Ragaa Hussein

Acting

Ragaa Hussein

Born — Died

1937-11-07 — 2022-08-09

Place of birth

Egypt

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Egyptian actress. She first worked with the Naguib Rihani band, and then worked in film and television since the early 1960s, from her films (mouths and rabbits, Egyptian Hadwat, savages, sons and killers), and in television series (witness and tears, the journey of Mr. Abu El-Ela human, money and sons, Zizinia).

Known for

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Hekayat Beneeshha poster
NR

Dr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.

Hekayat Beneeshha

2009

Vegetable Market poster
NR

Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.

Vegetable Market

2006

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

1998

I want to get married poster
7.9

The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

I want to get married

2010

لا إله إلا الله poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لا إله إلا الله

1985

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

1980s · 5 titles

صاحب الصورة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

صاحب الصورة

1987

An Egyptian Story poster
6.5

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

An Egyptian Story

1982

Alexandria Again and Forever poster
4.8

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.

Alexandria Again and Forever

1989

We Share Your Joy poster
NR

Mokhtar desperately tries to wed Samia but their inability to find a suitable apartment over the last 8 years stands in the way. His mother-in-law isn't making things any better.

We Share Your Joy

1988

Sons and Killers poster
6.7

When Shaikhon marries Dalal, a belly dancer, they are blessed with two kids. Shaikhon steals Dalal's money to buy the club where she works. Dalal gets back at him and reports him to the police who have him imprisoned. When he comes out of prison full of vengeance, his past ghosts still haunt him.

Sons and Killers

1987

1970s · 7 titles

Return of the Prodigal Son poster
6.4

Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.

Return of the Prodigal Son

1976

I Want a Solution poster
7.5

It is impossible to live between Doria and her diplomatic husband, Medhat, who asks him for a divorce, but he refuses. She is forced to go to court and file a divorce. Doria falls into the maze of the courts and is exposed to a series of problems and obstacles that undermine her dignity. Things get complicated when the husband comes with false witnesses testifying against her in secret. She loses her case after more than four years.

I Want a Solution

1975

Back Streets poster
NR

Several models of Egyptian citizens are introduced during the British occupation, from Shukry the army officer who refuses to shoot at student demonstrations, Saad who engages in political activity against the British occupation, to Abdel Azis who loves Raja, the dancer.

Back Streets

1974

Mouths and Rabbits poster
7.0

A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.

Mouths and Rabbits

1977

The Sparrow poster
6.9

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.

The Sparrow

1972

Queen of the Night poster
NR

Karima, the cabaret owner who's called 'Queen of the Night', meets Dr. Mahmoud, the university professor, and falls in love with him. Mahmoud is a widower living with his daughter Hoda who is engaged, and when Mahmoud proposes to Karima, both the daughter and her fiancé are against it.

Queen of the Night

1971

The Savage poster
6.0

Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a factory job and is followed there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to his mother Eqbal she objects because of their social and class differences.

The Savage

1979

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits

Zezenia poster
6.0

Set in Alexandria during the 1940s, at the height of the city's cosmopolitan golden age, Zezenia follows Bishr — the son of an Egyptian father and Italian mother — as he navigates a fractured sense of identity torn between East and West. Against a backdrop of World War II, mixed nationalities, and a society on the brink of change, the series is a sweeping portrait of love, belonging, and the soul of a city.

Zezenia

1997

Hekayat Beneeshha poster
NR

Dr. Layla Sallam, freshly healing from two tumultuous marriages, finds herself drawn to Omar, a complex patient battling mental illness. As their bond deepens—blurring lines between love and healing—Omar's quest for truth challenges Layla to confront her own demons.

Hekayat Beneeshha

2009

Vegetable Market poster
NR

Taking place in the vegetable and fruit market, the conflicts within are shown through the story of Sabah, who began her life as a small saleswoman who suffered from poverty and hunger, but she fought through injustice and deprivation until she became one of the top market merchants.

Vegetable Market

2006

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz (The Harafish), the series presents the biography of the popular hero Ashour Al-Naji and his family, as he represents a symbol of principles, values, justice, mercy and fairness to the simple.

Alseera AlAshouria: AlHarafeesh

1998

I want to get married poster
7.9

The story of a pharmacist who wants to settle down and get married before reaching the age of thirty, and her family's insistence that she accepts the first groom who proposes, as well as her hilarious stories and experience with the men who propose to her.

I want to get married

2010

لا إله إلا الله poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

لا إله إلا الله

1985

The Honey and The Tears poster
9.5

The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.

The Honey and The Tears

1983

The Honey and The Tears poster
9.5

The series revolves around the two brothers Hafez and Shawqi, the sons of Haj Radwan, whose life paths are completely different, while Shawky indulges in the life of fun and luxury, his brother Hafez is busy working in trade with his father, and begins signs of conflict between them on several levels, and at the same time Hafez marries Dolat, and Shawky from Zainab, to ignite the ground of a new conflict.

The Honey and The Tears

1983

Alf Liela w Liela - Aroos El Bahr poster
6.0

A magical Egyptian fantasy from the Alf Leila w Leila series, Aroos El Bahr follows a forbidden love between a human prince and a mermaid princess. Blending folklore, music, and adventure, the story explores sacrifice, transformation, and destiny in a richly imaginative world inspired by timeless Arabian tales.

Alf Liela w Liela - Aroos El Bahr

1985

Sunset Oasis poster
NR

The story revolves around the Egyptian police officer (Mahmoud Abdel-Zaher), who is transferred to the Siwa Oasis with his foreign wife, Catherine, who is passionate about Egyptian antiquities. Together they begin a new experience where the past blends with the present.

Sunset Oasis

2017

Rayya and Sakina poster
7.7

The story of the lives of sisters Rayya and Sakina, two of the most famous criminals of the 20th century in Egypt as they terrified women and masterminded dozens of deaths. The series presents the circumstances that led them to becoming criminals and the impact of the environment on their future.

Rayya and Sakina

2005

The Fortune and the Progeny poster
8.4

Youssef Ibn Abbas wants to marry Salama's daughter Ferial, but they clash with the family's rejection despite the strong friendship between Abbas and Salama. Youssef discovers that his father and Salama were working for Khawaja raising his wealth from smuggling antiquities outside Egypt, after Al-Khawaja's death, he takes the money while Abbas refrains and tries to keep his children away from Salama's sons.

The Fortune and the Progeny

1992

Mountain Wolves poster
9.0

In a town called Bahtoon Al-Jabal where the Hawara family lives following many fanatic customs. Sheikh Badar breaks the customary traditions and marries his daughter to a man from outside of the family, prompting her brother to try to kill her.

Mountain Wolves

1993

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey poster
NR

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry carries a lot of good values for a life that is close to the utopian city. When he retires, he decides to live his life helping his relatives after he adopts the daughter of a friend from work and goes to Cairo.

Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey

1986

For Security Purposes poster
5.0

When a reckless young man loses all his fortune, all his acquaintances turn their back on him, except for his secretary who takes him in. A while after, the man meets with a friend who offers him a job at a company for private security.

For Security Purposes

2002

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy poster
8.0

After Ibrahim Al-Tayer comes out of prison, he returns to stealing, where he smuggles 750 thousand pounds, and hides with the money in a mental hospital in agreement with the hospital's director alone. But when the director dies, Ibrahim escapes with another to hide from the police and gang that wants the money.

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

1978

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الكومي

2001

كفر نعمت poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

كفر نعمت

1978

اللحظات الأخيرة poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

اللحظات الأخيرة

2000