Acting
Nov 23, 1938
Alexandria, Egypt
Shwikar
Acting
Biography
Shouweikar's career as an actress began in the early 1960s when she performed roles in several tragedies. The director Fateen Abd Al Wahab noticed that she had a special ability to perform comedy roles and she would later assume several roles in this category. However, she did not restrict herself to that category and she would also perform roles in works that had sociological and political themes. She married the well known performer Fouad Al Mohandess and the two formed one of the most outstanding duos in the history of Egyptian cinema. Together, they presented several roles that were very successful. She has received several awards and honors in various performance festivals and gathering.
Feature Films (113)
A group of young Egyptians are planning to immigrate to the United States from Bucharest. But, when the man they hired steals their money and leave them on the Hungarian border, they are forced to work together to overcome adversity.
America Abracadabra
Desperate for a fresh story, a journalist decides to look into a mysterious wave of murders in which the victims are all women.
Serial Killer of Women
A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.
First Year of Love
Omaima is a medical student and an active member of the Students' Union, who is arrested for her political activity and released due to the influence of her father. She gets romantically involved with Hisham, and a colleague tries to discredit her.
Time of the Forbidden
A con man is released from prison, only to find his assistant Aziz waiting for him. He meets Adel, one of his fellow prisoners, and they try to exploit the wealthy Fawqiya by claiming that he is a prince in need of money. He is able to regain his emirate after his people expel him and his brother Adel. They stay in a large hotel where Narjis, the Queen of Cotton, happens to stay, and they set their nets around her.
Al-Nasabin
The lives of a group of simple people who are living on the roof of a building in Zamalek are intertwined, among whom is Nabila, a widow living with her son whose uncle wants to seize his inheritance, and Farid, her neighbor who stands beside her to help with her problem.
The Rooftop
The government nationalizes Ibrahim's property and places him under house arrest, and Umm Al-Saad takes care of him. Ibrahim feels affection for Umm Al-Saad, so he gets involved with her and she becomes pregnant and he marries her. She gives birth to their daughter, Jalila, and Ibrahim dies. Years pass and Jalila graduates from the music institute. She seeks refuge with her uncle, but he expels her and denies her lineage. She resorts to the judiciary, and the uncle offers her to marry his son, Amr, who is sick with a malignant disease.
The Pasha's daughter
The film revolves around a famous football player who meets a flirtatious girl, until his athletic level deteriorates, affecting his future. His teammates and friends cooperate until he leaves the girl and returns to his former self.
Hadith almadina
Adel and Mona are in love, and just as they were about to get engaged, Adel has an accident. When he recovers, he finds that the only woman he loved is now married to another man.
My Only Love
Television & Series (22)
When a father has to go abroad for work, he leaves his children in the care of his sister who comes to stay with them, only to be shocked when she witnesses their behavior. As the family struggles to adjust to the changes, the aunt wisely helps her brother's children through their problems.
A Woman from the Time of Love
In a dramatic context, the events of the series deal with the changes of the social relations between the Shazli family members and its head, Mahmoud, from the Royal era until the events of 1952.
Garden City Ladies
The Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz) — The series depicts the political and social conditions before the 1919 Revolution, focusing on the life of the Al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad family (played by Mahmoud Morsi), and the stark contrast between the strictness and discipline he imposes on his family, and the life of pleasure and indulgence he secretly lives alone at night.
