Heba Yousry

Acting

An Egyptian actress and director who grew up in an artistic family, her grandmother was the singer Shahrzad, her grandfather was the cinematographer Abdel-Moneim Bahnasy, and her father was the organist Yousry Ramzy. Her first work was Another Passion (2006) which she wrote, directed, and acted in while she was a student at the Film Institute. The movie was shown at the El Sawy Culturewheel Film Festival, and it won the Jury Prize. The movie was also shown at the FIBA ​​Festival in France and at the Goethe Institute. Her film Settou Zad, My First Passion - a documentary that tells the story of her grandmother and how she was affected by her- participated in the Dubai Film Festival. Heba co-starred in Villa 69 (2013).