Ahmed Helmy

Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian Actor, in Dear Guest Magazine awards 2014.

Helmy was born in Banha, Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt to a Sunni Muslim family. He graduated from The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Egypt. He also graduated from the Academy of Arts, High Institute for Theatre Art in 1993.

As an actor and performer, Helmy is notable for his fast-thinking and witty comedy. 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. Sherif found in him the comedian he was looking for to start his film, Aboud Ala El Hodoud (Abboud on the Borders). 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).[1]

In 2001, Helmy fought a theatre experience for the first time in his life in the play ″Hakeem Eyon″, with "Alaa waly El-din", and Kareem Abdel-Aziz.

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

He is the middle child to his two siblings, Khaled and Sally.[2]

At the age of eight (8), Helmy moved to live abroad in Saudi Arabia due to his father's job.[3]

Helmy is married to Egyptian actress Mona Zaki and has 3 children: Lilly (2003), Selim (2014), and Younis (2016).

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