One of Egypt's most talented actresses. With her expressive brown eyes, lustrous dark hair and flawless olive skin, the ballet dancer, and actress burst onto the scene in 1991, making her mark on the Egyptian Actresses list and audiences as well. She co-stars with 'Nadia El Gendy' .
Mother of three sons and two daughters- Youssef, Adam, Mohamed, Mariam and Mona.
In 2005 the film Dunia by Lebanese director Jocelyn Saab Hanan played the leading role. The movie centers around the title character Dunia, a belly dancer and poet. When the film aired at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival, it left the audience split between those who supported the films call for intellectual freedom and its stance against female circumcision, and those who disapproved of the title characters desire to physically express herself through dance. It was also controversial that so many scenes were filmed in Cairos slums, which could be seen to tarnish Egypts international image. The film was especially controversial in Egypt for taking up the tradition of female circumcision, among other reasons; it received a good deal of attention in Europe.
In 2006, Hanan she chose to begin wearing the Islamic head scarf and has been very vocal about this decision. Despite wearing the hijab, she has continued acting. In August 2012 she decided to stop acting and focus on her family.
The Egyptian actress Hanan Turk decided to take a break from her career and give more time to her family. She is back to acting, working in an Egyptian American film production.
