Laila Ezz El Arab

Born Jan 20, 1948 in Cairo, Egypt

An Egyptian actress, with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Commerce, where she graduated in 1967, as well as a Ph.D. in economics, and worked as a banker for many years. In 2000, she decided to take an acting course with Saad Ardash, during which time she appeared in a few small roles in a number of works, including Alexandria/New York with director Youssef Chahine. She stopped acting for a few years until she was selected to play Ahmed Helmy's mother in his 2009 film Congratulations. She's best known for El Kabir Awy, Asmaa, February the 30th and A Useless Day.