Amina Rizk was a pioneer actress in the Egyptian film industry.

She was born in Tanta on April 15, 1910 and attended the Tanta School. It was the circus shows staged in "Moulid al-Sayed al-Badawi" which inspired her to perform some minor roles. After her father's death, young Amina moved to Cairo with her mother. She attended the Deya al-Shark School. Rizk's debut performance moved the audience crowded in Road El Farag Theater.

But it wasn't until 1924, that she gained recognition. It was her acting alongside Youssef Wahby in the play Rasputin that brought Rizk to the limelight. Rizk worked in the theater, cinema, and radio where she took on different roles giving her character a multi-dimensional perspective. She performed in social and historical TV series that documented some aspects of Egyptian life. She also starred in various plays.

Rizk was known for her tragic roles where her tears were the only solace to her soul.

Rizk began acting at the age of 11 and performed in her first stage play, "Soad the Gypsy," when she was 15. She was one of the last survivors of a generation of actors who helped Egypt become the center of the Arab film industry beginning in the 1930s.

The actress was best known for her roles in such movies as "Land of Dreams," "I Want a Solution" and "A Beginning and an End," which was based on a novel by Egypt's Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz.

Rizk never married. In 1997, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed her member of the Shura Council.

She died on August 24, 2003.