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 Fathey
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 El Bahitha (The Researcher); even though she was trained as a stage actress, she only acted in one play “El Ayyam El Makhmoura” (The Drunken Days) in 1999. She acted in several films, among them “El Zaman El Saa’b” (The Difficult Time), “El Mohagir” (The Emigrant), and “Bekhit we Adila” (Bekhit and Adila). Of Safaa El Tokhi’s most famous television performances, which distinguished her in the realm of TV Drama, are “Leyali El Hulmiyya” (Dream Nights), “Lan Ayesh Fi Galbab Abi” (I Won’t Live In My Father’s Galabiyya), “Mahmoud El Masry,” as well as her striking performance in “Qadhiya Rai’ ‘Am” (The Case of Public Opinion) with the star, Yousra.
