Athar El-Hakim (born 24 August 1957) is an Egyptian actress.
Biography El-Hakim attended Ain Shams University and earned a degree in English. She subsequently worked in public relations at a hotel. El-Hakim also modelled and worked as radio announcer. She was spotted by film producer Riad El-Erian, who persuaded her to embark on an acting career. El-Hakim made her acting debut in 1979, in The Killer Who Killed No One directed by Ahmed Yassin. The same year, she starred in the TV show Abnaie Al Aezzaa Shokran. El-Hakim received an award from the Arab International Radio and Television Association for her part in the show, and got a Papyrus Award for acting during a competition held by the Ministry of Culture. In 1981, she starred as an upper-class college student in I'm Not Lying But I'm Beautifying with leading actors Salah Zulfikar and Ahmed Zaki, which became her best known role.
El-Hakim was married in 1987. She began taking religious seminars in the 1990s. In 2001, El-Hakim starred in the TV series Escaping from Love as Siham, a woman who earns a Ph.D but is socially isolated. In 2002, El-Hakim refrained from taking any acting jobs while her children were at school. After the school year ended, she took them on a vacation to Syria and Lebanon. In 2003, El-Hakim resumed her acting career by playing Jaclyn Khouri in the TV series Kharaz Mulawan. It was directed by Ahmed Khader in Lebanon and is about the Arab-Israeli conflict after the 1947 UN resolution splitting in two states.
In 2012, El-Hakim called for the cancellation of the Egyptian Shura Council. She called it ineffective and cited its costs of millions of pounds. El-Hakim retired from artistic life in 2013, after receiving tributes during the seventh edition of the Salé International Women's Film Festival.
Filmography 1979: The Killer Who Killed No One 1979: Abnaie Al Aezzaa Shokran (TV series) 1981: I’m Not Lying But I’m Beautifying 1981: Taer ala el tariq 1981: Secret Visit 1982: Man Yatfi Al-Nar 1983: Ayoub 1984: Le voyage 1984: Al Thalab W Al Enab 1985: Love on the Pyramids Plateau 1985: EL Kaf 1986: Rhythms 1987: The Upper Egyptian Man 1987: Al Zankaloni (TV series) 1987: Time Conqueror 1987: The Tiger and the Female 1988: Batal min warak 1989-1990: Al Helmeya Nights (TV series) 1990: The Last Toy 1990: Al-bahths an Al-Sayyid Marzuq 1991: Wicked Game 1991: Shaweesh Noss El Lel 1991: Al Moshaghebat w Al Captain 1994: Al-Hakika Ismoha Salem 1997: Zeezinya (TV series) 1998: Nahnou La Nazraa Al Shawk (TV series) 2001: Escaping from Love (TV series) 2003: Kharaz Mulawan (TV series) 2004: Friska (TV series)
References
External links Athar El-Hakim at the Internet Movie Database