[2][3] Bushra was born in Cambridge, England, to the Egyptian writer Ahmed Abdalla Rozza, and a mother who worked as a human development consultant concerned with women's rights.
[4][5] Bushra began her career as a broadcaster on satellite television and then moved to acting in 2002.
She won an early award for her 2004 film Alexandria... New York, directed by Youssef Chahine.
"[7] Bushra was married to Syrian engineer and businessman Amr Raslan, with whom she has two children, from 2010 to 2015.
[10] Her official Facebook account stated 5 October as a birth date,[11] and one source reported 1981.