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Yosra El Lozy: Biography And Net Worth
Yosra El Lozy is a famous Egyptian actress and political activist, known for movies like Qobolat Masrouqa (2008), Bel-Alwan el-Tabe’eya (2009), Heliopolis (2010) and Microphone (2011) and others.
Yosra was born August 8, 1985 to an Egyptian father and a Syrian mother. She grew up to like playing football, swimming, and ballet dancing respectively.
Yosra’s Educational Background
Yosra is a graduate of Political Science from AUC. She also studied Theatre and Modern History, but was said to have majored in Political Science.
She is also vast in Arabic which made her stand out in acting and provided voice dubbing in Arabic for several films and television series.
Since graduation, Yosra has acted in many AUC Theatre productions such as “A Silly Goose”, “The Sultan’s Dilemma”, “Sulayman EL Halabi” and the “Reader”. She has also won various awards for her acting both regional and international film festivals.
Yosra El Lozy’s Career
Yosra made her entry into acting career dated back to her young age of sixteen when she made a debut with director Youssef Chahine in Alexandria… New York and played the role of young “Ginger”.
The movie shot her to fame and recognition both locally and internationally having a movie by the legendary Youssef Chahine. She became a star to reckon with as many critics saw this development as movement to the pinnacle of her acting profession.
Yosra has since starred in several hit movies including the famous “Bel-Alwan el-Tabe’eya”, “Stolen Kisses” ‘Heliopolis’ by young director Ahmad Abdalla alongside Khaled Abol Naga, Hanan Motawie and Hany Adel in 2009.
She has also acted in a hit movie, ‘Microphone’ a co-production between Mohamed Hefzy and Khaled Abo El Naga, which was awarded Best Arab Movie at Cairo International Film Festival and the Tanit d’or at the Carthage Film Festival.
Yosra has also featured in good number of television series. She appeared in some smaller parts on TV and cinema. She has earned her some major parts on TV series like “Al-Gama’a” when she played Cherine, a patriotic TV presenter which was the talk of the Arab Region.
She is beautiful, very creative and talented Egyptian actress, known for her brilliant production quality, well-written plot and controversy. Yosra is gifted in the delivery of roles in movies and this has given her wide recognition across board.
In 2011, Yosra appeared in the award-winning film “Microphone” by young director Ahmad Abdalla as well as the romantic comedy “Ezaet Hob” alongside Menna Shalabi. In the movie, she played the role of ‘Farida’, a hip energetic girl who was the total opposite of her conservative best friend Leila played by Menna Shalabi who tries to find love throughout the movie.
Yosra is also a political activist. She has participated in many demonstrations including the Lebanese civil war, as she demanded the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador from Egypt.
In 2011, she participated in the Egyptian revolution that toppled late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Awards and Nominations
Yosra El Lozy has in the course of her acting profession been nominated for several awards, some of which are:
- Won—Best actress from Alexandria International Film Festival.
- Won—Horeyyaty Magazine Award.
- Won—Best actress from International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Won—Best First Screenplay Award fromSawiris Foundation.
- Won—Best actress Cairo International Film Festival.
- Won—Best actress Alexandria International Film Festival.
- Nominated—Middle East International Film Festival.
- Nominated—Toronto International Film Festival.
- Nominated—Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, among many others.
Her Personal Life
Yosra has been happily married to Ahmed El Darby and the marriage is blessed with two children, Dalilah and Nadia.
Since then, the talented actress has stopped taking romantic roles in movies.
Yosra El Lozy’s Net Worth
Yosra El Lozy is indeed a talent and one of the highly celebrated Egyptian actresses with an estimated net worth of about $700,000 dollars.
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