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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-08-22

Place of Birth

Egypt

Safaa Al Toukhy

Biography

Actress Safaa El Tokhi (full name Safaa Abdallah Mohammed El Tokhi) was born in Cairo on February 8, 1964. El Tokhi comes from an artistic family; her father Abdallah El Tokhi and mother Fatheya El Assal are famous writers. Safaa El Tokhi studied at Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1985. At the beginning of her career, Safaa El Tokhi worked as a writer, and in 1995 worked at the Institute of National Culture. Safaa El Tokhi began her acting career in 1979 with the television serial The Researcher; even though she was trained as a stage actress, she only acted in one play The Drunken Days in 1999. She acted in several films, among them The Difficult Time, The Emigrant, and Bekhit and Adila. From Safaa El Tokhi’s most famous television performances are El Helmyia Nights, Mahmoud El Masry and The Case of Public Opinion with the star, Yousra.

Known for

El Kebeer Awi

El Kebeer Awi

Al Kabeer seeks to find love again after his wife was gone, unaware that what he is looking for is closer than he imagines.

El Helmeya Nights

El Helmeya Nights

A sweeping saga spanning Egyptian history from the era of King Farouk to the early 21st century, Al Helmeya Nights centres on the bitter rivalry between the Al-Badri and Ghanem families in Cairo's Helmeya neighbourhood. Driven by revenge, ambition, and shifting power, the series — written by Osama Anwar Okasha with over 300 actors across six seasons — is widely considered one of the greatest achievements in Arab television drama.

Critical Moments

Critical Moments

A medical drama about the stories of a large number of doctors, staff and patients at Dr. Galal's hospital, and the daily challenges that the hospital staff faces both in their work and their personal lives.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

The show revolves around some social problems through the employee Abdul Hamid, whose feelings of happiness and anxiety are mixed when a young man proposes to marry his daughter. In his journey to afford the expenses of his daughter's marriage and taking care of his family, we go through the traditional problems of the Egyptian families nowadays and social differences.

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva

(Dalida) dreams to be a famous model, but fate prevents it. When she has an accident and finds that she can't go to heaven because of being selfish. She returns back to the earth in the body (Alyiaa) where she has to face reality and accept herself.

The Prince

The Prince

A social drama that chronicles the life of Al-Prince family, especially Radwan Al-Prince who, following the death of his parents, finds himself involved with his family members as he looks after them and tries to guide them through life.

The Full Story Drama

The Full Story Drama

A dramatic thriller inspired by real-life events, featuring a collection of standalone stories that uncover the details and secrets behind notorious cases.

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud Al-Masri

Mahmoud works in the port of Alexandria and gets close to Adnan Fakhouri, the wealthy businessman, and marries his sister. After his ships and companies get nationalized by the 1952 July revolution, Mahmoud and his brothers travel to America and then return in the era of Sadat.

I Won't Live in My Father's Glbab

I Won't Live in My Father's Glbab

The events of the series revolve around the story of the rise from the bottom to the top of Abdel Ghafour Al Borai (Noor Al Sharif), starting from the agency of Hajj Ibrahim Sardinah (Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra) until he becomes a private business owner who makes a fortune, during which he has admired Fatima (Abla Kamel), a saleswoman. Al-Kushari, whom he admired, passes the days and marries Fatima and gives birth to his son Abdel-Wahhab (Mohamed Riyad), and four girls (Sunni, Bahira, Nafisa, and Nazira), and despite the availability of the elements of happiness in the life of Abdel Ghafour Al-Borai, he suffered from the separation of his only son. About him, and Abdel Wahab's insistence on building a very special world away from his father and his influence.

Professor and Head of Department

Professor and Head of Department

A college professor rebelling on political situations, holds a big governmental position after the revolution, but he gets shocking surprises.

Take Care of Zizi

Take Care of Zizi

After lashing out at her husband and causing him a severe injury that amounts to a felony, a nervy young woman embarks on a journey to prove her innocence.

Om Kulthum

Om Kulthum

Throughout its episodes, the series narrates the biography of the Arab singing lady (Umm Kulthum) since her inception in Sinbillawain and her journey with her father and siblings in singing religious songs on all occasions, through her artistic career and her move to stability in Cairo, and the stories of love that she went through during her life, and her artistic glory until she mastered The lyric scene in Egypt, and the crises she encountered during her artistic work and social life.

Son of the Poor

Son of the Poor

An upper-Egyptian who lives on the border of the poverty line decides to earn an honest living by having two jobs: A teacher at a public school during the day, and a taxi driver in the evening. Yet, through his struggle to make ends meet he falls into the pit of drug trade.

The Oracle

The Oracle

A crook manages to evade capture for a long time as he switches between various identities that make it difficult for the police to catch him. As he is finally caught by the police officer who has spent his life chasing him, both of them are changed forever by a series of events.

Saraya Abdeen

Saraya Abdeen

A period drama about the time of Khedive Isma'il Pasha's reign, focusing on the inside world of Abdeen palace, where competitive conflict develops between the Harem in order to win the Khedive's heart, against a backdrop of political tension and unrest.