atifa wa al Jasad, Min al Beit Lilmadrasa, Dami wa Domoui wa Ibtisamati, Ajmal Ayam Hayati, Hob Ahla Min Zaman, La Waqt Lildomou’, Sonya wa al Majnoun, Ozkorini, Hob Fowq al Borkan, Iskandaria Leih, Tamdi al Ayam, and Hob La Yara al Shams.

She shifted from the sensitive sweet girl roles to lead roles from reality which usually had social and political implications. Some of the movies she portrayed such reality roles are: Ahlam Hind wa Camilla, al Tashrida, al Garage, Supermarket, and Ya Aziz A’ni.


In 1988, she received an award for her role in the movie Ahlam Hind wa Camilla.

She is married to renowned journalist and television host Hamdi Qandil.