Mona Zaki

Mona Zaki has become one of the top female stars of her generation. Her natural acting style brings a welcome freshness to Egyptian cinema and television.
When she was 16, Mona responded to an advertisement by Mohamed Sobhi who was looking for some fresh faces for his play Bel Araby El Faseeh. Mona didn't even prepare an audition piece, she just wanted to meet the famous Egyptian actor and director. She got more than she bargained for when he cast her in one of the lead roles of the production. Mohammed Sobhi became Mona's mentor, encouraging her to harness her natural talent with ballet classes and voice lessons. When she was old enough for college, Mona enrolled in the Faculty of Mass Communications at Cairo University. There she was introduced to director Ismail Abdel Hafez who chose her to play a part in El A'elah, a Ramadan series that marked her TV debut.

Many TV series followed, including Khalty Safiyya wal Deir, Ahalina, Nesf Rabee
Al-Akhar, and El Do El Shared. She was popular with audiences of all ages, but was especially popular with teenagers. Her career exploded on the big screen in 1997 with her starring role in Al Katl Al Lazeez with Mervat Amin. She then revealed a gift for comedy in the hilarious Saeedi Fel Gamaa El Amerikia with Mohammed Heneidy and Ahmed El Sakka, who is himself a guest star in two episodes of Lahazat Harega Season One and one episode of Lahazat Harega Season Two.

A major award-winning role in the film Edhak El Soora Tetlaa' Helwa followed, directed by Sherif Arafa (a director of Lahazat Harega), with the famed actor Ahmed Zaki. Mona considers this film very close to her heart.

Many box office hits followed, such as Omar 2000, El Hobb El Awal, and Leih Khallitni Ahibbak.
But Mona really outdid herself when she played the role of Gihan El Sadat in Ayam El Sadat, the groundbreaking film about President Anwar El Sadat. The cast of the film was honored by a special award presented by President Hosni Mubarak.

Her success kept growing with the popularity of her next movies, Africano and Mafia, and she continued broadening her acting range delivering stunning performances in Sahar El Layali, Men Nazret Ein , Khalti Faransa and many more.

She also stars in Ehky ya Scheherazade with Mahmoud Hemida, about a female talk show host in Cairo who stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.

Despite her huge success in the cinema, Mona's heart remains in the theater and during her career has starred in numerous plays, among them Le'b Eyal, Ya Messafer Wahdak, Afrouto and Keda OK.

Mona Zaki is married to Ahmed Helmy, who appeared briefly in an episode of Lahazat Harega in which his wife Mona was the guest star. Mona and Ahmed are the proud parents of a lovely young girl named Lily.