Combining two celebrations into one day can be a blessing or a curse, especially for December babies who potentially risk being overshadowed by the festivities of Christmas. And we can’t imagine what it’s like to be born on Christmas day like these celebs.
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Ghada Adel
She might be Shams El Baroudy’s niece and mother to five children with director and producer Magdy El Hawary, but she sure paved her way into the industry on her own. Ghada’s most prominent roles were in cult classics like “Sa3eedy Fel Gam3a el Amrikeya,” “3aboud 3al Hodoud,” “El Basha Telmeez,” and “Mabrouk Galak Ala2”. She also killed it with her performance as the con artist in “Ibn El Qonsol” and the murderer behind “Malaki Iskendereya”’s mind-twisting mystery after retired actress Hanan Turk passed on the role that served as a rebirth in Ghada’s acting career.
Ghada finally broke out of the good girl trope she was associated with for her award-winning role in Mohamed Khan’s “Fe Sha2et Masr El Gedida”. The movie won numerous awards and was chosen to represent Egypt at the Academy Awards of the same year.
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Ahmed Hatem
Known for being a heartthrob, the 35-year-old is far from just good looks. After being an advocate for asylum seekers and refugee camps for years, Ahmed was appointed as a social affairs ambassador for the British embassy earlier this week. In a social media post, he launched a fund to end gender-based violence under “For Her, With Her”. When he was not working on a better tomorrow, he starred in movies like “Aw2at Faragh,” “Qesset Hob,” and “El Haram El Rabe3”. As for the small screen, he provided memorable roles as the abusive boyfriend in “Halawet El Donia” and the super dad in the second season of the hit show “Leih La2?”.
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Reem Moustafa
This beauty icon’s career skyrocketed right away. Starting her career with the successful Arabic adaptation of Ugly Betty, “Heba Regl El Ghorab,” Reem Moustafa was granted the opportunity to be in Adel Imam’s “Ma2moon w Shorakah” and Mahmoud AbdelAziz’s “Gabal El Halal”. She quickly landed leading roles in hit shows like “Kalabsh”, “Suits Bil 3araby,” “Al Waseya,” and “El Ostoura”. As Reem was experiencing the highs of her career alongside her co-stars, she faced significant backlash after dropping the historical show “El Malek” due to its inaccurate representation of the Pharaonic culture in its trailer.
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Hana Shiha
The Alexandria-based star was born into a family of artists and is one of visual artist Ahmed Zu El Fakkar’s multiple talented daughters. Her true colours of proper upbringing showed during her peaceful divorce from actor Ahmed Falawkas, and support for her older sister, Hala Shiha’s, journey of self-discovery, in which she came out of retirement from the industry and took off her nikab for a few years before wearing the hijab and stepping away from the media once again.
Hana’s first time on the big screen was in the highly acclaimed romantic comedy “Hob El Banat”, which led to her subsequent successful career. She was Yahia El Fakharany’s daughter in fan-favourite “Yetraba Fe 3ezzo” and co-leading shows “Taraf Talet”, “Moga Harra,” and “Al 3ahd”.
