Soad Hosny was born in Ataba, Cairo, Egypt in 1942. She was an Egyptian actress with a Syrian family background. She was the 10th sister of 17 siblings.

Soad was known as the Cinderella of Egyptian cinema and one of the most influential actors in the Arab art world. After climbing to stardom towards the end of 1950s, she performed in more than 83 films between 1959 and 1991, but most of which were shot in the 60s and 70s.

Soad started her career through singing (Sister of the Moon) in the famous radio children program Baba Sharo. A family friend, Abd El-Rahman El-Khamissy, a writer and a director, discovered her acting talent and asked Ibrahim Saafan, an Arabic teacher at this time, who later became a comedy actor, to give her oral performance lessons. Abd El-Rahman was screening for the film ‘Hassan We Na'ima', and wanted to present Soad as his new discovery in the role of Na'ima. The film was produced and directed by Henry Barakat.

Some of her famous works: (The Shepherd and the Women) [1991]

(Him and Her) [TV series] with Ahmed Zaki

(Strangers) [1973]

(Watch out for Zouzou) [1972]

(Wedding Night) [1966]

(A Woman's Affairs) [1960]

(Hassan We Na'ima) [1959]