Ahmed Helmy

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Ahmed Muhammad Helmy Awad (Arabic: أحمد محمد حلمي عواد‎), was born on 18 November 1970) is an Egyptian comedian and drama actor.^{[citation needed]} He is married to the Egyptian actress Mona Zaki and they have a daughter named Lilly born in 2003.

Trivia

Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy replaced his wedding ring with another bearing the colors of his country's flag. The website "GN4Me.com" reports that Helmy was seen on many occasions wearing the black, white and red ring. He began wearing it after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 which toppled the former regime and in which Helmy and his wife actress Mona Zaki participated. The new ring has an inscription of Mona's name, which impressed the couple's fans. This trend is expected to boom with Egypt's youth, to join the hoards of trends for car stickers, clothes and other items with the Egyptian flag imprinted on them, all as result of the revolution.^[1]

Biography

Helmy was born in Banha, Egypt. He graduated from the Higher institute of Dramatic Arts in Egypt, from the decoration department^[when?]. Ahmed also graduate of the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art in 1993.^{[citation needed]}

As an actor and performer, Helmy is notable for his fast-thinking and witty comedy.^{[citation needed]} His career in mainstream Egyptian film began when director Sherif Arafa spotted him on the children's program Leib Eyal (Kids' Play) on the Egyptian Satellite Broadcast^{[citation needed]}. Sherif found in him the comedian actor he was looking for to star his film, Aboud Ala El Hodoud (Aboud at the Frontier). In that film Helmy made his first big screen appearance, co-starring alongside Alaa Waley El Din. Thereafter, he quickly made a jump to leading roles in films such as Omar 2000, El Nazer (The Headmaster), El Selem We Al Tho'ban (Snakes And Ladders).^[2]

In 2007, Helmy topped the Egyptian comedian market in number of audience and revenue, mostly due to the success of his movie Keda Reda.

Ahmed Helmi ambassador for UN World Food Programme

Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmi was chosen as ambassador of the project "Food for Education" launched by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and "Chipsy" food products company. He confirmed he will visit the kids in schools and follow up with them, though, according to him, the WFP did not give him a work schedule. But he plans to do everything he can to help children.^[3]

Acting career

Filmography

Theater

Hakim O'youn (2000)

Business activities

An Egyptian TV-Radio magazine reported in April 2012 that Ahmed Helmy and Abdul Aziz bin Majid, governor of Madinah province of Saudi Arabia, developed a business pact centered around the Saudi mall, "Al Noor Mall" that is the most famous mall in Medina. Under this reported deal, Helmy will run the movie theaters in the Mall and oversee the distribution of the Egyptian films in the Kingdom.^[4]

References

External links

• Ahmed Helmy at the Internet Movie Database