# Dalia El Behery > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dalia_El_Behery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dalia_El_Behery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_El_Behery > Source revision: 1355954341 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Egyptian actress Dalia El Behery داليا البحيري El Behery in 2015 Born Dalia Mahmoud Quotb El Behery (1970-10-15) October 15, 1970 (age 55) Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt Other name MISS UNIVERSE Education Helwan University Occupations Actress, model, television host Years active 1990–present **Dalia Mahmoud Quotb El Behery** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): داليا محمود قطب البحيري; born October 15, 1970) is an Egyptian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the [Miss Egypt](/source/Miss_Egypt) 1990 and represented her country at [Miss Universe 1990](/source/Miss_Universe_1990) pageant in Los Angeles where she unplaced.[1][2][3][4] ## Biography El Behery received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels at [Helwan University](/source/Helwan_University), and worked in prelude programs on the Egyptian Satellite Channel and modeling. Her first notable appearance was in a video clip of the song "Tegeesh Naeesh", by [Ali El Haggar](/source/Ali_El_Haggar). Her modeling career paved the road for her acting profession. She has worked with stars such as [Adel Imam](/source/Adel_Emam) in his film Al Safara fe Al Emara along with other comedians and singers including [Hany Ramzy](/source/Hany_Ramzy_(actor)), [Moustafa Amar](/source/Moustafa_Amar) and Khaled Selim. El Behery said in one of her television interviews that she wishes to embody the role of pharaonic Queen "[Nefertiti](/source/Nefertiti)" on the screen, denying rumors that she was reluctant about the portrayal of the Queen "[Cleopatra](/source/Cleopatra)" by the Syrian actress [Solaf Fawakhirji](/source/Solaf_Fawakhirji). From an earlier marriage she had her first daughter khadija who died less than a year old then between 2008 to 2013, she was married to the businessman Farid El Mourchedi (known as Fred Morse), the grandson of artist [Farid Shawki](/source/Farid_Shawki) from his daughter the producer Nahed Farid Shawki. Dalia and Farid have a daughter named Kesmat (Kimi). In 2016, El Behery married Hassan Samy. El Behery signed on as a [Goodwill Ambassador](/source/Goodwill_Ambassador) for [World Stroke Day](/source/World_Stroke_Day) in November 2010.[5][6] ## Political views In a telephone conversation with the channel "[Al Arabiya](/source/Al_Arabiya)", she expressed her happiness with the peaceful [Egyptian Revolution of 2011](/source/Egyptian_Revolution_of_2011) and the demands for basic rights like [freedom](/source/Political_freedom), [political reform](/source/Political_reform), and a joint effort for nation building. In the meantime, Dalia said the absence of security made her feel worried, like the rest of the population. The worry, she explained, has been getting constantly worse after hundreds of prisoners fled the prison of Al Faiyum. She added that the youth revolt had ignited in the Egyptian streets and she thanked her fellow Egyptians who united to guard public property, especially the [Egyptian Museum](/source/Egyptian_Museum).[7] ## Selected filmography Films No. Year Title 1 2002 Mohami khulaa 2 2003 El Banat (TV miniseries) 3 2004 Sana oula nasb 4 2004 Kan yom hobak 5 2004 Kalbi younadiek 6 2005 Harim Karim 7 2005 Al Bahethat 8 2005 El-Sefara fi El-Omara 10 2006 Al Ghawas 11 2007 Juba 9 2007 Ahlam Hakikiya ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dalia El Behery to Return for "Harim Karim" Sequel | Sada Elbalad"](https://see.news/dalia-el-behery-to-return-for-harim-karim-sequel). *see.news*. Retrieved March 30, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["'I Chose to Stay Away from Cinema,' Dalia el-Behery Tells Asharq Al-Awsat"](https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3959646/%E2%80%98i-chose-stay-away-cinema%E2%80%99-dalia-el-behery-tells-asharq-al-awsat). *Asharq AL-awsat*. Retrieved March 30, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dalia el Behery returns with a film for Fida el Shandawili"](https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/74245/Dalia-el-Behery-returns-with-a-film-for-Fida-el). *EgyptToday*. August 28, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Former Miss Egypt: Anyone Who Break Lockdown Should be Hit by Slipper"](https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/former-miss-egypt-anyone-who-break-lockdown-should-be-hit-slipper-1351394). *Al Bawaba*. Retrieved March 30, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["El-Biheri, willgood ambassador"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140222135958/http://youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=308023). *Youm7*. November 23, 2010. Archived from [the original](http://youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=308023) on February 22, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["El-Biheri, willgood ambassador"](http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/multimedia/photo/el-biheri-willgood-ambassador). *Al-Masry Al-Youm*. November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Dalia el Bihiri: Pleased with the Egyptian uprising but worried about security"](http://entertainment.anayou.com/celebrities/news/hotstory/18942). *AnaYou*. February 1, 2011. ## External links - [Egypt portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Egypt) - [Dalia El Behery](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1492620/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Dalia El Behery on MSN Arabia](https://web.archive.org/web/20061123105324/http://www.arabia.msn.com/entertainment/spotlight36/) - [Elghawas (film) website](https://web.archive.org/web/20061030012919/http://www.elghawas.com/story_eng.htm) Preceded by Sally Atta Miss Egypt Miss Egypt 1990 Succeeded by Lamia El Noshy v t e Miss Universe 1990 national titleholders COL: Lizeth Mahecha EGY: Dalia El Behery GRL: Sascha Nukâka Motzfeldt HKG: Monica Chan IND: Suzanne Sablok KOR: Oh Hyun-kyung NGA: Sabina Umeh NOR: Mona Grudt (winner) PHI: Linda Isaksson USA: Carole Gist v t e Miss World 1990 national titleholders Dalia El Behery Kinga Czuczor Go Hyun-jung Sabina Umeh Gina Tolleson v t e Miss Egypt Miss Egypt 1934 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Miss Egypt as Miss Universe 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Miss Universe Organization Miss World --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dalia El Behery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_El_Behery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalia_El_Behery?action=history)). 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